Lord Molyb Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 [hv=pc=n&s=s97632hj62d8c5432&w=shaq95dkj963cjt98&n=sakqjtht3daqcakq7&e=s854hk874dt7542c6]399|300[/hv]North plays 4NT on a spade lead and cashes 3 clubs and 4 spades to get to the following position: [hv=pc=n&s=s9hj62d8c3&w=shaq9dkjcj&n=stht3daqc7&e=shk874dt7c]399|300[/hv]On the last spade, east discards a diamond but west has no good discard. If he discards a diamond, I'll get two diamond tricks instead of one. If he discards a club, I get a club and a diamond. If he discards the ♥9, I lead a low heart from both hands and either west is endplayed after cashing 2 hearts and a club or east overtakes and establishes an extra heart trick for me. If he discards a high heart, I lead a low heart from both hands and west is again endplayed or east overtakes and establishes a heart for me. So what is that squeeze called? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 [hv=pc=n&s=s97632hj62d8c5432&w=shaq95dkj963cjt98&n=sakqjtht3daqcakq7&e=s854hk874dt7542c6]399|300|North plays 4NT on a spade lead and cashes 3 clubs and 4 spades to get to the following position:[/hv][hv=pc=n&s=s9hj62d8c3&w=shaq9dkjcj&n=stht3daqc7&e=shk874dt7c]399|300|On the last spade, east discards a diamond but west has no good discard. If he discards a diamond, I'll get two diamond tricks instead of one. If he discards a club, I get a club, a diamond, and eventually another red-suit trick depending on what he discards. If he discards the ♥9, I lead a low heart from both hands and either west is endplayed after cashing 2 hearts and a club or east overtakes and establishes an extra heart trick for me. If he discards a high heart, I lead a low heart from both hands and west is again endplayed or east overtakes and establishes a heart for me.So what is that squeeze called?[/hv] [hv=pc=n&s=s9hJ32d8c3&w=shaQ9dkjcj&n=sJh54daqc7&e=shkT87dt7c]399|300| This squeeze-strip is an unusual and pretty kind of winkle. This version depends critically on what I call a pivot, for want of a better term. Here, for example, the ♥J plays that crucial role. So I would call this a pivot squeeze. You can replace the ♥T (as on the left) to emphasise the role of the pivot.[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanoff Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 I would say it's a rare type of bunny squeeze, where the bunny has transferred from defender to declarer by virtue of not playing in a 10cd trump fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 I would say it's a rare type of bunny squeeze, where the bunny has transferred from defender to declarer by virtue of not playing in a 10cd trump fit. OK, pretend the contract is 4♠ :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Molyb Posted January 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 OK, pretend the contract is 4♠ :)In 4♠ you can just ruff a diamond though, not as fun :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 In 4♠ you can just ruff a diamond though, not as fun :( Duh :( OK. Make the South hand-shape 4324 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Molyb Posted January 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Duh :( OK. Make the South hand-shape 4324 :)In spades you can eliminate the hearts after drawing trump and throw west in with a club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLow21 Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 On the last spade, east discards a diamond but west has no good discard. If he discards a diamond, I'll get two diamond tricks instead of one. If he discards a club, I get a club and a diamond. If he discards the ♥9, I lead a low heart from both hands and either west is endplayed after cashing 2 hearts and a club or east overtakes and establishes an extra heart trick for me. If he discards a high heart, I lead a low heart from both hands and west is again endplayed or east overtakes and establishes a heart for me. So what is that squeeze called?'Tis a winkle. Terence Reese wrote about them frequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 In spades you can eliminate the hearts after drawing trump and throw west in with a club OK :) I concede :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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