Win
♠Q.
You have 10 tricks... (4
♣+3
♥+2
♦+1
♠).
There are squeeze possilities. If West has no
♠ higher than your
♠7 you have a proven double squeeze. If not, if West has
♦QT(x) or
♦JT(x), you ahve compound squeeze that evolves into a double squeeze if West gives up his
♠ quard or a
♦-quard squeeze (exposing his partenr to a
♦ hook if he throws away his
♦s.
The two lines you play for follow similar lines. IF West has either...
, or
You make. In second case, there is a already a double squeeze. In the first case, West has to throw all his
♦ to keep off the double squeeze from teh second example, but exposes his partner's
♦ stopper to a hook.
The one hand type that doesn't work is something like this....
West keep his
♠9 and thows all his
♦'s away, holding you to the 10 tricks you had when the
♥ ten held.
I assume everyone can work out the double squeeze, so let's look at the compound squeeze with the quard squeeze threat. Win second
♠ and run all but one club. The ending will be the following when last
♣ is played....
What ever West throws, play a
♥ to King,
♦ to dummy. If West had thrown
♥ both dummy's
♥ are good. If he threw a
♠, dummy last
♥ squeezes EAST in
♦ and
♠ (simple squeeze). But if WEST had thrown a
♦, then
♥King provides parking place for little
♠ in South, and then
♦ to
♦A9 through East's
♦Jx (or Qx or Tx... all of which requires west to have any two cards of the
♦QJT combination).
Ben
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