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A criss-cross squeeze in the BBO Forums tourney

#1 User is offline   paulg 

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Posted 2024-October-14, 05:05

A rare bird in the BBO Forums tournament yesterday. I can't see how many players found the criss-cross squeeze, but 14 of 157 made thirteen tricks.

https://thebeercard....tournament.html
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Posted 2024-October-14, 06:07

Thank you very much for this.
Well played and nicely written.
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Posted 2024-October-14, 11:15

Thanks for the insight.
A 1nt opening is clear 😆
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Posted 2024-October-14, 14:30

Nice catch!
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Posted 2024-October-15, 10:52

It is actually a positional squeeze. You can clarify the situation by cashing ♠A before playing the ♣T squeezecard:
♠QJ
♥A8
--
♠A
♥Q9
♣T
Then
♠Q
♥A8
--
♠
♥Q9
♣T
West squeezed with:
♠K
♥Q9
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Posted 2024-October-15, 11:11

I think you meant to write ♥KJ at the end
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Posted 2024-October-15, 11:44

View Postkgr, on 2024-October-15, 10:52, said:

It is actually a positional squeeze. You can clarify the situation by cashing ♠A before playing the ♣T squeezecard:
♠QJ
♥A8
--
♠A
♥Q9
♣T
Then
♠Q
♥A8
--
♠
♥Q9
♣T
West squeezed with:
♠K
♥Q9

Correct. i felt something was wrong with my play and description!
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Posted 2024-October-16, 11:41

Your play was better than mine, I put up the 6 of clubs, instead of the 8,
and East kept his King, covering is certainly better, although it should
not really matter.

If the King does not come, I would say 12 is the limit.
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