Two Squeezes

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeK 9 2
  2. heartA K 10 3
  3. diamondA K 4
  4. clubQ 6 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q J 10 6 3
  2. heartJ 6 2
  3. diamond3
  4. clubK 9 8

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: East
Lead: spade4
West North East South
1heart Pass 1spade Pass
2NT* Pass 3spade Pass
4diamond~ Pass 6spade Pass
Pass Pass

* 19 points
~ cue-bid agreeing spades

East won the first two trumps in hand with intermediate trumps. He then led heartJ to tempt a naive South into covering, but when the eight appeared he went up with the ace and led a club to the king and ace. South switched to a diamond, so declarer won in the dummy, and cashed heartK to see if the gods were smiling. Had both defenders followed but the queen not come down, he had intended to continue with diamondK discarding a heart, and ruff a heart hoping to gain from any three-three heart break. When South threw diamond2 it was time to change tack ...
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