shyams, on 2020-March-14, 01:01, said:
How about finessing in ♥ and, when it loses, play for a show-up squeeze on West? You need West to hold ♥J and it works even when East had x Kxx Qx QJT9542 (we play for the drop if ♥J never showed up).
Edit: Perhaps your post meant exactly what I wrote, and I misunderstood it the first time. My apologies.
That was the line I played, but I think that was too clever by half, and if I take the heart finesse, I should just take the diamond finesse. If East is 1-3-2-7 then the squeeze needs the same player to have the jack of hearts and the queen of diamonds, pretty much the same chance as the diamond finesse. If he is 1-4-1-7 then the diamond finesse will be right whoever has the jack of hearts. I overthought this one, and should just finesse the diamond after the heart lost. But ...
MikeH's line is better still, and makes with either red finesse right, and when East is 1-3-2-7.
I prefer to give the lawmakers credit for stating things for a reason - barmar