Editing Simple squeeze (section)

===Split two-card threat and twin-entry threat===
Another entry position in the simple squeeze gives dummy, for example, an immediate winner and a small card in declarer's threat suit. This position is termed a ''split two-card threat'' or ''split two-card menace''. The split two-card threat "splits" the threat between declarer's hand and dummy.
{{BridgeHandNWS
|Label = Example 5
|Lead = South to lead
|A&thinsp;3|K|&mdash;|&mdash;
|K&thinsp;Q|A|&mdash;|&mdash;
|J&thinsp;2|&mdash;|&mdash;|A}}
{{BridgeHandNES
|Label = Example 6
|Lead = South to lead
|A&thinsp;3|K|&mdash;|&mdash;
|K&thinsp;Q|A|&mdash;|&mdash;
|J&thinsp;2|&mdash;|&mdash;|A}} In Example 5, the spade threat is the {{Spades}}J. The split two-card threat splits the spade threat's immediate winner, the {{Spades}}A, from the threat itself. Dummy holds an immediate winner in the suit where declarer holds the threat.

When the squeeze card, the {{Clubs}}A, is played, West might discard the {{Hearts}}A. Then dummy throws the {{Spades}}3 and cashes the {{Spades}}A and the {{Hearts}}K. If West discards the {{Spades}}Q instead, dummy throws the {{Hearts}}K. South plays the {{Spades}}2 to the {{Spades}}A, removing West's remaining {{Spades}}K, and takes the last trick with the {{Spades}}J.

Notice that the simple squeeze with a split two-card menace is a positional squeeze. It will not operate against East if West's cards in Example 5 are transferred to East, as in Example 6. In Example 6, the split two-card menace is still present but if dummy discards the {{Spades}}3 on the {{Clubs}}A, East discards the {{Spades}}Q and declarer must still lose to the {{Hearts}}A. If dummy instead discards the {{Hearts}}K, East throws the {{Hearts}}A and declarer must still lose to the {{Spades}}K.
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{{BridgeHandNES
|Label = Example 7
|Lead = South to lead
|A&thinsp;3|K|&mdash;|2
|Q&thinsp;J&thinsp;10|A|&mdash;|&mdash;
|K&thinsp;9&thinsp;2|&mdash;|&mdash;|A}} The problem in Example 6 is that declarer does not hold an entry to the {{Spades}}J threat after playing the squeeze card. The ''twin-entry threat'' converts the positional split-threat squeeze to an automatic squeeze. See Example 7.

Dummy holds winner-and-small in declarer's threat suit, as with the split two-card menace in Examples 5 and 6, but now declarer also has a winner (the {{Spades}}K) in that threat suit. This is a twin-entry squeeze and is automatic: with these cards in North and South, either West or East could be squeezed.

In Example 7, declarer leads {{Clubs}}A and dummy follows suit. If East discards a spade, declarer wins the {{Spades}}A, the {{Spades}}K and the {{Spades}}9. If East discards the {{Hearts}}A, declarer wins the {{Spades}}K, the {{Spades}}A and the {{Hearts}}K. The same sequence occurs if West instead of East holds the guards in spades and hearts.
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