The lead definitely suggests east does not have ♠ AK. From there on, I am gonna play as follows:
- Win the ♣J and play ♥A and a ♠, discarding a ♦ from hand if west does not cover.
Suppose east wins, and plays back a ♥. I win in south ...
Very nice problem! I will assume imps and a good(!) partner.
My observations:
- Declarer definitely has 3+ ♥, since from T85 partner should not cover the 9 in the first trick. In his view declarer will have two honours doubleton if partner has that.
- Although the idea is nice, we ...