CONTRACT BRIDGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 135, 10 June 1938, Page 6

CONTRACT BRIDGE.

A HOLLYWOOD SQUEEZE. (By THE FOUR ACES.) To be able as declarer to spread your hand on the table at trick Xo. 3 and "claim the balance of the tricks even though ■ you still bold a loser is indeed a rare occurrence. Our old friend, Lee Langdon, now a resident of California and a popular favourite among the movie crowd, sends us the hand shown lielow wherein at the third trick he called a double squeeze on his opponents that was bound to work. East dealer. Neither side vulnerable. A—Q s 7 V —o 4 2 4—3 2 ' Jfa— A K9 5 4 >—A Jlofl 5~ X I A—K 2 4 3 I |V—A Q 10 S 7 V—K 9 | W E| 5 ♦—4 | ! ♦—9 S *—J 10 7 | g !»—Q 3 2 *-« V—T 3 ♦—A K Q .110 " 6 ;"> .*— S 0 Mr. Langdon. The Bidding. East South West North 1 * Pass 1 A Pass 2* Pass 4A Pass Pass 5 $> Pass Pass DM. Pass Pass Pass West opened the Kini of Hearts, and East, after overtaking with the Ace. led the Kins of Spades. When his partner played his lowest Spade. East stubbornly continued the suit. East should, of course, have cashed another Heart trick, but he refused to believe that Mr. Langdon had no more Spades, and also felt that as he held a stopper in Clubs he was bound to win another trick. East quickly received his just deserts for his stubbornness. Mr. Langdon trumped the second Spade, and, spreading his hand, declared, "I am playing out all my trumps, which brings everybody down to three cards. West must retain the Ace of Spades and therefore can hold only two Clubs. I "will then discard the Queen of Spades from dummy and hold the Aee-King-small of Clubs. If East discards down to two Clubs, my three Clubs in dummy will all be good. And if he elects to throw the Queen of Hearts, my Jack will be high." It did not take Mr. Langdon's opponents long to concede him his contract, as they saw it would be impossible for them to win another I trick.— (Copyright.)