inquiry Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 June 5, 2004. 18 table tournment [hv=d=n&v=e&n=sq82hak7dat53c865&s=sajt963hj94d2cakq]133|200|Scoring: IMPWest North East South - 1♣ 1NT 2♠ Pass 4♠ Pass 4NT Pass 5♥ Pass 6♠ Pass Pass Pass Opening Leas CLUB JACK [/hv] 1) 1♣ = quirky choice by partner, lead inhibitor? 2) 1NT = raptor, showing 5+ diamonds, exactly 4 hearts Discuss your options and pick a line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 This one really looks like a ruffout squeeze, after the safety ♠ play of ♠A+♠J, Since East cannot attack ♥ you lose nothing but overtrick when ♠K is onside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianEDuran Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 Hi First off are we not playing RCK, but just showing aces? My partner bid 5H? Well, the Jack of clubs scares me. Why not a heart, a diamond? Surely LHO has a lot of clubs, let say 6 cards, RHO is short. LHO also doesn''t have lots of trump, because there has to be a change for RHO to ruff. How is LHO going to get it??? He either has the K of spades or he was hoping to get a ruff off the top. Assume the spades are split LHO=KX RHO=xx. Now what? I'd take the ace and lead a spade, and I don't see any sort of squeeze since North will pitch before RHO. End play seems out, since LHO should have three hearts. So my contrustion is[hv=n=sq82hak7dat53c865&w=skxhxxxdxxcjtxxxx&e=sxxhqtxxdkqjxxxcx&s=sajt963hj94d2cakq]399|300|[/hv] While I guess it about 60% to 40% the LHO has the K of spades, because of the lead and change for Kxx on the left (vacant spaces), I'm going to play for the end position were AT of diamonds opposit J of hearts and little diamond. This Rquires LHO not to play a diamond after the ace of spades and a spade. RHO will be left with KQ of diamonds and the Q of heart when having to follow to the last spade/club. Since they have a defence I should decrease the odds on this play which was 60% to 40%, but maybe its still better then the finess. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 only problem seems to be a diamond lead (assuming the ♠K doesn't drop), which kills the squeeze win the club with whatever card you're known to hold, after rho's play... ♠A then Q, hoping for a club return.. win it and your last club, then the A, K of ♥, then running spades, coming down to [hv=n=sh7daxc&s=sxhjd2c]133|200|[/hv]throw the heart on the last spade... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 Oh guys.. you never read me right? :), riffout squeeze is a criss-cross squeeze wich one of the blocked menaces being a trump, you have ♥AK as entries to dummy, you don´t need ♦A for anything, actually a ♦ switch is what you would love, since it would make your squeze to catter to ♦5-3 and also clearifies the count (wich is the thing that can make you fail on a criss-cross squeeze). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 Fluffy means this:[hv=d=s&v=n&n=shakxdtxc&w=shxxxdxcx&e=shqxxdkqc&s=sjthjxxdc]399|300|[/hv]On the spade Jack dummy discs a heart and East has no good disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 if that's the actual position, how does taking the A,K♥, keeping the J in hand, not work? doesn't east still have to come down to ♥Q and ♦Kx in the end? iow, why doesn't the simple work given your take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 if that's the actual position, how does taking the A,K♥, keeping the J in hand, not work? doesn't east still have to come down to ♥Q and ♦Kx in the end? iow, why doesn't the simple work given your take? You squeese doesnt work because west can keep the diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 if east has ♦K,Q,J what difference does it make? his last 3 cards are ♥Q and ♦K,Q... dummy has ♦A, 10... what does east throw on the last spade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 The ruffout squeeze covers with any ♦ holdign in west, including ♦Jxx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 true, it's much surer.. just going by the posted hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Fluffy is correct of course, and you should see it from trick one. It makes little dfference where the spade king if east is 4-6 in reds. Don't cross to dummy to finessee spades, or you will go down. Simply start spade and spade. Sure enough, West wins second spade as East shows out. Best defense is a heart back (on diamond back, fluffy already described the play, on spade back, win the spade and led diamond yourself) you win the ACE. If the full hand was...[hv=n=sq82hak7dat53c865&w=skxxhxxxdjxxcjt9x&e=sxhqtxxdkqxxxcxxx&s=sajt963hj94d2cakq]399|300|[/hv] A heart return will beat you. But give West Jx of diamonds or xxx of diamonds, the ruff out squeeze (trump squeeze) will make EAST crumble. The actual hands were... [hv=n=sq82hak7dat53c865&w=skxxhxxxdjxxcjt9x&e=sxhqtxxdkqxxxcxxx&s=sajt963hj94d2cakq]399|300|[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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