[CamHenry]

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Opening lead is the ♣2 (4th highest), which comes around to your J. What line do you take at MPs?

(Auction was 1♥-1♠-2♦-2N-3N)

[billw55]

I'll try a diamond to the ten, and if it loses, low on the spade return. At some point I will have to decide if I am overtaking the ♣K for an entry .. hope it isn't at trick three.

[gszes]

we are a trick ahead of the field with that club lead (most would probably
have rebid 2n with the N hand vs 2d). IMO we do what we can to not jeopardize
that advantage. Trick 2 heart to Q --if it holds the best time to play the club
K is now then the heart A followed by another heart. I will be quite happy with
4h 3c 1d 1s with a dia finesse available as an emergency or for an overtrick.

I see little benefit to giving up more than 2s 1c 1h unless the opps force me to.

[CamHenry]

Diamond to the 10 holds: what next?

As for the H to the Q: that loses to the K, and you get a club return.

[billw55]

 CamHenry, on 2013-April-05, 03:04, said:

Diamond to the 10 holds: what next?

♥AQ. If a club comes back, win the K, strip hearts, and run ♠T.

[CamHenry]

OK. It turns out that all spade and diamond honours are onside, so making +2 wasn't very difficult. I was the only person in the room to do so, though: I wondered if there were difficulties or if another line was superior.

(Incidentally, the club lead was repeated at all but one of the tables in 3NT; one NS pair had an accident and played 2♥).

[PhilKing]

 CamHenry, on 2013-April-05, 09:52, said:

OK. It turns out that all spade and diamond honours are onside, so making +2 wasn't very difficult. I was the only person in the room to do so, though: I wondered if there were difficulties or if another line was superior.

(Incidentally, the club lead was repeated at all but one of the tables in 3NT; one NS pair had an accident and played 2♥).

You are ahead of anyone who took the heart finesse. Diamond to the ten looks clear to me.