Hi all
I got bearhugged last time at Star. Here’s the full diagram with a walkthrough.
EW ended up in an ambitious 3NT via a complicated and conventional sequence I cannot reproduce. I recall I doubled a conventional bid as lead-directing. Hoek led the Jack of
via the Queen for my King. I switched a small
for declarer’s Ace.
Declarer crossed the river with a small and next he ran the Jack of
to Hoek’s Ace. Hoek took stock for a moment, cashed his
Ten and exited with the
Jack.
Can you see what’s happened? Hoek effectively transferred all controls to my hand.
Declarer took his Ace of and overtook his Queen with the King in dummy. I already have to make a sweaty discard. This is the position with another
to come:
On the Jack of I throw my
Queen praying Hoek holds the
Ten. My hopes get shattered instantly when declarer shows it with a dirty smile on his face. On the
9 I’m squeezed again and declarer claims the remainder with a finesse in
.
Actually the squeeze for the overtrick was just insult added to injury, for no one had bid game.