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Double Bath Coup and a Triple Squeeze!
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OliverC:
I really enjoyed this hand in a TM with Servet today:
North
!S AJ
!H Q7
!D K10973
!C K876
!C 3 led
South
!S Q103
!H A63
!D J54
!C AJ95
Bidding:
South West North East
1NT No 2 !D No
2 !H 2 !S 2NT No
3NT All Pass
Dummy's !C 6 could have won the first trick, but I took it in hand with the 9 and led the !D 4 to West's Queen, Dummy's King and East's Ace. East thought for a while and then switched to a Spade, taken by Dummy's Jack. I decided then that West had started with !S Kxxxx, !H Kxx, !D Q and !C Q10xx to justify his 2 !S bid and that he was vulnerable in 3 suits . To make sure I took the !D Jack and another !D (West showing out as expected).
So we now have
North
!S A
!H Q7
!D 107
!C K87
South
!S Q10
!H A63
!D -
!C AJ5
The key to making 12 tricks was now a bath coup in both Majors: I led the !H 7 to my Ace and the !S 10 back to Dummy's Ace and then ran the last two Diamonds, discarding Hearts from hand. On the last Diamond West, now down to !S K, !H K and !C Q10x had to let something go and discarded the !S King. Now I could cross back to the !C Ace in hand and cash the !S Q, squeezing him again in !C and !H .
...before the last Diamond:
North
!S -
!H Q
!D 7
!C K87
South
!S Q
!H 3
!D -
!C AJ5
The opportunities for triple squeezes don't come up very often. It was satisfying to spot the opportunity as early as trick 2, based on the bidding and the fact that East couldn't beat the !C 6 on the first trick and West obviously having the stiff !D Queen at trick 2.
Making 3 overtricks was a great result. At the other table the same contract got a !S lead. Declarer won with the !S Jack, took the losing !C finesse and when West knocked out the !S Ace at trick 3 Declarer was unable to recover and went one off.
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