inquiry Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 From last night... of course, not a single kibitizer when I finally get one right... :) Imps, NS VulK52Q85QT99763 9763J94 (fixed, thanks luis) :-)AKJ754void E S W N(1H) 2D (X) PP P Opening lead HK to H7T2.. H4. H9. HA. HQT3.. H3. H5. D8. HJ T4.. SPADE QUEEN. Plan your play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 Wow Ben! How many heart queens are there?My father tried to draw trumps once playing cA and club to the Ace in dummy, but 3 heart queens are too much :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 I will play W to be 4-2-1-6, without the SA. So i will duck 2 spades, ruff 2 Clubs in hand and cross to dummy with the last D, which will squeeze W in Spades and Clubs.W hand : QJTx Kx x Kxxxxx (or the like, with anothe C honor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted June 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 I will play W to be 4-2-1-6, without the SA. So i will duck 2 spades, ruff 2 Clubs in hand and cross to dummy with the last D, which will squeeze W in Spades and Clubs.W hand : QJTx Kx x Kxxxxx (or the like, with anothe C honor) The title of the original post refers to a thread started two days ago by The_Hog where you had to assume Rado (or resident Gold Star, world class player) would find a trump squeeze if you didn't return the correct card at trick two... here is a link to that thread.http://forums.bridgebase.com/in...ay;threadid=555 To Rado, we will have to now add Felix, as he found the trump squeeze as well. Well done! The correct play is duck the Spade Queen, duck the next spade (East had Ax), and then execute a trump squeeze. West was 4-2-1-6 so East is out of the picture. Just be sure to ruff one of the clubs high. The ending, of course, S-K -- T xx S-JT S--H-- H-xxD-- D-7C-Kx C-A S-xx H-- D-Ax C-- Lead low Diamond to Ten, pulling last trump and squeezing West in the black suits. If he throws a spade, cash spade King and claim. If he thows a club, ruff a club, and claim. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 Thx for the nice words Ben, but i assure you i wouldn't find it at the table :-)And also, your writeup was soooo much better than mine!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtewari Posted June 11, 2003 Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Just that little help from defense.... West should play a club instead of spade at trick 4 and the defense should keep on playing clubs whenever they get a chance - it kills the club menace prematurely. West should be able to figure out the shape of south hand. Holding 9-10 HCP and 7 HCP in dummy and assuming average 13 HCP with partner, south has max 11 HCP suggesting that the overcalled suit is most likely 6 cards. Partner is either 2-5-3-3 or 3-5-3-2. If it is latter, the spade tricks cannot go anywhere and there is no risk in playing away from club K as declarer cannot have more than 1 card in clubs. But if it former, then you have to ensure that you avoid the trump squeeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted June 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Just that little help from defense.... West should play a club instead of spade at trick 4 and the defense should keep on playing clubs whenever they get a chance - it kills the club menace prematurely. West should be able to figure out the shape of south hand. Holding 9-10 HCP and 7 HCP in dummy and assuming average 13 HCP with partner, south has max 11 HCP suggesting that the overcalled suit is most likely 6 cards. Partner is either 2-5-3-3 or 3-5-3-2. If it is latter, the spade tricks cannot go anywhere and there is no risk in playing away from club K as declarer cannot have more than 1 card in clubs. But if it former, then you have to ensure that you avoid the trump squeeze. Well, you are right and wrong. The defense can beat you but by starting SPADES, not clubs, and they have to do this BEFORE the entry to opening leader's hand (HK or Heart ruff) is gone so that his partner can get a spade ruff... After Heart-heart, it is too late. No defense works, and certainly not your suggested club instead of a spade. So while it is true that "kiling a threat" breaks up a squeeze, if they lead and continue leading clubs, you ruff four clubs in your hand, to go along with 1S, and 3 trumps in dummy... simple math 4+1+3 = 8. B) Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtewari Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 You are right!. I completely overlooked the dummy reversal possibilities. :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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