Plan your play in 3NT 

You are now playing in 3NT instead of a safe 4© contract (5:3 fit)

 Firstly you need to cut communications between the two defenders. Presumably West is the defender with long Diamonds (he led them) so you will need to hold up the Diamond suit for two rounds (assuming the Diamonds break 5:3 or worse- you could use the Rule of 7 here ie 7- 5 cards between your hand and dummy = 2 which means you have to hold up for two rounds).

 You take the third round of Diamonds.

 You now lead up to dummy’s Heart and finesse the 9 not minding when that loses to East’s Queen. As long as the Hearts now break 3:2 you will bring home 1 Spade, 4 Hearts, 1 Diamond and 4 clubs.

(NB If you play from dummy and finesse the Heart Jack this would work but it would be terribly wrong to do this as you are finessing into the danger hand (UGH)

You can also watch the following movie to see how the hand pans out. To view this programme you will need  to download htttp://www.haroldschogger.com/bridgevu.setup

  alternatively watch the film www.haroldschogger.com/movies2.htm

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