[flytoox]

NORTH'S HAND
S: XX
H: AT
D: QJTXX
C: AKXX

SOUTH'S HAND
S: AKTX
H: QX
D: K987X
C: XX

6D BY SOUTH, OPENING LEAD IS CQ. PLAN YOUR PLAY.

[whereagles]

I'll play for a singleton ace of trumps. Ruff two spades high, ruff two clubs high, then play a trump and look closely to opponents reactions in order to guess what to play on the heart return.

If at some stage you're overruffed and a trump is played back, there are still some squeeze chances.

[Flame]

I was going to say im with whereaqles, but lets first check how good his line his.
You need A sgl diamond - this is about 30%
You also need to get the heart , this is less then 50%.
Combining it gives you 15%. You also makes it when the QJ of spade are doublton, i dont know how much it adds but it is certentily less then 10%, als some overruffing should take the chances a bit lower, so you have less then 25% .
finding RHO with both spade pictures is 25%, so its better.
Going for simple squeeze will be imo less then 25%.
So its probebly best to begin with a trump, play 1 more to take them out,and finnese spade twice. i wouldnt play small if LHO wining the A of heart come back with heart, because usually the opponents doesnt give present for no resson.

[whereagles]

QJx of spades is about 9%, I think. That makes both lines more or less the same.

[luke warm]

hi fly.. draw trumps, trump a club to leave west in charge, play the ♥A, leaving the Q in south (hoping east has K), and run trumps from dummy, hoping both have spades.. what i see is:

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now play the last diamond... have no idea if this works

[Trpltrbl]

I see 4 chances.
Squeeze, QJ ♠ onside, QJ3rd♠ either hand or singleton trump Ace.
I think I'll combine my chances.
I like Jimmy's line, so I'll do same.

Mike

[Flame]

Actually i forgot that the anamination play works also for QJX on either hand, that probebly turn the chances in favore of this play.

[Free]

Draw trumps, I'll see what I'll do next, cause you might have to cash in ♥A first, or keep it and cash in ♠AK first... However, I think you might have to ruff 1♠, so don't draw all your trumps just yet, only 4 It also depends on what opps play when they have a trick with ♦A...

[inquiry]

Several lines suggest themselves.

1) The black suit elimination originally suggested, playing for the hand with the ♦A singleton to be endplayed (and not be able to overruff early and exit other black suit).

2) A simple positional squeeze against WEST, playing him to have ♥K and four cards (or more) in clubs (requires ruffing two spades in hand, and gets lucky if ♠ QJ fall in three rounds.

3) A triple squeeze, playing one player or the other other to hold 4+♠, 4+♣, and the ♥King (requires one black suit ruff in both each hand to isolate the threat.

4) A vienna coupe against EAST, playing him to hold ♥K (or J) and five ♠ or any ♠ length to both ♠QJ. This is the line Jimmy tried for (but his ending can't be right.. he had to ruff two ♣, so dummy would have no ♣ left, and there would be the ♥T in dummy at this point. He showed it as a double squeeze, but that doesn't work because without ruffing the ♣ threat, you only have 10 winners, not the 11 he has shown in his ending.

How would I play it, I would start out hoping for mis-defense and win ♣, cross in ♠. and lead a low ♦. I want WEST to think I am trying to trick him in playing low from doubleton king, crashing with his partner's singleton ace. If he thinks this way with ♦Ax, he will play low. When the ♦ holds, I know eliminate the black cards, and thow WEST in I guess.

Should they win ♦ and clear ♦, I will go for the positional double squeeze on WEST in clubs and ♥.

Ben

[flytoox]

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Looks many ppl would make it at the table.

At the table I adopted stripe play, which was unsucessful for the c and d distribution.

Knocking out D ace looks a better line, you still keep many chance, you can sqz LHO in C/H, or RHO in S/H.


Hongjun

[Flame]

You didnt mention any bidding, and with these hands they might have bid.

[flytoox]

Flame, on Jul 6 2004, 08:50 PM, said:

You didnt mention any bidding, and with these hands they might have bid.

THey didnt bid, otherwise I would give out the auction.

[inquiry]

flytoox, on Jul 6 2004, 04:32 PM, said:

Looks many ppl would make it at the table.

Looks I finally got one right.. :-)

[flytoox]

inquiry, on Jul 6 2004, 09:05 PM, said:

flytoox, on Jul 6 2004, 04:32 PM, said:

Looks many ppl would make it at the table.

Looks I finally got one right.. :-)

Hehe, I am not surprised.

[luke warm]

you're right ben, the ♥10 is still in my hand and no club... sigh... i saw a squeeze position and by gum i inserted it

[inquiry]

luke warm, on Jul 6 2004, 05:28 PM, said:

you're right ben, the ♥10 is still in my hand and no club... sigh... i saw a squeeze position and by gum i inserted it

:-) Visualization is the key... you visualized a great double squeeze ending. Next, you have to learn to make sure you have the cards to reach the desired ending. I really liked your ending, so did at least ...Trpltrbl.... This is because it is a cute ending, just not possible.

ben

[luke warm]

[Free]

Yeah, I think that's possible

[Trpltrbl]

inquiry, on Jul 6 2004, 04:38 PM, said:

I really liked your ending, so did at least ...Trpltrbl.... This is because it is a cute ending, just not possible.

ben

Happens.

Mike