grand slam makes with "reverse" (playing trumps from board) double squeeze making a grand slam

[timouthy]

I played this hand recently in the Main Club. After a spade lead, I pulled trump and then tried to discard board's spade losers on club suit winners. When clubs didn't break, I resorted to a squeeze using boards trumps. In the two card ending, north hangs onto a spade and a diamond and south hangs onto a club and a diamond. I pitch my club and cash two diamond tricks to make it!

 

I have URL link below. Would like to know how to copy actual bbo hand picture to this post if anyone out there knows.

 

tx timouthy

 

 

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[nige1]

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Timouthy writes 'I played this hand recently in the Main Club. After a spade lead, I pulled trump and then tried to discard board's spade losers on club suit winners. When clubs didn't break, I resorted to a squeeze using boards trumps. In the two card ending, north hangs onto a spade and a diamond and south hangs onto a club and a diamond. I pitch my club and cash two diamond tricks to make it! I have URL link below. Would like to know how to copy actual bbo hand picture to this post if anyone out there knows.'

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Pretty pseudo-squeeze :) although South can defeat it by chucking ♦s, keeping black winners :(

Reply to see how to edit Timouthy's URL to display the deal in a BBO post (or HTML page). Partial explanation....

-- hv abbreviation for https: ... handviewer.html (in BBO posts).

-- lin old BBO handviewer format.

-- pn name player

-- md make deal.

-- ah head board.

-- mb make bid.

-- pc play card.

-- width/height of diagram.and

-- comments.[/hv]

[FelicityR]

Good to make the contract but as Nigel pointed out precise defending does beat it. However, the interesting thing is how to bid it sensibly to 6♥, or 7♥ if you fancy a gamble not knowing West's hand.

 

Give West ♠KQJx ♥Kx ♦Axxx ♣Axx and 7♠ is a possible contract.

 

Maybe Stayman followed by the Smolen convention is the way to correctly bid East's hand if West doesn't show a 4 card major in reply to Stayman. (Please correct me if I'm wrong)

[pescetom]

Good to make the contract but as Nigel pointed out precise defending does beat it. However, the interesting thing is how to bid it sensibly to 6♥, or 7♥ if you fancy a gamble not knowing West's hand.

 

Give West ♠KQJx ♥Kx ♦Axxx ♣Axx and 7♠ is a possible contract.

 

Maybe Stayman followed by the Smolen convention is the way to correctly bid East's hand if West doesn't show a 4 card major in reply to Stayman. (Please correct me if I'm wrong)

I think the transfer is best, but surely it qualifies for a super accept. After that one splinters a minor, or shows spades as second suit, or as a control, according to system. We would control bid directly over the super accept and stop in 6H, knowing that we have no sure place to ditch a spade and opponents have 14 points here.

[nige1]

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Timouthy writes 'I played this hand recently in the Main Club. After a spade lead, I pulled trump and then tried to discard board's spade losers on club suit winners. When clubs didn't break, I resorted to a squeeze using boards trumps. In the two card ending, north hangs onto a spade and a diamond and south hangs onto a club and a diamond. I pitch my club and cash two diamond tricks to make it! I have URL link below. Would like to know how to copy actual bbo hand picture to this post if anyone out there knows.'

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7♥ is a reasonable contract, making, for example, when ♣s are 4-3. but it seems hard to reach with confidence.

 

Also, swap ♠T with ♠8 (as on the left) and Timouthy's iine works, unless defenders lead a ♦.[/hv]

[pescetom]

7♥ is a reasonable contract, making, for example, when ♣s are 4-3. but it seems hard to reach with confidence.

The 4-3 split is only 63%, not great odds when the small slam is near certain. I guess it depends to some extent on the field, at lower levels some point counters would not even be in 6♥ here.