Declarer Play – General Principles Pause before Playing your first card Count your winners and losers Dangers (bad breaks, defence winners off the top.

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Declarer Play – General Principles Pause before Playing your first card Count your winners and losers Dangers (bad breaks, defence winners off the top etc) Communication between hands Placing opposition cards (clues from lead and bidding) Make a Plan Extra Tricks Often necessary to lose early tricks to create tricks © Clifton Bridge Club

Intermediate 6 – Declarer Play Trumps Trumping in the short hand Ruffing Out a Side Suit Cross ruffing End Plays and Eliminations Playing in a suit contract protects you from defenders long suits and can be source of extra tricks not available in No Trumps: More next Session Key Decision Draw Trumps Immediately? © Clifton Bridge Club

West North East South (Bond) (Meyer) (M) (Drax) 7 C Double pass Re-double pass © Clifton Bridge Club

West North East South Q QA J J QKA AK KA Q J KJ9 (Bond) (Meyer) (M) (Drax) Contract 7C Redoubled © Clifton Bridge Club

Homework Practice counting losers Make a considered decision on drawing/ not drawing trumps in every trump contract © Clifton Bridge Club