Examples
♠ | — | ||||
♥ | K 6 | ||||
♦ | — | ||||
♣ | A 5 | ||||
♠ | — |
N |
♠ | J 5 | |
♥ | A 4 | ♥ | 3 | ||
♦ | K 9 | ♦ | — | ||
♣ | — | ♣ | 8 | ||
♠ | — | ||||
♥ | — | ||||
♦ | Q 2 | ||||
♣ | J 2 |
In the first diagram clubs are trumps and South could claim all tricks on a crossruff were it not for the trump in East's hand. When the club jack is played, the entry-shifting squeeze comes to his rescue.
If West sheds a heart, the jack is overtaken with the ace, a heart ruffed and North is left with the last trump and a master heart. If West chooses to discard a diamond, the club jack is underplayed with the five. North's club ace ruffs the diamonds good and the South hand wins the last two tricks.
The entry-shifting mechanism works also in No Trumps, as can be seen in the next example.
♠ | A 8 6 4 | ||||
♥ | — | ||||
♦ | K J | ||||
♣ | — | ||||
♠ | K Q 7 |
N |
♠ | 5 3 | |
♥ | K Q 5 | ♥ | 9 8 3 | ||
♦ | — | ♦ | — | ||
♣ | — | ♣ | 3 | ||
♠ | 2 | ||||
♥ | A J 10 | ||||
♦ | A Q | ||||
♣ | — |
As only five tricks out of remaining six cards are required, this is a squeeze without the count. It is not possible to rectify the count as there are not enough communications between the two hands. The entry-shifting mechanism will overcome this though. South leads the ♦A and West has no good discard. If he discards a spade, the ♦J is played and South continues with a spade to the ace and the spade eight. West returns a heart to South's ace, but the diamond king serves as an entry to the established spades. If West chooses to discard a heart, the diamond king is played and after ace of hearts and another heart, the ♦Q will serve as an entry.
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