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Problem: West North East South
The obvious move now is to tackle hearts, but the best play in the suit is not so obvious. East's preempt makes it more likely that West holds the ♥K. In that case, the obvious play of a heart to the queen will lose at least two tricks. The best play in hearts is a heart to the 7. If it loses to the Jack or Ten, you will follow up by leading the ♥Q. If East has a doubleton Ten or Jack, you will lose only one heart trick. This play is called an intra-finesse. West wins the ♥7 with the 10, and plays the ♠10, which is ducked to your queen. You play the ♥Q, covered with the King and Ace, but East follows with a low card. You concede a heart, discarding a diamond from hand, West winning the Jack. So much for your thoughtful heart play! West plays the ♦J, you discard a club from dummy and Win the Ace. The contract of course is cold; in fact, you have 10 tricks at this stage. Since this is matchpoints, you try for the 11th trick. You advance the ♣J, West plays low. Do you finesse?
East has to keep the KJ of spades, and has to discard a club. You let go of the ♠9, which has served its purpose. West is not in trouble yet, and discards a diamond. However, when you continue with a spade to the Ace, West is helpless. If he discards the ♦K, your 10 will be good, so he too has to part with a club. You play a club to the Ace, and win the last trick with the lowly ♣2! You have just executed a non-simultaneous double squeeze, first squeezing East, then West. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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