GaryFisch Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Anyone see Bobby Wolff's column, "Aces on Bridge," today? Declarer used a minimal-risk discovery play to beat a bad break in 7♥, not needing to draw the last trump until trick 13! Here's the deal. [hv=d=s&v=e&n=sa2haq10dakq4cq763&w=skqj10974h3dj976c5&e=s86h7542d1052cj1084&s=s53hkj986d83cak92]399|300|[/hv] South opened a light 1♥ based on the vulnerability and all values being in the long suits. After West preempted 3♠, North used an RKCB sequence to drive to 7♥. West lead the spade king to the ace. Declarer cashed the trump A and played the Q to the K. When West showed out, declarer reasoned that West had probably 7 spades and 1 heart, thus 5 in the minors. With seven diamonds missing, it was probably safe to cash two diamonds, so declarer did so. When the third high diamond passed successfully, declarer discarded his last spade and ruffed the last diamond with the J, East throwing a spade. Since East was now marked with four clubs, declarer entered dummy with the club Q, played a club to the J and K, entered dummy with the trump 10, and finessed against the club 10 for 13 tricks. Very nice. I was thinking that surely there has to be a double squeeze, with West guarding ♠ and ♦ and East guarding ♠ and ♣, but there is none I can find. The problem is, you have to cash all the red suit winners to force East to throw the spade, and then you are out of dummy entries for the squeeze on West. Is this correct? Can anyone find a double squeeze after the spade lead? The only way I see that a double squeeze occurs is if West leads something other than a spade - not very likely! Say West leads a trump. You run all the hearts, discarding clubs from dummy, and then the high diamonds. East discards a spade on the last of these, and you do the same. You then cash the high clubs. This is the key position: [hv=d=s&v=e&n=sa2haq10dakq4cq763&w=skqj10974h3dj976c5&e=s86h7542d1052cj1084&s=s53hkj986d83cak92]399|300|[/hv] On the club king, West is squeezed in spades and diamonds. The difference between this and the actual hand is that you have the spade A in dummy as the entry to carry out the squeeze on West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 good hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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