Declarer Play Declarer Play Establishing and Cashing Tricks

Declarer Play

Declarer Play Establishing and Cashing Tricks When your side holds all the high cards in a suit you can generally cash them in any order. If your side holds all the high cards but one in a suit you can establish winners by forcing out the high card held by the opponents. Similarly, you may have to force out two high cards to establish a suit.

Declarer Play Establishing and Cashing Tricks When establishing or cashing tricks, start with the high cards from the shorter hand. Avoid blocking the suit. AQJ 1054 K 8 Play the king (or low to the king) and then 8 to the ace. QJ 10763 AK 2 Unblock the A and K and the 2 to the Q. If you play the Q first, the suit is blocked and you will need an entry in another suit to cash the length tricks.

Declarer Play Establishing and Cashing Tricks Keep controls in other suits while you establish the work suit. Remember to count the cards as they are played. Notice when a defender discards instead of following suit.

Declarer Play Length Tricks 732 N W E S AK 654 How many tricks can be made if the suit splits as evenly as possible? (3 -2) 4 How many tricks must you lose? 1 What if the suit splits 4 -1? You lose 2 tricks

Declarer Play S AK 53 S 762 N H K 84 H A 32 Contract W E D A 92 D K 75 3 NT by W S C K 105 C QJ 92 North leads Q. Win A in dummy (or K in hand. ) Start on the Work Suit: drive out A (short hand first) The defender who wins will probably play another heart. You have established 3 club tricks to go with the aces and kings in the other 3 suits. 9 tricks for 3 NT. If you start by playing out aces and kings in the other suits you establish winners for the defence. Now when you play clubs the defenders have tricks to cash and you may not make any club tricks.

Declarer Play S A 105 H AQ 5 D 954 C K 743 Establishing and cashing the work suit S H D C J 763 J 92 J 2 QJ 108 N W E S S K 9 H K 86 D AK 873 C A 62 S H D C Q 842 10743 Q 106 95 South plays in 3 NT. West leads QC. South could win AC and cash 9 tricks. However South can make 11 tricks by establishing two length tricks in diamonds. Either A, K and another or duck a round first.

S 92 H A 853 D A 10764 C A 6 S KQJ 4 S 10763 N H 96 H J 2 W E D 852 D QJ 9 S C Q 1073 C K 854 S A 85 H KQ 1074 South plays in 4 H. D K 3 West leads KS. C J 92 South wins AS and draws trump. The work suit is diamonds. KD, AD, ruff a diamond and now the last two are winners. Declarer Play

S A 652 Declarer Play H 8 D KJ 654 C A 32 S J 109 S Q 8 H KJ 105 W N E H Q 943 D A 9 D 10872 S South plays in 4 S. C QJ 105 C 984 West leads QC. S K 743 South wins with the KC to H A 762 keep the AC as an entry D Q 3 later. C K 76 South draws two rounds of trumps leaving the JS out and starts on the work suit, diamonds.

S 65 H 8 D KJ 654 C A 3 S H D C J KJ 105 A 9 J 105 Now he tackles the Work Suit, diamonds, leading Q from S Q 8 the short hand N H Q 943 W E D 10872 West takes A and plays J S (drawing two for one) C 98 then west plays to club to A. S 74 H A 762 D Q 3 C K 7 Declarer cashes KJ, then ruffs the fourth diamond in hand to establish 1 length trick. Now A and a heart ruffed in dummy lets him cash the long diamond for 10 tricks.

Declarer Play Establishing and Cashing the Work Suit KQ 104 N 82 W E S 765 AJ 93 How many tricks can be made in this suit? 4

Declarer Play Establishing and Cashing the Work Suit KJ 9 N A 73 W E S 8542 Q 106 Does it matter in which order South plays the cards? No

Declarer Play Establishing and Cashing the Work Suit K 6 N 8742 W E S 1095 AQJ 3 How many tricks can NS make? 4

Declarer Play Establishing and Cashing the Work Suit AJ 852 N 1073 W E S 94 KQ 6 What happens if you start with the ace? The suit is blocked.

Declarer Play Establishing and Cashing the Work Suit KJ N 8762 W E S A 94 Q 1053 How many tricks can you make? 3 How should you play the suit?

Declarer Play Establishing and Cashing the Work Suit QJ 2 A 7 W N E K 54 S 109863 How many tricks can you make? 3 How should you play the suit? Play the Q and J first.

Declarer Play Establishing and Cashing the Work Suit AK 863 J 7 N W E S Q 54 1092 How many tricks can you make? 5 How many must you lose? 0 How should you play the suit? Queen first.

Declarer Play Establishing and Cashing the Work Suit AK 852 74 N W E QJ 10 S 963 How many tricks can you make? 4 How many must you lose? 1 How should you play the suit? If you must lose one, lose it early.

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