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 Contract 6
Lead: A


N
Axxxx
xx
AKQx
xx

S
Qx
AKQxxxx
xxx
x

Okay,the opponents start off with 2 rounds of 's and you ruff the second trick and you have to make the rest.
Well the only other possible loser is a spade which will disappear if the diamonds break 3-3, can we improve on that? If we play off all our winners and west has 4
's plus the K he will be squeezed in front of the dummy, if he throws a diamond we throw a spade and if he bares his K 's we throw a diamond and keep two spades and drop his king but that dosen't work against east because he throws after dummy, that is called a positional squeeze, can we improve on that?
I think so the "Vienna Coup"
First cash the A
then run the trumps and before the play of the last trump we come down to
x
None
AKQx
None

Q
x
None
We discard the spade from dummy on the last trump and reduce everyone to 4 cards so if either opponent has 4 diamonds plus K spades he is squeezed or if diamonds are 3-3 we are home. The Vienna coup is to unblock the A

 

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