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It's almost instinctive to cash A now, but that would be wrong. Although A stands up, you will have rectified the count for a squeeze against your partner. After cashing A you might think that a spade switch would do the job. Not so. South might rise with K and rattle off those trumps - poor partner!

At the table East was the Danish international Steen Moeller. He switched to a spade without cashing A. South was fixed. Either he tried a losing finesse of J or he could rise with K and exit with Q to rectify the count - in which case East wins and plays another, killer, spade. Of course South might misread the spade position anyway, but the double spade play by East gives him no chance.
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