[bluejak]

Vampyr, on 2012-November-24, 12:01, said:

I think so, if David was talking about having all top tricks but not realising you do.

I don't see the relevance of that.

Naturally, I am talking about a declarer who believes he has all top tricks but is playing it out. Does he really keep a menace so as to make a fourteenth trick?

[CamHenry]

bluejak, on 2012-November-30, 14:23, said:

I don't see the relevance of that.

Naturally, I am talking about a declarer who believes he has all top tricks but is playing it out. Does he really keep a menace so as to make a fourteenth trick?

... depends if the menace is the ♦7, requiring partner to furnish a round of drinks.

[Lovera]

Interesting this hand: there is a triple squeeze for W (heart Q from a sequence takes K9 against J10 and if club K is in W too..). After that spade K pitch J is consequential to play A getting to spade 8 against 9.

[Lovera]

There is a second ending if you leads A and K of spade after A of heart on Queen and run three top diamonds getting to a (secondary) three losers delayed duck criss-cross squeeze: on Jack W is forced to descard an heart, last diamond pitching 8 of spade (on club discart) and you can win a return to realize last heart winner (after little for King and 9 for W's 10). But we have sureness only in heart (sequence) and spade and able to read a 5-4-2-2 and not for club King position: in this case if King is in East W on last two diamonds will descart two clubs and you can impasse ( you always retain cards in suit for this eventuality ).
(Lovera)