George Rosenkranz and Miguel Reygadas enjoyed these hands from the fourth qualifying session of the Société Générale Open Pairs.

Board 11. Dealer South. Love All ª J 10 6 4 3 2 © 10 8 5 ¨ 4 § A 8 6 ª A 8 ª K Q 7 5 © A Q 7 6 © 3 ¨ A K 8 ¨ Q J 10 9 2 § K J 7 3 § Q 4 2 ª 9 © K J 9 4 2 ¨ 7 6 5 3 § 10 9 5 West North East South Rosenkranz Reygadas 2¨(1) Dble(2) 4© 4ª Pass 4NT Pass 5¨ Pass 5©(3) Pass 5NT(4) Pass 6NT All Pass (1) Weak heart suit. (2) Either 16-18 balanced hand or 19-plus HCP. (3) Do you have the ªQ? (4) I do indeed!

Making 12 tricks was easy - the position of the ©K was marked so of course the finesse worked. This was worth a large proportion of the matchpoints.

Board 20. Dealer West. Game All ª 10 3 © 6 5 2 ¨ 8 7 5 4 § A J 9 7 ª 9 7 6 ª A Q J 5 4 2 © A K 10 3 © J 8 7 ¨ A 6 ¨ 10 3 § 6 5 4 3 § K 8 ª K 8 © Q 9 4 ¨ K Q J 9 2 § Q 10 2 West North East South Rosenkranz Reygadas Pass Pass 1ª 2¨ 3¨ 4§ Pass Pass Dble 4¨ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

When Rosenkranz started with the ©K, Reygadas played the 8, suggesting a switch. Rosenkranz led a spade to partner's ace, and Reygadas tabled his ©J, leading to two more tricks for the defence. Rosenkranz switched to a club, and declarer ducked to the king. Reygadas led a club back to the queen, and declarer went after trumps. But Rosenkranz rose with the ¨A and led a club for his partner to ruff. That capped an 1100-point set for virtually all the matchpoints.