Option 2
At trick 6 Declarer leads his 7♣ to Dummy's A♣ Then (tricks 7 & 8) the K♠ and Q♠ are lead from Dummy on which Declarer discards his two remaining diamonds.
If Opponent's J♠ drops (as shown above), Dummy's 10♠ (trick 9) is the winner on which Declarer's 8♣ can be discarded. According to the statistics this has a 31% chance of success. If Opponent's J♠ does not drop, Dummy can still lead his J♣ for a direct finesse against a possible Q♣ in North's hand.
Declarer now has all remaining winners but one : South's J♥.
This option has a better chance than Option 1 because it combines a 31% chance of dropping the J♠ with a 50% chance of a successful finesse in ♣.
As it happens in this deal both options would have been successful in winning the 6♥ contract. Here is the complete deal
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