Think Carefully This Could Be Costly

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeK 9 5 4
  2. heartJ 5
  3. diamondK 8 4 3 2
  4. clubA 2
  1. spadeQ J 8 3
  2. heartK 4 3
  3. diamond10 7
  4. clubQ 8 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 1 - 3 2
S 4 1 - 3 2
E - - 1 - -
W - - 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade7 2
  2. heart10 8 7 6 2
  3. diamondA Q 9 6 5
  4. club5

Contract: 3NTxx
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond10
  1. spadeA 10 6
  2. heartA Q 9
  3. diamondJ
  4. clubK J 10 9 7 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1club
Pass 1diamond Pass 2club
Pass 2spade Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Dble Rdble
Pass Pass Pass
Anthony admitted that he could see this ending coming, so if he'd thought a little harder, he should have played back a second heart on winning with heartK. This destroys the link back to hand to execute the squeeze - so long as partner plays a spade when declarer gives him his diamond tricks (which he must do or the defence take him straight off when West wins a black trick). With West having both black suits covered and declarer having fewer than four hearts on the auction, there's no rush to play a second diamond. As Anthony says, West can see the squeeze coming, and because a diamond only gives you four tricks you should start looking for the fifth.

It wasn't all bad news - Anthony still won the rubber!
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