inquiry Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 [hv=d=w&v=n&n=s75ht74dakj53ct92&s=saq43hak98dq8caqj]133|200|Scoring: IMP(P) - P - (2♠) - DBL(P) -3♦ - (P) - 4NT(P) - 6NT - All pass 2♠ was weak3♦ promised some values4NT was natural Opening lead ♠J the Queen wins as East plays the six. It looks relatively simple, perhaps it is. What is your line? [/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 I don't see anything better than ace and duck a heart, win return cash SA, hearts, then diamonds squeezing RHO hopefully. I toyed with AK of hearts first to try and pick up 6214 with Hx of hearts on right, but this not only loses to 6313, but it also makes us have to guess the position (if RHO started with 6322, or 6223) which is not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecalm Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Justin, you don't have all the clubs :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Justin, you don't have all the clubs :) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecalm Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 OK, sorry. I see you want to play for Kxx clubs with RHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Yeah, after meditating it a while RHO ♣K is a neccessity for the contract to be successful, unless we find QJ doubleton in hearts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 It's not quite true that we need ♣K onside to make it. Another (probably inferior) line is to play for LHO to have ♣K and ♥QJx, with diamonds breaking - cash the diamonds, throwing two spades and a club, then ♠A and three rounds of hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted January 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Justin's line is, of course, the correct one. Playing a top heart first then ducking a heart (instead of a spade) gives a few extra chances. East in fact has 6♠ and 3♣ to the king so this line easily wins (cashing spade ACE isn't 100% necessary since you have full count, but is good form just the same). The thing I found interesting is that when you cash the heart, EAST shows out! That means in addition to the positional simple squeeze on EAST, you have a squeeze without count on both EAST and WEST, if you choose (vulnerable stopper squeeze). The full hand was [hv=d=w&v=n&n=s75ht74dakj53ct92&w=sjhqj6532dt4c8754&e=skt9862hd9762ck63&s=saq43hak98dq8caqj]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] [hv=d=w&v=n&n=s75ht74dakj53ct92&w=sjhqj6532dt4c8754&e=skt9862hd9762ck63&s=saq43hak98dq8caqj]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] [hv=d=w&v=n&n=s75ht74dakj53ct92&w=sjhqj6532dt4c8754&e=skt9862hd9762ck63&s=saq43hak98dq8caqj]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] The second ending above is not a huge surprise. This kind of vulnerable stopper squeeze comes to rescue on many hands where you can not afford to duck a trick (here we could). But I find it interesting that you could turn the hand upside down and squeeze poor WEST instead (if you desired to do so). The ending would have been.... [hv=d=w&v=n&n=s75ht74dakj53ct92&w=sjhqj6532dt4c8754&e=skt9862hd9762ck63&s=saq43hak98dq8caqj]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] I found the combination of squeezes, and the recovery mechanisms for this hand if you misplayed it at trick two/three quite interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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