Unilateral threats in front of the Squeeze card and a Ab/x bilateral threat

South play the squeezing card: Ace of ClubYou can click on the Play button in order to play the hand the way it was programmed for. You can also play the hands as you want. Just click on the card you wish to be played.	NORTH		Choose one of the 3 versions : 1, 2, 3,
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Unilateral threats in front of the Squeeze card and a Ab/x bilateral threat

The difficulty of these squeeze is to be able to discriminate between the two unilateral threats and identify the right threat. This should have been done before reaching this stage.
The bilateral threat is 3

. The right threat 9

and the left threat 9

are in the same hand. The squeeze card is beside the bilateral threat.
There are 7 cards (N) and one looser in each hand. The defender needs to keep 2

, 3

and they must have another card to play on the A

. The total is 9 (N+2) We can try a three steps double squeeze :

Strip the right threat suit.
In order to realise the first step, the declarer may play the A and K finishing with the lead in the bilateral threat hand.
Strip the bilateral threat hand.
In order to realise the second step, he may play in any order the remaining high cards of this hand besides those of the bilateral threat suit.
Strip the other hand.
In order to realise the third step, the declarer needs to give the lead to the hand with the unilateral threats using one of the two allowable suits ( the bilateral threat suit or the left threat suit).

The Version 1 shows one correct way to play the hand.
The Version 2 and 3 shows what happen when North plays the A

before the A

or the K

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