Strasbourg 6NT Galore, part 3

Hi all

Closing the Strasbourg series. Another beauty.

The bidding was “yada yada” 6NT. The South hand is minimal, but has good honors in the long suits and a good rebid available. North will then solo carry on to slam.

East Dealer
– Vul
North
A4
AKJ6
AKQ85
72
West
T9762
T743
JT
Q9
East
Q5
Q8
9632
JT853
South
KJ83
952
74
AK64

West started with a small via East’s Queen for Kees’ King. Kind of a strange lead for South had bid . Kees now counted his tricks, ten solid and offer a good source for extra tricks. So from top, the fourth round won by East. A came back, taken with the Ace. Kees crossed to the Ace and cashed the 13th , leading to this position, with eleven solid tricks now:

East Dealer
– Vul
North
AKJ6
7
West
T9
T7
Q
East
Q8
JT8
South
J8
9
K6

Kees played a to his King and saw West’s Queen coming down. Next he played the Jack of and it’s all curtains for East-West. West had to keep the suit guarded and East had to protect against South’s small . So they both had to let go of their guard. Kees didn’t need a finesse, he knew the Queen would fall under Ace-King. A fine double squeeze.