Lesson 12 : Quiz ANSWERS

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  1. The opponents hold 6 cards in your trump suit. What are the odds that they will be divided 3-3 ?
    Only about 35% of the time.

  2. The opponents hold 5 cards in your trump suit. What are the odds that they will be divided 3-2 ?
    About 65% of the time.

  3. You have a 4-4 trump fit. After drawing 3 rounds of trumps : in which hand should you ruff in order to win 5 trump tricks in total ?
    Ruffing in either hand will produce the extra trick. However once you have ruffed in one hand, the final trump is usually best saved until the last trick in order to maintain control of the game.

  4. You have a 5-3 trump fit. In which hand should you ruff and when, in order to make additional trump tricks. ?
    What is the exception to this general approach ?
    Only ruffing in the short suited side (with 3 trumps, usually Dummy) will produce extra tricks. You must therefore do this before drawing all enemy trumps, otherwise the short holding will be depleted.
    The exception is when you ruff 3 or more times in the 5-card trump suited side. In such case there are then more trumps in Dummy than in Declarer's hand. This is either a cross ruff or a dummy reversal play.

  5. Your Hearts trump suit holding is     A K 8 3 2         Q 6 4
    How many rounds of enemy trumps are you going to draw ?
    Draw 3 rounds of enemy trumps. If the enemy suit breaks 4-1 only draw a fourth round if your trump is higher than the opponent's.

  6. Your Spades trump suit holding is     A K 8 3 2         7 6 4
    How many rounds of enemy trumps are you going to draw ?
    Only draw 2 rounds of trumps. The remaining enemy trump(s) are higher than your's.

  7. Your Hearts trump suit holding is     A K 8 3 2         J 6 4
    How many rounds of enemy trumps are you going to draw ?
    Draw 2 rounds of trumps. If the enemy's trump Queen is dropped under your Ace or King draw a third round of trumps with your Jack which is now the highest trump card.

  8. Your Spades trump suit holding is     A K 9 3 2         J 10 4
    How many rounds of enemy trumps are you going to draw ?
    Draw 3 rounds of trumps. If possible first lead the Ace (covering the remote chance of dropping a singleton Queen).
    Then bring the lead to Dummy via a side suit and lead the trump Jack for a Direct finesse against the enemy's Queen.

  9. Your Hearts trump suit holding is     A 10 8 3 2         8 6 4
    How many rounds of enemy trumps are you going to draw ?
    Draw 2 rounds of trumps. First round play low both sides, then the second round play your Ace.

  10. Your Spades trump suit holding is     K Q 9 3 2         J 10 4
    How many rounds of enemy trumps are you going to draw ?
    Draw 3 rounds of trumps, unless the opponents are silly enough to hold up their Ace twice. In that case stop after 2 rounds.

  11. Your Hearts trump suit holding is     A 9 8 3         Q 6 4 2
    How many rounds of enemy trumps are you going to draw ?
    Depends on how the cards fall.
    First lead a low trump from your hand to Dummy's Queen for an indirect finesse against the King.
    1. If the first opponent plays his King, Dummy's Queen will be a winner. Draw 3 rounds of trumps.
    2. If both opponents play low, Dummy's Queen will win the first trick. Draw only one more round of trumps winning with your Ace.
    3. If Dummy's Queen is captured by the second defender's King, Draw one more round of trumps, winning with your Ace.
  12. Your Spades trump suit holding is     A Q 9 3         J 10 4 2
    How many rounds of enemy trumps are you going to draw ?
    Draw 3 rounds of trumps. Lead Dummy's Jack for a direct finesse against the King. If it holds lead the 10 for a second finesse.

  13. Your Hearts trump suit holding is     K Q 8 7 3         6 5 4
    How many rounds of enemy trumps are you going to draw ?
    Lead a low trump from Dummy for an indirect finesse against the Ace.
    1. If the first opponent plays his Ace, draw two more rounds of trumps as your King and Queen are top cards.
    2. If both opponents play low, return to Dummy and lead another low trump for a second indirect finesse. Regardless of the outcome do not play another round of trumps, as opponents remaining trump will be higher.

  14. Your Spades trump suit holding is     K 9 8 5 3         J 10 4
    How many rounds of enemy trumps are you going to draw ?
    First lead Dummy's Jack for a direct double finesse against the opponents Ace and Queen. If the Queen is not played, repeat the finesse with Dummy's 10. Unless the enemy holds up their Ace twice, draw 2 rounds of trumps only.

  15. What are the requirements for playing a cross ruff game, rather than drawing trumps.
    Can you do a bit of both ?
    An abundance of trumps in Dummy (4 or more), unbalanced distribution in both hands, with shortness in different suits. Preferably the enemy trumps should also be low ones only, so that they are unable to over ruff.
    You should decide at the beginning of play which strategy to use. Do not start drawing trumps and then switch over to a cross ruff or vice versa, it usually spells defeat.

  16. What are the requirements for playing a dummy reversal game ?
    1. Dummy's trumps must be high enough to be able to draw the enemy trumps.
    2. Dummy must have length in Declarer's singleton or voided suit.
    3. Dummy must have enough entries to lead the ruff suit back to Declarer.
    4. Declarer should have high trump cards too, so that they can not be over ruffed by the enemy.


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