The Rabbi

I actually played most of last weekend in a local sectional, but playing two sessions, going out with friends after, sleeping in, and repeating wasn't exactly conducive to writing. I'll try to drop in one or two, but I'm certainly not going to manage a hand from all six sessions.

I held this hand in second seat at matchpoints with everyone vulnerable:
S AQ742
H 32
D A964
C J10

Would you open? And playing 12-14 no trumps, is it 1S or 1NT?

Seems like a 1S bid to me. I have an easy rebid over anything but 2H and even then we play that 2S doesn't show extra length. Next hand overcalled 2H, partner made a limit raise with 3H, and I rejected it with 3S. This passed out, so I'm in 3S on the DK lead with this dummy:
S 985
H K4
D J2
C AK964

This is might be too good, as I think 10 tricks are possible and some pairs might be there. Nevertheless, how to play the hand?

On the lead, and the bidding, I am likely to have only one heart loser, and two diamond winners. If diamonds aren't 3-3, it would be nice to ruff one, but that only works if the long diamonds are with long spades. Alternately I have a possible club finesse for a pitch.

What about trump?

I have to lose one even if the finesse works, and it's possible I should be playing for Kx offside because of the overcall, but it's definitely right to play ace first to see what happens as I can always lead to the queen later if I think it's right. At that point my left hand opponent, one of the best players in the room, gives me a dirty look and follows face down. After dropping his stiff king, I have only one trump loser where a spade to the queen would have given me two. It turns out diamonds are 3-3, so I make ten tricks.

A different session at the sectional had the most amusing final result I'd seen. There was an 18 team board-a-match, and 4 of the teams (including mine) finished tied for first. So 16 of the 72 entrants were winners! There was another 4-way tie half a board behind.