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Strange position Pseudo-Self-1-Suit Squeeze

#1 User is offline   BunnyGo 

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Posted 2011-June-09, 21:08

I was kibbing a match between the University of Michigan (GO BLUE!) and Cornell when this interesting hand came up.



Note that to set up the diamonds and pull trump (assuming trump are 3-2 and diamonds are 3-3 or 4-2) he's up to 11 tricks (5 spades, 4 diamonds, and 2 aces). If the heart finesse is onside, then he can get 2 more tricks...but he needs to be careful with his timing. Notice what happened when he didn't win the first spade in dummy and immediately finesse a heart.



If north had held all his hearts (as he probably should have given the auction), then East will be squeezed in one suit (well, one suit and an Ace). I thought this was interesting.
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Posted 2011-June-10, 01:38

On the actual layout, East could have made despite his earlier misplay. To hold the hearts, North must unguard the clubs, so South cashes two clubs and then takes a heart finesse.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2011-June-10, 02:55

If you're going to ruff the diamonds with big trumps, is there any reason not to play ♦AKx, at which point when you realise you only need one diamond ruff, you can enter dummy with the second spade and hook the heart, reentering dummy with the third spade if necessary.
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Posted 2011-June-10, 08:38

The two above commenters are correct, this hand was misplayed, and there could have been a simple squeeze as North had every important card, I just thought it was an interesting situation.
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Posted 2011-June-10, 10:01

I count to 5 diamond tricks.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2011-June-11, 10:50

View Posthan, on 2011-June-10, 10:01, said:

I count to 5 diamond tricks.



Yeah...if only they hadn't ruffed two diamonds.
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