Board 19. Dealer South. EW Game A KQ 10 9 6 A 9 4 6 5 4 Q 4 3 7 5 K 8 7 6 3 Q J J 7 2 K 10 9 3 8 5 3 K J 10 6 2 J 8 2 10 5 2 A Q 8 A 9 7 4 West North East South Maas Vriend Pass Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 4 All Pass

2 by Vriend was Drury. East led the 5 and dummy's eight held the trick. Anton now made a brilliant and far sighted play when he continued with a low club to the queen!

East won and played another spade, taken by dummy's jack. Now Anton ruffed a club and took the winning diamond finesse. Then he cashed the A, discarding his losing diamond, and ruffed a club. His next move was to cash the A. Only then did he cross to the A and ruff a diamond. He exited with a heart and the defenders had no answer. If East won the trick he would have to concede a ruff and discard and West could only overtake his partner's queen at the cost of setting up dummy's ten of hearts. A perfect example of elimination play.