I very rarely get to play anymore, but I did manage to go to a sectional today. Was pretty vanilla overall, but there was one hand I enjoyed.
A K Q 2
A 9 4
T 4 3
A K Q
R/R, I'm in fourth chair. Auction goes 3 passes, 2N-3N (our 2N range is 21-22).
Lead is the
J, and we get the following:
9 7 5
K J 8
K Q 7 2
9 3 2
J
A K Q 2
A 9 4
T 4 3
A K Q
Trick 1: J, 2,
6,
K (standard signals)
Trick 2:
4, 8, K, A
Trick 3:
J, A, 3, 5
Trick 4: Hook
J successfully
Tricks 5-8: Cash K, Q of spades, and two hearts ending in hand. RHO has the high spade left, LHO has been pitching clubs
Trick 9: cash high club, RHO throws diamond.
Counting the hand, I know LHO started 2=3=1=7, so RHO was 4=4=5=0.
Now the position looks like this:
Dummy
Q 7 2
9
RHO:
8
T
J 9
Dec:
2
T 3
Q
On the last club, RHO is stuck. If he throws a diamond, I run those. If he throws a heart, I endplay him with a spade. If he throws a spade, I cash my spade, and hes stuck again. He needs to pitch his high heart to salvage one trick in diamonds.
I guess this resulted in a strip squeeze in three suits? I haven't played in a long time, but I can't remember seeing this happen before.
Note: I'm pretty sure you should never take the diamond on trick 2 if you are RHO. Sometimes, opponents can be nice.
Last edited by Myrmidon7328; 08-11-2018 at 09:28 PM.