Page 59 - Learn Bridge Ver2_Neat

Tricks by length - spades 1 and Repeated for convenience
Tricks by position - one in clubs if we Í K 10 4 2
Ì A J 2 (13 points)
guess where the Queen is. That is 10 at Ë J 7 3
Ê K J 10
least, so that is okay to go game so long as Í 7 6 3 Í J 8
the loser check is okay. Ì 7 6 Ì 10 8 5 3
Ë K Q 9 4 2 Ë A 8 6
Ê 9 8 3 Ê Q 6 4 2
Í A Q 9 5
Loser check. Here we count our play losers, that Ì K Q 9 4 (15 points)
is, tricks that the opponents are bound to win Ë 10 5
Ê A 7 5
given time. Here we have two diamonds as we can
ruff the third and a club if we don’t find the Queen. Total three.
If we lose three we shall make 10 so that is fine. We go game in spades.
Our losers are okay so we shall draw the opponents trumps as soon as we
get in and remember to play the heart honours from the short hand first.

Manage and play. Trump the third diamond, draw their trumps in three
rounds and play the hearts remembering to cash the Ace and the Jack first
(honours from the short hand first). Notice that the Ê10 is discarded on
the fourth heart and we ruff the third club in the dummy. Contract made
with an overtrick!

Notice that we made 5 trump tricks with only 4 in each hand

The power of the correct trump suit.

It is often the case that we
can make an extra trick in the Í K 10 4 2
trump suit and we should always Ì A J 5 3 2 (12 points)
consider this. This hand shows it Ë A 3
well. Ê 5 3
Let us play the hand three Í 7 6 Í J 8 3
times. Once in notrump, once Ì 7 Ì 10 8 6
Ë K Q 9 6 4 2 Ë J 8 7
with hearts as trumps and once
Ê K J 10 9 Ê Q 6 4 2
with spades.
Í A Q 9 5
First play in notrump.
Ì K Q 9 4 (15 points)
Ë 10 5
Okay, so make C. A. M. P.
Ê A 8 7
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