I sent this played hand record to my longtime bridge partner. Because my holding off the HK seemed a nice trick at T1. He wrote back "Maybe, having overstated your strength by reversing, you should have passed the 2NT invite. 3NT had zero play if East had just continued hearts. And even after the shift, East can still give you a guess by not randomly playing second hand high on the second round of clubs. "
But I was not done. I replied. Even if E continues hearts, I can even duck FOUR rounds of hearts!! E comes under pressure in THREE suits holding S:QT93 D:J95 C:KT and still has to find two discards on my long hearts and I make nine tricks. A remarkable hand. There are other ways to play it than to duck four hearts, E is inexorably pressured.
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