Lesson 1 – What is a Squeeze Play in Bridge? with Adam Parrish
Jan 26, 2022 11:16 pm
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We are so happy to share the first lesson in Adam Parrish's free mini-course, Squeeze Plays Made Simple. Thank you for joining us!
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Lesson 1 – What is a Squeeze Play in Bridge?
Adam introduces us to a simple approach to squeeze play in this first video in the series. It is essentially playing all our winners in a sensible order and hoping something good happens. It may sound like luck, but with a plan there may be nothing the opponents can do.
What is a squeeze?
A squeeze is a card play technique that leaves at least one opponent with more winners than cards they can keep in their hand. Also, we must have a card that will become a winner when they discard any of these cards.
| North S A 3 H- D- C T | ||
| West S 9 8 H – D – C J | East S- H 5 4 D – C 4 | |
| South S 2 H Q 3 D – C – |
When S plays the HQ, what does W discard? They could try the S9 or S8 but then S’s S3 will become good. Alternatively, they could try discarding their CJ but then declarer’s CT becomes good. Either way W has to throw a potential winner, setting up a winner in N’s hand.
The ingredients – P.O.T.
Just like a cake, we need the right ingredients for a squeeze to be possible. The ingredients are:
- Potential winners – we need at least two cards which may become winners.
- One loser – we have enough winners that only trick 13 may lose.
- Transportation – a way to get to our winner once our opponent has been forced to make a discard making it a winner.
After watching the video above, try playing all four hands for one of the boards below:
Any questions? Leave a question or comment on the Youtube page here: https://youtu.be/gXDKbzJ8Pq4
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Adam Parrish is among the top bridge teachers and authors in the United States. Adam has written five acclaimed books and writes a monthly column in the ACBL Bridge Bulletin. He teaches students all around the world, both online and in person in NYC. He is also one of the partners of Bridge Winners, the web’s premier bridge discussion site.
Adam teaches weekly online bridge lessons and play sessions at Learn Bridge Online. Members can join the lessons live or watch via replay later.
