wildbill@ucbvax.ARPA (William J. Laubenheimer) (04/05/85)
>S:Kxxx Contract: 6 H by South. >H:KJxxx East has 4 spades and 1 heart. >D:Qx >C:9x > >S:AQxx >H:AQxxx >D:A >C:AQx First off, I am going to assume I got a major-suit lead (you didn't say). The best line I can see will make if West has diamond king or club jack-ten, or if East has club king. To get this, I draw trumps and cash any remaining high spades in hand plus the diamond ace. Then I cross to dummy in trumps and lead the diamond queen. If the king does not appear, I throw my spade loser, and West's return eliminates my club loser via ruff-sluff or free finesse. If East plays the king, I ruff, cross to the king of spades, and pull the club 9, just covering East's card. If clubs are friendly, I still make. It doesn't look like you can get a reasonable position if you want to play East for the diamond king; if you duck a club, a pointed-suit return breaks up your squeeze communication. There is no double squeeze, since you must ruff out one of your threats to get to 11 tricks. So I'll just take the endplay-or-good-club-lie shot. Did I make it? Bill Laubenheimer ----------------------------------------UC-Berkeley Computer Science ...Killjoy went that-a-way---> ucbvax!wildbill