[manudude03]

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To be honest, I'm fairly sure I misplayed this (and indeed, I did give the defense a chance to beat it). I figured with 6 top tricks after winning the spade, I pretty much needed 2 heart tricks while only losing 1 (can't play on clubs or defense has 6 tricks). Ducking the first trick seems to give me better chances I think (requiring RHO to have 3+ clubs to at least an honor (only 1 honor if more than 3 clubs). However, the ending (starting trick 8) is something you don't see every day

[gwnn]

Is that called a suicide triple squeeze?

[manudude03]

gwnn, on 2016-January-31, 03:56, said:

Is that called a suicide triple squeeze?

Suicide guard squeeze. Googling the term seems to suggest it's really rare.

[nige1]

manudude03, on 2016-January-30, 17:48, said:

To be honest, I'm fairly sure I misplayed this (and indeed, I did give the defense a chance to beat it). I figured with 6 top tricks after winning the spade, I pretty much needed 2 heart tricks while only losing 1 (can't play on clubs or defense has 6 tricks). Ducking the first trick seems to give me better chances I think (requiring RHO to have 3+ clubs to at least an honor (only 1 honor if more than 3 clubs). However, the ending (starting trick 8) is something you don't see every day

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Pretty fratricidal guard squeeze! Ducking the first trick might be embarrassing, when LHO has led from a 4-card suit e.g ♠ A K 9 6 A better shot might be to win ♠Q and return a ♠

[helene_t]

Progressive squeeze? If E thros a red card it only costs one trick initially but she will subsequently be squeezed in clubs and the other red suit.

[Phil]

helene_t, on 2016-February-01, 03:55, said:

Progressive squeeze? If E thros a red card it only costs one trick initially but she will subsequently be squeezed in clubs and the other red suit.

Not a progressive because we are only one trick short of our objective. But like triples, guard squeezes require an opponent to be busy in three suits.