Mosene Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 The contract is 6 hearts (declarer is south - with AQ65 of hearts etc...). The opening lead is the Q of clubs. When (if?) you play hearts they turn out to be 4-1, with LHO having 4. Plan the play. You can make this hand as the cards actually were, and it is a pretty neat ending. ♥K432♠32♦A2♣AKJ84 ♥AQ65♠AKQ6♦Q964♣10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 ♣A, club ruffed, ♥AQ going to claim.... oh no!. At this point ♠AKQ discarding club, ♥ to dummy and run the clubs hopin that LHO has 3 spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 ♣A, ♥AQ, ♠AKQ pitching a club, ruff 4th spade, ♥K, cash high clubs, ruff last club. If at any point LHO ruffs in while playing clubs, he will be endplayed in diamonds if he started with 3-4 spades and the ♦K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 That line looks better than mine :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 That line looks better than mine :) Better when LHO has 1 club (pretty much 100% imo) or 4 spades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosene Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 What if you were 100% certain that RHO had the diamond K - what would you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Club ace, HA, HQ, top 3 spades pitching club, heart to king, CK, CJ, ruff club hoping that whenever LHO overruffs, he has to lead away from his diamond king. This works when LHO has 3 spades, 4 hearts, 5 diamonds and a singleton club but not when he is 4=4=4=1. Apollo's line works either way. Very nice. re-edit: If I know RHO has DK, I hope LHO is 4=4=4=1. Club ace, HA, HK, top 3 spades pitching club, ruff spade, heart to queen then heart to LHO's jack squeezing RHO to DK and 3 clubs or Kx of diamonds and 2 clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosene Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Y66 - What do you discard from dummy on the last heart lead? (in other words - I think it does not work b/c you have to pitch from dummy first). Please tell me if I am wrong. FYI - absent other information, I think the Apollo81 line is probably best, but the hand is very interesting if you assume RHO has the diamond K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 You are right Mosene. That line is a dead end. Think I'll play RHO for Kxx in diamonds and try to ruff out his king instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benoit35 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Brain cramp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 IF RHO is 4126 or 4135 with the ♦K we can just ruff a club and draw trumps, which squeezes him. Aside from that I don't see a way to make the hand if RHO has 2+ diamonds and only one heart, unless that heart is the jack. Neither of these are as good as my original line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosene Posted January 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 This is RHO's hand: ♥X♠XXX♦K10XX♣98765 It turns out RHO gets squeezed without the count with 4 cards left (if that is what you call it). At trick 4 you must play a heart to the K in dummy, ruff a club, and then play off 4 spades, pitching a diamond from dummy and then ruffing to dummy with a spade. This leaves dummy with ♥-♠-♦A♣KJx RHO Has: ♥-♠-♦K - having pitched the diamond 10 previously♣987 You then must play the Ace of diamonds - dropping the now singleton king - and start playing clubs. LHO can (and really should) ruff in on the first club, but then has to lead into your Q9 of diamonds. (If RHO has pitched a club at some point, then you start on clubs and the diamond ace is an entry to hand once LHO ruffs in). I did not quite play it like that (made it anyway due to mis-defence) but wish I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benoit35 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 When missing the entry do do the squeeze, get an opponent to give it to you... nifty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 [hv=n=sxxhkxxxdaxcakjxx&w=sjtxxhjtxxdjxxcqx&e=sjxxhxdktxxc987xx&s=sakqxhaqxxdqxxxct]399|300|Mosene asks us to play 6♥ by South, assuming RHO has ♦K. West leads ♣Q. When you play trumps they turn out to be 4-1, with LHO having 4. IMO, if the cards lie roughly as Mosene says, then you don't always need a squeeze:♣AK chucking ♠x. ♦A, ♠AKQ throwing ♦, ruff a ♦, ♥KA, ruff a ♦, ♣J discarding last ♦. Claim.[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 [hv=n=sxxhkxxxdaxcajtxx&w=sjtxxhjtxxd865ckq&e=sxxxhxdkjt9c987xx&s=sakqxhaqxxdq7xxcx]399|300|Mosene's squeeze in a reduced diagram:6♥ by South. West leads ♣K. A winning line:♣A, ♥AQK, Ruff a ♣, ♠AKQ throwing ♦, ruff the last ♠, squeezing RHOIf RHO keeps 2 or more ♦ then dummy's ♣ are good, so run them until LHO ruffs. But then LHO must lead a ♦ to dummy's ♦A. If RHO bares ♦K, then cash ♦A, and lead ♣J. LHO ruffs but must lead into declarer's ♦ tenace.Thank you Mosene. This is the first time I've encountered your pretty squeeze.[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benoit35 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 ♣AK chucking ♠x. ♦A, ♠AKQ throwing ♦, ruff a ♦, ♥KA, ruff a ♦, ♣J discarding last ♦. Claim. Nice. Even better than the squeeze, which fails if West holds ♦J10. However, this line won't work if we cashed hearts (no matter which two) at tricks 2 and 3 - we have to anticipate the 4-1 break. The best players will do this, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosene Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Thanks all for the responses. I like the pure squeeze shown by Nige1. I, of course, did play off 2 hearts at trick 2 and 3 and therefore the squeeze, as the cards actually were, was the only chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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