Examples
| ♠ | — | ||||
| ♥ | K 10 4 | ||||
| ♦ | — | ||||
| ♣ | — | ||||
| ♠ | — |
N |
♠ | — | |
| ♥ | Q J | ♥ | A 9 7 | ||
| ♦ | 10 | ♦ | — | ||
| ♣ | — | ♣ | — | ||
| South to lead | ♠ | 5 | |||
| ♥ | 3 | ||||
| ♦ | 8 | ||||
| ♣ | — | ||||
Hearts are the "vice suit", and the second menace is the declarer's ♦8. This is a position akin to automatic simple squeeze. When South leads the high ♠5, West must not discard the ♦10; when he parts with a heart honor, declarer leads the heart and East must cede the last trick to dummy's heart ten.
| ♠ | — | ||||
| ♥ | K 10 | ||||
| ♦ | K 5 | ||||
| ♣ | — | ||||
| ♠ | — |
N |
♠ | — | |
| ♥ | Q J | ♥ | A 9 | ||
| ♦ | 10 9 | ♦ | 7 4 | ||
| ♣ | — | ♣ | — | ||
| ♠ | 5 | ||||
| ♥ | 3 | ||||
| ♦ | 8 2 | ||||
| ♣ | — | ||||
When the second menace (diamonds) is in dummy, it must be a two-card menace accompanied by an entry, otherwise West can safely abandon the suit; if the ♦K were absent, the West can discard the diamond winner, as the declarer will not have the entry to enjoy it.
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