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N W E S ♠ ♥ A ♥ Q J 10 ♦ — ♦ ♣ — ♣ — South to lead ♠ 4 ♥ 2 ♦ — ♣ A South needs all three remaining tricks in a notrump contract. South leads the squeeze card, the ♣ A, and West is squeezed in hearts and spades. If West discards the ♥ A, North's ♥ K becomes a winner. If West discards either spade, North's ♠ J becomes a winner. Note the following features of ...
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.
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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."
The backwash and the knockout squeezes can be distinguished by whether the squeezed defender must play before or after third hand ruffs: in the knockout squeeze, the squeezed defender plays prior to the ruff; in the backwash squeeze, after. The following example is from Kelsey and Ottlik: Against 4 ♠, West leads a small trump. The defense is ...
A strip squeeze is a declarer technique at contract bridge combining elements of squeeze and endplay. This squeeze occurs when declarer has two or more losers remaining. [ 1 ] By cashing winners, declarer forces the squeezed defender to discard cards so that he cannot defeat the contract.
An entry squeeze move in contract bridge exerts pressure by threatening the length of a defender's holding in a side suit.In many familiar squeezed positions, such as a simple or double squeeze, the rank of a defender's holding prevents declarer from cashing a threat until the squeeze has matured.