Trump Squeeze by Fulvio Fantoni
While we are in Monaco at the Mexican restaurant, our friend Claudio Longa puts the fork down and starts writing cards on the placemat, telling me:

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While we are in Monaco at the Mexican restaurant, our friend Claudio Longa puts the fork down and starts writing cards on the placemat, telling me: “Could you please explain me about a 4 you made? I was watching you on BBO Vugraph during a match of French Division Nationale 1. You were holding
AKJxx,
J10xx…”
In effect that was a very interesting board.
Here it is:
Cards are rotated in order to simplify reading.
2 = 4+
2SA = Relais
3 =
5
4
3
1 or
5
4
1
3 min.
So I found myself into this 4.
West lead the A, East discarding the
J.
West then cashed the K, East discarding the
3.
West returned a Diamond.
Ruffing with a low card is inadmissible: according to the bidding (West’s double on 2) and to East’s discards (
J and then the
3) the overruff is almost a certainty. So I ruff with the
Q, East discarding Hearts.
This is the situation now:
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