The Big (Double) Squeeze with Jack Stocken

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After some good bidding (guided by Jack), we end in an excellent 6S contract.
At first, this hand looks fairly straightforward and simple to play. Unfortunately, after this assessment we rush in and make a potentially costly mistake. Oh no! We're all human and we all make mistakes, unfortunately.
As Jack says, we should not give up until the hand is over - good things can still happen. Indeed here our mistake allows a far more exciting line to be played!
Jack shows us how to perform a double squeeze and the importance of keeping a level head even when we have made a mistake. The ♥6 and ♣7 are surprisingly useful!
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[@pimrajasaari9037]

Thanks so much 🎉

[@julietfrench6309]

Amazing play Jack!

[@SubrataDas-se2vk]

what a brilliant end play:):)

[@gracielajuda9659]

Fantastic !!

[@dhimansain9147]

Jack stocken... U beauty❤

[@insouciantFox]

There's a reason "second hand low" is a thing.

[@friedadomaingue873]

How did next to last trick win. West led 10 of diamond

[@tWoforgamenot1]

i agree :)

[@tWoforgamenot1]

fun

[@julietfrench6309]

What an interesting hand! All in the end play and I would have won with the King of clubs! Panic mode cos of the slam!

[@janethomson2795]

What an interesting hand. Squeeze worked perfectly.

[@akhmadamdani8290]

Panic mode when the king had trump by east

[@Paulnz34]

What form of witchcraft is this!

[@LearnBridgeOnline]

It does seem that the tricks appear out of thin air! I wish I could summon the tricks at will like Jack does.

[@larrykjearsgaard6232]

Wouldn't it have been easier to finesse once you realized that West was out of diamonds?

[@ciaranbroadbery1458]

Exactly 10 d is gone

[@ciaranbroadbery1458]

Two entries to Dummy too

[@ciaranbroadbery1458]

But a brilliant queeze very difficult

[@armantookmanian1938]

Finessing in Diamonds on the first or second trick is playing a pure guess. From the auction you know West has more Clubs than East, and therefore you can play for East to have longer Diamonds and therefore a better chance of holding 3, 4, or even all 5 of the missing Diamonds. But after taking the first two Diamond tricks and discovering the bad 4-1 split, there is no finesse. East holds J8, South holds K7. If the D9 is lead from Dummy, East covers with the J, forcing the DK from South leaving the D8 high. If Dummy keads low, East plays the 8, again forcing the DK from South, leaving East with the winning DJ.

[@rgnotdead]

@@armantookmanian1938 exactly

[@ChrisHasney]

I suppose we could rename this one the unnecessary double squeeze