Better Card Play

Better Card Play - Concealing Cards from Opponents

Better Card Play - Concealing Cards from Opponents

9/12/22 (62 min)

When we follow to a trick with an honor card, either as a Declarer or Defender, we communicate information to the opponents. This information is not only in the card we played, but we also give them information about cards we have not played — both explicitly and implicitly. Here we look at which cards we should play in a variety of different situations and how we can draw information from partner and opponent's cards.

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Better Card Play - Interpreting Opening Leads

Better Card Play - Interpreting Opening Leads

9/19/22 (61 min)

When the opponent's lead a suit you know a good amount about their holding in that particular suit. You can infer things about their length based on the spot card they lead as well as their honor holds. But you can infer a lot of information about their hand from what they don't lead. Like we didn't they lead the suit they bid? Why didn't they lead their partner's suit? Here we look at how to make use of all of this information.

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Better Card Play - Ruffing Losers: Dummy, Hand, Crossruff

Better Card Play - Ruffing Losers: Dummy, Hand, Crossruff

10/3/22 (65 min)

In a trump contract, ruffing your losers in one of the post power declarer play tools. Here we look at times when we ruff in partner's hand -- normally the short trump side. We also look at other times when we may choose to ruff in our hand, setting up the dummy. Finally, we look at the all out ruffing effort of the crossruff!

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Better Card Play - Blocking their Suit and Unblock Ours

Better Card Play - Blocking their Suit and Unblock Ours

10/10/22 (62 min)

Getting stuck in one hand when you have winners in your partner's hand is extremely frustrating. Whether we are the Declarer or a Defender learning to unblock a suit is an important skill. But when it comes to blocking and unblocking a suit there is also a skill / art form to getting the opponent's to block the suit. Here we look at how to work on both of these situations.

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Better Card Play - Judgment in Card Play

Better Card Play - Judgment in Card Play

10/17/22 (65 min)

We make a lot of decisions on each hand of bridge. Judgement is most often talked about in the bidding, but you also need to judge wisely how to proceed in the card play -- both as Declarer or as a Defender. Here we look at how to use your experience and judgment to make better choices about which suit and/or card to play.

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