Trumpace Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Does anyone know of any hands where the opening lead was(or had to be) chosen in order to avoid a squeeze on the defense? Would be interesting to see such hands and the reasoning behind the lead. Hope this will be both instructive and entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 I had one last week from trick 2, I can easily change it to one from trick 1:[hv=n=s52hakq8d763ckj92&w=stht52dqjt542c765&e=s743h97643d98caq8&s=sakqj986hjdakct43]399|300|[/hv]7♠, only a ♣ lead defeats the contract (by 2). Whenever West has long ♦ and East has ♣AQ you have a squeeze, no matter how ♥ are divided. ;) Squeeze ending (even with 4 ♥ with West):[hv=n=s52hakq8d763ckj92&w=stht52dqjt542c765&e=s743h97643d98caq8&s=sakqj986hjdakct43]399|300|[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackojack Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Surely a heart lead defeats 7S? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 In real life I'm confident nobody is good enough to make a lead to break up a squeeze at trick 1. There are hands where you make a lead to try and kill communications at trick 1 (like leading dummy's solid suit in hope declarer is stiff). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 In real life I'm confident nobody is good enough to make a lead to break up a squeeze at trick 1. There are hands where you make a lead to try and kill communications at trick 1 (like leading dummy's solid suit in hope declarer is stiff).Frances once mentioned somewhere (possibly on RGG) that her partner once made an opening lead to break up a double squeeze, and it worked! I would really love to see that hand once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalvan14 Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 I played some time ago a 7NT where a lead in either red suit would cut the communications for the double squeeze, while a black lead let communications intact. If I remember right, the hand was:[hv=n=sakqt98haxxdxcxxx&s=sxxhqxxdakxxcakqx]133|200|[/hv] The lead was J♣ (from JT98 - I doubt it can be faulted) so everything went well. If I had x Axx AKxx AKQxx, a club lead would have been the only one not to kill the squeeze at trick one :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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