1. Ingeniería

IMPROVE YOUR PLAY
With Larry Matheny
The strong declarer will resort to a finesse only when necessary. This hand is an
example of a show-up squeeze which eliminated the need to finesse.
Scoring: Matchpoints (Pairs)
Hand #15-05
Dlr E
Vul E/W
AQJ5
A1052
KQ2
KJ
K983
9864
10
10987
62
Q3
J86543
432
West
North
East
South
-
-
Pass
1
Pass
1
Pass
1NT
Pass
4NT
Pass
6NT
Pass
Pass
Pass
1074
KJ7
A97
AQ65
Bidding: North’s 4NT invited slam and with a maximum for his 12-14 rebid, South
accepted.
Play: West led the 10 of clubs to dummy’s king. Declarer counted 12 tricks: 3 spades,
2 hearts, 3 diamonds, and 4 clubs. His attention now turned to an overtrick. At trick two
he unblocked the jack of clubs followed by a diamond to his ace. Next, he led the ten of
spades (not best) to the king and ace. He cashed two more spades and then played
the rest of his winners. Here was the ending with one more winner to cash:
5
A10
9
98
Q
J8
J7
A
When declarer cashed the ace of clubs West was forced to pitch a heart and declarer
discarded dummy’s spade. Now when declarer led a heart he knew West’s other card
was a spade so he rose with the ace and had his overtrick when the queen dropped.
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