When this hand was played against me on OK Bridge declarer gave himself no chance at all when he played low from dummy at trick one.

There are three cards that beat the 9 (K Q and 10) but only two cards that beat dummy’s Jack. Therefore it costs nothing at all to try dummy’s Jack at trick one. Once this holds you cash your spades to see them break and then take the Heart finesse. Although it loses the suit breaks 3:3 and you eventually get home by way of 4 Spades, 3 Hearts and 2 Diamonds.        

You can also view  watch the following movie to see how the hand pans out. (You need bridgvu.exe programme  or BridgeBase programme on your machine already to view it ) and it is available free from

http://www.haroldschogger.com/videos.htm