Bridge
Before reading on, cover the East and West hands on the deal below.
GAME ALL; DEALER EAST
Playing teams, East opens a weak two in hearts, and as South you overcall two spades. On finding you with all the missing keycards, your optimistic partner decides to have a go at seven spades.
The lead is the nine of hearts. How do you plan the play?
On the surface of it, the contract appears to depend on the diamond finesse, but are there any alternatives? When you start by drawing trumps, you discover that East began with just one. Discard one diamond and one heart from dummy.