[pclayton]

Here's a hand from Wednesday PM:

Scoring: IMP

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I played in 3♣ after RHO made a 2♦ overcall.

The play went:

1. ♦4 (?), 2, A, 6
2. ♦7, K, Q, 3
3. ♠J, 5, 2, 9

Perhaps its better to just play ♦ruff, club up, but I took a second spade hook.

4. ♠3, 6, Q, ♣9
5-6-7 ♣A, ♣, ♣

The position is now:

Scoring: IMP

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There are (at least) two ways to get home from here. Do you see them both?

[mikeh]

well, the one that would occur to me at the table is a heart to dummy, followed by the spade A, on which rho has to pitch a diamond, and we pitch a heart and another spade, on which rho has to pitch another diamond as we ruff in.

Then we lead the last trump: rho has to keep a spade, so stiffs his heart as we pitch the now useless spade. RHO is down to 2 hearts and the diamond J and can't pitch the diamond, so the heart suit is established.

[TimG]

Does this count as the same line as MikeH: trump (west must pitch a heart, otherwise heart over, Ace of Spades, spade ruff establishing the spade); heart over, Ace of Spades, spade ruff?

[pclayton]

I guess there are three ways I can see.

[andy_h]

is the 3rd way just to run home and cash my 9 tricks? hehe
otherwise i can't see anything else besides ruffing out a spade for a double.

[pclayton]

You are trying to make 10 tricks.

[TimG]

pclayton, on Jul 25 2008, 02:25 AM, said:

I guess there are three ways I can see.

So, what are the three ways?

[han]

OK, we got number 7 down, 16 to go.

[Echognome]

Jlall, on Jul 29 2008, 08:50 PM, said:

btw I can't see how you got to 3C. I guess 1S 2D p p X p 3C or something?

What you said for the auction.

[andy_h]

I give up. What's the 3rd way?

[pclayton]

Jlall, on Jul 29 2008, 08:50 PM, said:

btw I can't see how you got to 3C. I guess 1S 2D p p X p 3C or something?

Yes.

[pclayton]

Jlall, on Jul 29 2008, 06:27 PM, said:

Isn't this just a double squeeze? You can do it simultaneously or non simultaneously as the above posters have pointed out.

Right - I misspoke - its either non-simul or simul. There aren't three endings. I was thinking you could pitch a heart from the board on the penultimate club, but that does not work.

What I found interesting is in the non-simultaneous version is that it appears to be a ruffing squeeze against RHO but thats sort of an illusion, since its as though you are playing the trump from hand pitching a spade, instead of ruffing a spade in hand.