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A squeeze play (or squeeze) is a technique used in contract bridge and other trick-taking games in which the play of a card (the squeeze card) forces an opponent to discard a winner or the guard of a potential winner. The situation typically occurs in the end game, with only a few cards remaining.
N E S ♠ K Q ♥ K 4 ♦ — ♣ — ♠ 4 ♥ Q 2 ♦ — ♣ A On the play of the ♣ A by South, East is squeezed but can escape by throwing a small heart. Although the ♥ Q is now set up, South must next play either the ♥ Q, ♥ 2 or ♠ 4 to be won in dummy and has no entry back to cash it; he must now lose a spade to East. ♠ A J Example 2 North to lead ♥ — ♦ — ♣ 2 N E S ...
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A very rare example is the double trump squeeze, where both opponents suffer the same fate. Here is an example from the quarterfinals of the 2004 Olympiad, in the match between Italy and the USA. Declarer, Norberto Bocchi of Italy, declared 4 ♥ and achieved the following end position with the lead in dummy:
Diagrams are used to illustrate a deal of 52 cards in four hands in the game of contract bridge. [1] Each hand is designated by a point on the compass and so North–South are partners against East–West. Suit features include: Each line represents a suit, indicated by its symbol – ♠ for spades, ♥ for hearts, ♦ for diamonds, and ♣ ...
The simple squeeze is the most basic form of a squeeze in contract bridge. When declarer plays a winner in one suit (the squeeze card), an opponent is forced to discard a stopper in one of declarer's two threat suits. The simple squeeze takes place against one opponent only and gains one trick only.
The principle of restricted choice is a guideline used in card games such as contract bridge to intuit hidden information. It may be stated as "The play of a card which may have been selected as a choice of equal plays increases the chance that the player started with a holding in which his choice was restricted."
In contract bridge, the criss-cross squeeze is a variant of the simple squeeze in which both menaces are blocked. [1] However, the blocking cards provide the necessary communication between hands after the squeeze has been effected. Unblocking in the correct order allows the squeezing player to cash the newly created winner; but this requires ...