Curls has put up the very useful link to last week's DARE. Jack has already commented on board 5, I have a couple more thoughts.
http://iac.pigpen.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=306.0;attach=49The opening lead of the spade T was stipulated.
At my table, declarer started with four rounds of clubs, after which the hand can no longer be made. Perhaps even more tempting is to take the heart finesse at T2. The heart finesse succeeds, after which the hand can no longer be made. Anyone wishing to understand the mechanics of a squeeze might want to think through just why this is so.
The bidding is also of interest. It began 1NT-2C-2D-3C, after which they might well have ended in 6C. As the cards lie, 13 tricks are available in a club contract. Of course 7C depends on a heart finesse, and on a bit more, so we do not want to be in the grand. But surely 6C is an easier contract than 6NT. Of course N has a flat hand but still, after the 3C call from S, it must be tempting to show his club fit. If I hold AKJx in a suit and partner suggests playing in that suit, I think that I would show some interest.
Anyway, it's an interesting hand.
