[lamford]

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You did well to correct to 7NT, RR, gloated HH,
South, as you would not have made 7H.
Indeed any lead would have beaten you,
whereas 7NT was cold on any lead played by me.
The jack of spades was led. How do you bring this home?

[Lovera]

lamford, on 2024-December-12, 16:10, said:

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You did well to correct to 7NT, RR, gloated HH,
South, as you would not have made 7H.
Indeed any lead would have beaten you,
whereas 7NT was cold on any lead played by me.
The jack of spades was led. How do you bring this home?

Hi all (and many wishes for Xmas). It's strange that anyone has replied to you as usually happened. Probably is involved a type of squeeze (i'm watching ♦ and ♣ for menaces) eventually progressive too.

[apollo1201]

Xmas is over! May we get the (funny) reveal as a gift? Thanks 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[Lovera]

I have the idea that we have to see more in-deep and to do any sacrifice.

[Lovera]

I think I found the solution. Looking at the hand we have 10 tricks in high cards and to think of a repeated or progressive squeeze it is necessary to have another winner which can be the ♣10 if QJ are "dropped". If things are like this then W can have 3S-2H-4D-4C necessarily having to have control of ♥ in S.Therefore the ♠Q should be a winner. We also assign to W K and J in ♦. Having then seven winners between ♠ and ♥, collecting the high cards in the minors and returning to the hand at ♣ when we play the last ♥ W will be squeezed in those suits and will have to give up the 13th trick.

[smerriman]

Lovera, on 2024-December-29, 10:50, said:

I think I found the solution. Looking at the hand we have 10 tricks in high cards and to think of a repeated or progressive squeeze it is necessary to have another winner which can be the ♣10 if QJ are "dropped". If things are like this then W can have 3S-2H-4D-4C necessarily having to have control of ♥ in S.Therefore the ♠Q should be a winner. We also assign to W K and J in ♦. Having then seven winners between ♠ and ♥, collecting the high cards in the minors and returning to the hand at ♣ when we play the last ♥ W will be squeezed in those suits and will have to give up the 13th trick.

I can't follow this at all. If West has 3244 how does the ♠Q become a winner on any other lead?

[smerriman]

OK, I got it.

Spoiler

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East gets progressively squeezed in three suits. In hearts, you can't avoid a trump loser.