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1♣ 1♥ x p
2NT p 3nt p
p p
opening lead q♠
Plan your play for opps either ducking heart or winning heart
I felt like I fell from grace by not working it out
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Best Play for 11 tricks What squeeze do you play for???
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Posted 2006-January-12, 12:50
Auction:
1♣ 1♥ x p
2NT p 3nt p
p p
opening lead q♠
Plan your play for opps either ducking heart or winning heart
I felt like I fell from grace by not working it out
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Posted 2006-January-12, 14:06
Tis an odd little hand. West is unlikely to have five spades (no michaels), he could have four with longer hearts, or EAST could have four. There is no spade-diamond squeeze on EAST since there is no threat in the upper hand. So forget about that.
One seemingly possible squeeze is a spade-heart on WEST, but you lack the entries for that fellow (even if West has four spades, and AJT9(x) of hearts).
However, if West has four diamonds and hearts to the AJT9, you have him on either a straight forward diamond-heart squeeze if he wins the first heart, or a delayed duck heart-diamond squeeze if he ducks the first heart.
The solution is to duck the first trick. If they duck a heart to you, fine. The ending will be somthing like this ...(or you win the second spade and they duck the heart).
So no ♠-♦ against EAST (no upper threat), no ♠-♥ against WEST (no entry to heart threat in either threat suit. But there is just enough room for a triple squeeze against west if he holds 4-5-4-0 with the AJT9 of hearts. But this triple squeeze is not a two trick gainer... As west just sets up the diamond trick on the club run to squeeze him, and you lack the entries to establish the heart he will set up later when you take the 13th diamond.
Ben
One seemingly possible squeeze is a spade-heart on WEST, but you lack the entries for that fellow (even if West has four spades, and AJT9(x) of hearts).
However, if West has four diamonds and hearts to the AJT9, you have him on either a straight forward diamond-heart squeeze if he wins the first heart, or a delayed duck heart-diamond squeeze if he ducks the first heart.
The solution is to duck the first trick. If they duck a heart to you, fine. The ending will be somthing like this ...(or you win the second spade and they duck the heart).
So no ♠-♦ against EAST (no upper threat), no ♠-♥ against WEST (no entry to heart threat in either threat suit. But there is just enough room for a triple squeeze against west if he holds 4-5-4-0 with the AJT9 of hearts. But this triple squeeze is not a two trick gainer... As west just sets up the diamond trick on the club run to squeeze him, and you lack the entries to establish the heart he will set up later when you take the 13th diamond.
Ben
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Posted 2006-January-12, 15:41
yes its and odd one you see you have ten tricks off the top so someone must have to come under pressure 
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Posted 2006-January-13, 11:36
Well sorry there wasnt more interest in this hand
most likely west has 6 hearts cause east would most likely raise with 4 hearts, so question is what distribution can West be 2632 5332 etc.
If they take the heart ace your problems are solved, if diamonds are 3-3 you have your 11 tricks, so need to play east for diamnonds and spades. so can cast three clubs exit small heart and then use q heart as squeeze card on East.
If they duck the heart ace it turns out you can put west in with spade but have to cash clubs 3 of them so west doesnt have a chance to jettison jack of spade...this play would probably not happen at the table cause it risks the contract going down if your wrong.
The first line where they take the ace of hearts is so simple i can believe that i didnt see it, i rectified the count with the wrong card giving up a spade
most likely west has 6 hearts cause east would most likely raise with 4 hearts, so question is what distribution can West be 2632 5332 etc.
If they take the heart ace your problems are solved, if diamonds are 3-3 you have your 11 tricks, so need to play east for diamnonds and spades. so can cast three clubs exit small heart and then use q heart as squeeze card on East.
If they duck the heart ace it turns out you can put west in with spade but have to cash clubs 3 of them so west doesnt have a chance to jettison jack of spade...this play would probably not happen at the table cause it risks the contract going down if your wrong.
The first line where they take the ace of hearts is so simple i can believe that i didnt see it, i rectified the count with the wrong card giving up a spade
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Posted 2006-January-13, 11:58
pigpenz, on Jan 13 2006, 12:36 PM, said:
Well sorry there wasnt more interest in this hand
most likely west has 6 hearts cause east would most likely raise with 4 hearts, so question is what distribution can West be 2632 5332 etc.
If they take the heart ace your problems are solved, if diamonds are 3-3 you have your 11 tricks, so need to play east for diamnonds and spades. so can cast three clubs exit small heart and then use q heart as squeeze card on East.
If they duck the heart ace it turns out you can put west in with spade but have to cash clubs 3 of them so west doesnt have a chance to jettison jack of spade...this play would probably not happen at the table cause it risks the contract going down if your wrong.
The first line where they take the ace of hearts is so simple i can believe that i didnt see it, i rectified the count with the wrong card giving up a spade
most likely west has 6 hearts cause east would most likely raise with 4 hearts, so question is what distribution can West be 2632 5332 etc.
If they take the heart ace your problems are solved, if diamonds are 3-3 you have your 11 tricks, so need to play east for diamnonds and spades. so can cast three clubs exit small heart and then use q heart as squeeze card on East.
If they duck the heart ace it turns out you can put west in with spade but have to cash clubs 3 of them so west doesnt have a chance to jettison jack of spade...this play would probably not happen at the table cause it risks the contract going down if your wrong.
The first line where they take the ace of hearts is so simple i can believe that i didnt see it, i rectified the count with the wrong card giving up a spade
The line to "put WEST" on the lead with a spade after they ducking a heart will be very sadly doomed if spades are 3-3 (and WEST doesn't have QJT specifically) or WEST has singleton spade or has an odd QT doubleton, since if EAST get in, your cold overtricks can turn into many undertricks.
Note when spades are 3-3, duckng the first spade always work.. ducking a late spade requires no unblock or west to have QJT. IF west has only 2 spdes, you hope the are not Qx (where x is anything but the jack). No one will seriously play such a line (maybe in BAM or MP REALLY, REALLY needing a board)
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Posted 2006-January-13, 13:11
yes thats why i said the throw in would not happen at the table unless you knew it was a trick problem or needed top in matchpoints or BAM and even then?
But the first line was too simple
But the first line was too simple
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If he had cashed his heart earlier, you have to find him with heart JT9 (or east with doubleton) and the simple squeeze with diamonds as enty to both hand picking him clean.