Source: 1999 IBPA Bulletins
On this deal from the 1999 Grand National Teams, Flight A, Eric Rodwell described the situation he arrived at as a Rio de Janeiro squeeze, so named after being described by a Brazilian player. Rodwell and Jeff Meckstroth were representing District 9 in the GNT-A against District 6. The deal helped the Floridians to an impressive victory in the GNT semifinals.
(1) Showing a spade fit.
South led A and continued with
A,
10. Rodwell won the
J and stopped to reflect on what he knew about the opponents’ hands – in a word, everything. Rodwell read the
A lead as a singleton, he knew North had at most two hearts and he correctly counted North for five clubs.
![Eric Kokish Rodwell Weinstein Meckstroth](http://csbnews.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Eric-Kokish-Rodwell-Weinstein-Meckstroth.jpg)
He also decided that South’s heart suit was headed by the top three honours (he probably would have bid 4Â over 2
 missing the
Q). With these deductions in mind, Rodwell set about making life miserable for North.
At trick three, Rodwell ruffed a club in dummy, ruffed a heart, played a spade to dummy’s king, cashed the J and ruffed a second heart. This was the position:
When Rodwell cashed A, pitching a heart from dummy, North was dead. If he discarded a diamond, Rodwell could cash the
K and another diamond, establishing a long diamond as trick number 10 (North would have to put Rodwell in with a forced club return). When North actually discarded a club, Rodwell cashed his
K, stripping North’s last club, and played a low diamond to dummy’s 10, endplaying North to lead away from
 J 8 in the end. Plus 790 was good for a 12-IMP gain because Rodwell’s team-mates at the other table were minus 50 in 4
.
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