Position

[mczen]

The other day this end position cropped up:

♠ --- ♥ 9 ♦ 2 ♣ K8
♠ --- ♥ T8 ♦ --- ♣ Q5
♠ --- ♥ --- ♦ KT2 ♣ T
♠ 5 ♥ 75 ♦
♣ J

I played my last spade, squeezing lefty into shedding a heart winner. When he did, I threw him

Comments

[anonymous]

This is mostly a stepping stone squeeze, where the ingredients are a blocked suit and two losers. The long heart in hand isn't really necessary (e.g. replace with a low diamond). At trick 11, lead the club (lefty must duck) and exit a heart.