♠ | J 9 8 3 |
♥ | Q 10 8 |
♦ | K Q 5 2 |
♣ | 6 4 |
♠ | 5 4 |
♥ | A K 9 3 2 |
♦ | 10 7 |
♣ | A J 10 2 |
Me | LHO | CHO | RHO |
---|---|---|---|
1♥ | 2♠ | 3♥ | All Pass |
2♠ was 4 spades and a 5 card minor, 11-15 points.
The defense led a low diamond to the K and Ace. A diamond was ruffed, then a high spade and a spade to the 9 and K. Another diamond was played: I ruffed 9, which held, then played ♣10 to LHO who won and played a trump, ♥10 holding in dummy.
Anyway, after winning the ♥10 I was in this position:
♠ | J 9 |
♥ | Q 8 |
♦ | Q |
♣ | 6 |
♠ | - |
♥ | A K 3 |
♦ | - |
♣ | A J 2 |
I'm already down 1, but want the rest of the tricks. So I ruffed a spade high, and ♥K, ♥Q, ♦Q squeezed LHO in the black suits.
Of course, ♥K successfully drew all outstanding trumps, so for this squeeze I had to "rectify" the count by compressing my trump winners. I could have just ruffed a club.
So after 500 hands I can still spot a squeeze, but ruffing in dummy is beyond me.
I'm not sure if the ♣10 was a good play or not. I could have always drawn trumps in 2 rounds and set about losing and ruffing and pitching my 3 club losers. But, on that layout ♣10 was safe, and if LHO had been 4216 and defended the same way I would still have made. I don't see a way to cater to both possibilities, so maybe ♣10 was best (other than leading ♥10 from dummy, except you're not in dummy).
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