Satisfying overtrick

Playing matchpoints at the club, vul v not (Board 25, morning duplicate 1-13-14 at Reyim), I was dealt ♠Q92, ♥AJ632, ♦KT83, ♣4.  RHO was the dealer and, surprisingly to me, she opened 1♥.  I passed and so did LHO.  Partner balanced with a double, redoubled by RHO.

I don’t like my spots for passing 1♥X, much less XX.  Any thoughts I might have had about jumping to 2NT were mitigated by the redouble.  I advanced 1NT and that became the final contract.

 

 

 

 

Dummy’s queen was topped by the king.

With my side’s black tens protecting me some from attack in those suits, I chose to let the ♥K hold the trick.  A heart was continued, I won with the ♥A and LHO followed suit with the ♥5.

I led the ♦8 to dummy’s queen, LHO playing the 2 and RHO the nine.  RHO pitched a small heart on the diamond return to my king.

Next I cashed the ♥J, played the ♦3 (but intended to play the ♦T) to the marked finesse of the ♦7, and then played the ♦A.  RHO pitched one card in each black suit.  I led a spade off of dummy and RHO flew with the ♠K, cashed the ♠A, and then led a third spade to my good ♠Q.  I have won one spade, two hearts, and four diamonds, and lost one heart and two spades.

The three card end position was this.

 

 

 

I exited with a heart, pitching dummy’s spade.  RHO won the ♥9 and played ♣A and a club to dummy’s king for the overtrick and all 11 matchpoints.