Lesson 20 - REVIEW

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R-BR 20.1 - What to do with a trump suit

Lesson 12 dealt with handling a trump suit. How to draw the enemy's losing trumps in order to maximise the number of trumps left in your and Dummy's hand for other purposes.
So what can we do with this established ruffing power ?

  1. Ruff to gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Ruff to control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Ruff to develop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Ruff to provide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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R-BR 20.2 - Ruffing to gain extra Tricks

To gain extra tricks through ruffing you need

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  2. opposite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the other hand

  3. The ruffing hand must hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . than in the other

The main question in most cases is whether to ruff . . . . . . . . or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Example 1
Declarer is in a 4S contract.
North leads the King of Clubs which wins the trick. Then, seeing the singleton Diamond in Dummy, North cleverly leads a small trump at trick 2.

Declarer
S - A K J 9 4
H - A Q 6
D - A 5 4
C - 7 2 		Dummy
S - Q 10 3
H - K 9 8 4
D - 9
C - Q 10 9 6 3

How does the Declarer proceed to play ?

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Example 2
Declarer is in a 4S contract.
North leads the King of Clubs and wins. Seeing the abundance of trumps in Dummy (drawing them would be futile), North switches to a small Heart at trick 2. Declarer wins with the Ace.

Declarer
S - A K J 9 4
H - A Q 6
D - A 5 4
C - 7 2 		Dummy
S - Q 10 8 3
H - K 9 8
D - 9
C - Q 10 9 6 3

How does the Declarer proceed to play ?

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Example 3
Declarer is in a 4S contract.
North leads the King of Diamonds, which wins the trick as Declarer holds up his Ace. North then leads his trump Ace, followed by a small trump, won in Declarer's hand. .

Declarer
S - K Q J 9 4
H - A 7 6
D - A 5 4
C - 7 2 		Dummy
S - 10 8 3
H - K 8 4 2
D - 9 6
C - A K 10 6

How does the Declarer proceed to play ?

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R-BR 20.3 - Controlling a weak side suit with trumps

Controlling a weak side suit by ruffing may not . . . . . . . . . . . . . when the ruff is done in the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hand, but it prevents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Example 4
Declarer is in a 4S contract.
North leads the King of Diamonds, then the Ace, followed by a small Diamond to South's Queen.

Declarer
S - A Q J 10 4
H - A Q 6
D - 5 4
C - 7 2 		Dummy
S - K 7 3
H - K 9 8 4
D - 9 8 3
C - A 10 9

How does the Declarer proceed to play ?

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R-BR 20.4 - Ruffing to develop a long or strong Side suit

Example 5
Declarer is in a 4S contract.
North leads the King of Diamonds, then, seeing that Dummy is now void in Diamonds, leads the trump Ace followed by a small trump.

Declarer
S - K Q J 10 9 4
H - A 7 3
D - 5 3
C - 7 2 		Dummy
S - 7 3
H - K 6 4 2
D - 9
C - A K 10 9 8 3

How does the Declarer proceed to play ?

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R-BR 20.5 - Using Dummy's trump(s) as Entry

Example 6
Declarer is in a 4S contract.
North leads the King of Diamonds, then, seeing that Dummy is now void in Diamonds, leads the trump Ace followed by a small trump. .

Declarer
S - K Q J 10 4
H - A K 3
D - 7 5 3
C - 7 2 		Dummy
S - 9 7 3
H - 6 4 2
D - 9
C - A K 10 9 8 3

Which card does Declarer play when North leads the trump Ace ? . . . . . . . . . . .
Which is the vital card Declarer must keep in his hand ? . . . . . . . . . . . .
How does the Declarer proceed to play ?

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R-BR 20.6 - When NOT to ruff : Loser on Loser play

In some situations it is to your advantage not to ruff. In such cases you invariably drop a . . . . . . . of one suit onto a . . . . . . . in an other suit.
This generally occurs in three different scenarios.

  1. When, by reducing your trump length through ruffing, you may . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. When by not ruffing you may develop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. When you are in danger of being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Example 7
Declarer is in a 1D contract.
North leads the King of Hearts, then the Ace, followed by the Heart Queen.

What do you do at trick 3 ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Declarer
D - K Q J 4
S - A K 6
H - 8 2
C - Q 8 7 2 		Dummy
D - 10 9 5
S - 9 7 3
H - 9 5 4
C - K J 10 3

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Example 8
Declarer is in a 4S contract.
North leads a small Heart. Dummy plays low and South wins with the King.
At trick 2 South leads another small Heart.

What do you do ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Declarer
S - K Q J 9 4
H - 10
D - A Q 7 5
C - 8 7 2 		Dummy
S - A 10 2
H - Q 7 4 3
D - K J 2
C - A 6 3

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Example 9 (Avoiding being over ruffed)
Declarer (West) is in a 4H contract, after North openend with a weak two bid of 2S.
North leads the King of Spades followed by the Queen, his Partner signalling a doubleton (playing high - low first the 8 then the 2).
At trick 3 North leads his Spade Ace.

What should you play in Dummy ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Declarer
H - A K Q J 7 3
S - 10 6 3
D - A 9 4
C - 6 		Dummy
H - 6 4 2
S - 9 7
D - K 8 3
C - A J 8 5 4

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