Here another Either-Or squeeze:
| Dealer: | South | | Vul: | n/a | | Scoring: | MP | |
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The auction went:
1
♠ - 1NT!
2
♣! - 2
♦!
2
♠ - 3
♥pass
(1NT was semi forcing; 2
♣ Gazzilli;
♦ shows 8-11HCP)
This wasn't a great auction. I was sitting South and had a problem when partner showed <15HCP and (2)3+
♣. I decided to just go for 3
♥ and see what happens (this is less than invite, otherwise I would've started with 2
♥ instead of 1NT). With the North hand I'd have rebid 3
♣ instead of Gazzilli since it's 2 good suits and a perfect distribution for it.
Anyway, we got to a playable contract.
West lead
♦9 to the Queen which I ducked smoothly.
♥7 came back to T and J, and another
♦ was played to my AJ. East decided to play the T for my J.
Now I played
♥A (East dropped the King), followed by
♣AK and a
♣ ruff (East discarded
♠J). I exited a trump to East's Queen. This was the situation:
| Dealer: | South | | Vul: | n/a | | Scoring: | MP | |
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East played his
♦K but everything was already lost. I had a
♣ tenance against West and a
♦ tenance against East, so whoever held
♠K would be squeezed.
An "Either-Or" squeeze is technically a simple squeeze (against 1 opponent), but you play it like a double squeeze. Cash your 2 trumps. On the last trump you can squeeze either opponent if he holds the
♠K:
| Dealer: | South | | Vul: | n/a | | Scoring: | MP | |
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3
♥+1 was a cold top. West should've played
♠ as soon as he won a trick to break up all communications. I don't know why he didn't.
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