Squeeze Play (bridge) - Conditions

Conditions

Most common types of squeezes require all the following conditions to prevail in order for the squeeze to operate:

  • Declarer (together with dummy) has enough winners to take all the remaining tricks except for the extra trick(s) that will be gained from the squeeze. In other words, declarer has already lost all the tricks he plans to lose and the count is said to be rectified.
  • In at least two suits, declarer and dummy have threat cards or menaces that are not immediate winners, but threaten to become winners;
  • At least one of the menaces is positioned after a squeezed defender (squeezee).
  • The declarer has sufficient entries (winners serving as communication between his hand and dummy) to cash the menaces if they develop into winners.
  • The squeezed defender(s) must hold only busy cards that are covering a menace, with no idle cards that can safely be discarded.

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