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Solitary Saturated Squeeze
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Lone Double Threat
Triple-triple varieties
The lone double threat must be doubly recessed. There must be at
least one entry to the lone threat, which can lie in any of the other
threat suits. One of the single threats will be well-placed, lying
behind the corresponding stopper; this threat must include an entry.
This leaves six basic positions, three in which the winners in the
well-placed single threat are split between the two hands, and three
in which both winners lie in the same hand:
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Winners split
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Winners
together
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1) Two entries in other single threat:
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A K
2
A K
A 2
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A
Q 10 8
Q J
10
--
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K
J 9 7
--
Q J 10
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2
--
9
3 2
K
9
3
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2) Two entries in other single threat:
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A K
2
A K
3 2
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A
Q 10 8
Q J
10
--
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K
J 9 7
--
Q J 10
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2
--
9
3 2
A K
9
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3) One entry in other single threat:
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--
A K
2
A 2
A 2
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A
Q 10 8
Q J
10
--
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K
J 9 7
--
Q J 10
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2
--
K
9
3
K
9
3
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4) One entry in other single threat:
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--
A K
2
A 2
3 2
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A
Q 10 8
Q J
10
--
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K
J 9 7
--
Q J 10
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2
--
K
9
3
A K
9
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5) No entries in other single threat:
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--
A K
2
3 2
A 2
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A
Q 10 8
Q J
10
--
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K
J 9 7
--
Q J 10
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2
--
A K
9
K
9
3
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6) No entries in other single threat:
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A
A K
2
3 2
3 2
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K J
Q 10 8
Q J
10
--
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Q 10
J 9 7
--
Q J 10
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3 2
--
A K
9
A K
9
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All these positions are routine, except for case 5. In the rest,
South cashes the club A, squeezing West out of a major suit stopper.
Now the diamond winners are cashed, finishing in the North hand if
possible (in case 6, the spade A provides the needed entry), and then
the heart winners complete the squeeze against East in clubs and the
major suit abandoned by West.
This line fails in case 5, because there is no re-entry to the
North hand after cashing the club A. There is a wonderful alternate
line, however, which works not only in 5 but in cases 1 and 3 as well
(where there is a twin-entry threat in clubs). South cashes both
diamond winners, and East is forced to discard twice; if East
discards the spade stop, then East must also abandon hearts, leaving
West vulnerable in three suits, and now either club winner will
subject West to the totally disconnected variant of the 1-entry
1-loser triple squeeze in which there is no entry in any threat suit;
so instead East must discard two hearts when South cashes the diamond
winners. Now the club A forces West to discard a spade, and the heart
AK squeeze East in the black suits. Note that this is an 8-point
squeeze, in which East is squeezed in three suits, then West is
likewise squeezed in three suits, and finally East is squeezed again
in two suits.
Triple-simple varieties
If in the above triple-triple endings, East's spade stopper is
removed, two further positions result (as well as one minor
variation, which is a combination of the other two). Again, there
must be an entry to the North hand, and one of the single threats
stopped by West must include a winner (else East would have already
been squeezed):
1) Entry in single threat against 2-stopper
hand:
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A K 3
2
--
A 2
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A
Q 10 8
K Q
--
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--
J 9 7
--
Q J 10
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2
--
A
J
K
9
3
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2) Entry in single threat against 3-stopper
hand:
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--
A K
2
A
3 2
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A
Q 10 8
K Q
--
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--
J 9 7
--
Q J 10
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2
--
J
2
A K
9
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3) Combined form:
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A K
2
A
A 2
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A
Q 10 8
K Q
--
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--
J 9 7
--
Q J 10
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2
--
J
2
K
9
3
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In positions 2 and 3, South cashes the club A to squeeze West out
of a heart, and then the diamond A squeezes East in hearts and clubs.
The play is different in 1, where South must first cash the diamond
A, sqeezing East out of a heart. Then South can cash either club
winner to subject West to the totally disconnected variant of the
1-entry 1-loser triple
squeeze in which there is no entry in any threat suit.