Hi all
Here’s a fine hand from Dombo a couple of weeks ago. Hoek opened 1
and I couldn’t be restrained until I had parked myself in a pairs 6NT. West led a small 
.
As you can see 6 is laydown, and even 7 has good play (combined chances of ruffing out the 
Queen or a 
finesse). But how to scramble together twelve tricks in NT? And the communication to and fro isn’t really a walk in the park as well.
The 8 is covered with the 9 (by Dennis) for my Ace. I unblock my Ace and King and cross to dummy in . On the run of I have to choose wich suit to keep, either or . The latter I decide.
It comes down to the finesse. If that would fail, then I still can hope for the appearance of the Ten of . I would estimate these odds to be around 70%, the opponents have had some difficult discards as well on the run of , and I believe they have all their guards still intact.
My Jack proves to be a trick. I’m home.
But wait, things get better when I cash my King. West gets a little sweaty and throws a . Let’s take a look at East when I put some pressure on him with my Ace of .
I have to admit, I didn’t expect a double squeeze with the as pivot suit to materialize. But it did.