JAZCLASS - Contract Bridge Course - Basic Card play Techniques

Bidding Conventions & Opening bids

Card Play
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Bidding Conventions & Opening bids

Blackwood - Bidding Guide p.14: Deal 27 - Deal 36 - Deal 48 - Deal 52 - Deal 60 - Deal 69
Cue bidding: Deal 81 - Deal 82 - Deal 84
Fourth suit forcing - Lesson 25: Deal 89 - Deal 93-96 - Deal 97-100 - Deal 101-104
Long suit Trial bid - Bidding Guide p.17: Deal 89 - Deal 90 - Deal 91 - Deal 92
Michaels Cue bid - Bidding Guide p.15: Deal 78
Negative Double Response - Bidding Guide p.13: Deal 65 - Deal 66 - Deal 67
1NT Opening bids: Deal 1 - Deal 3 - Deal 17 - Deal 18 - Deal 19 - Deal 20 - Deal 21 - Deal 24 - Deal 27 - Deal 45
Deal 50 - Deal 61 - Deal 62 - Deal 63 - Deal 64 - Deal 76
1 in a Suit Opening bids: Deal 5 - Deal 6 - Deal 7 - Deal 8 - Deal 9 - Deal 10 - Deal 11 - Deal 12 - Deal 13 - Deal 14
Deal 15 - Deal 16 - Deal 22 - Deal 23 - Deal 25 - Deal 26 - Deal 28 - Deal 29 - Deal 30 - Deal 31
Deal 32 - Deal 33 - Deal 34 - Deal 35 - Deal 36 - Deal 46 - Deal 48 - Deal 49 - Deal 51 - Deal 52
Deal 58 - Deal 59 - Deal 60 - Deal 65 - Deal 66 - Deal 67 - Deal 68 - Deal 69 - Deal 70 - Deal 71
Deal 72 - Deal 73 - Deal 74 - Deal 75 - Deal 83 - Deal 85 - Deal 86 - Deal 87 - Deal 88 - Deal 89
Deal 90 - Deal 91 - Deal 92
Overcalls: Deal 43 - Deal 44
Preemtive Opening bids: Deal 37 - Deal 38 - Deal 39 - Deal 40
2C Opening bids: Deal 47 - Deal 57 - Deal 81 - Deal 82 - Deal 84
2NT Opening bids: Deal 2 - Deal 4
Takeout Doubles: Deal 41 - Deal 42
Ogust - Bidding Guide p.16: Deal 54 - Deal 55
Roman Key Card Blackwood - Bidding Guide p.14: Deal 83 - Deal 85 - Deal 86 - Deal 87 - Deal 88
Stayman - Bidding Guide p.12: Deal 18 - Deal 27 - Deal 50 - Deal 62
Trump Ask bid - Bidding Guide p.16: Deal 88
Unusual 2NT Overcall - Bidding Guide p.15: Deal 77 - Deal 80
Weak 2 Opening bids: Deal 53 - Deal 54 - Deal 55 - Deal 56

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A - B - C : Card Play

Avoidance play : Deal 50 - Deal 61 - Deal 62 - Deal 63 - Deal 64 - Deal 66
Bath Coup : Deal 50 - Deal 66
Card signals by the Defence : Deal 34 - Deal 52
Careful use of Dummy's entries : Deal 47
Covering the Percentages : Deal 22 - Deal 23 - Deal 24
Concealing Honours from the Defence : Deal 76
Covering an Honour with an Honour : Deal 25 - Deal 51 - Deal 72
Cross ruff : Deal 35

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D - E - F : Card Play

Deduction from bidding and play : Deal 80 - Deal 82: the length of Declarer's suit : Deal 76
Deep finesse : Deal 52
Defence: Direct finesse by the Defence : Deal 74 - Deal 75 - Deal 76; Double finesse by the Defence : Deal 73; leading trumps : Deal 29; not leading trumps : Deal 92; signals
Direct finesse : Deal 43 - Deal 56: against the King : Deal 18; against the Queen : Deal 30 - Deal 34; by the Defence : Deal 20 - Deal 25 - Deal 27; Direct Double finesse : Deal 31; Direct finesse by the Defence : Deal 74 - Deal 75 - Deal 76
Discarding losers : Deal 5 - Deal 6 - Deal 7 - Deal 8 - Deal 13 - Deal 41: before drawing trumps : Deal 16 - Deal 17- Deal 18 - Deal 19 - Deal 42
Double finesse : Deal 31 - Deal 45 - Deal 46 - Deal 48 - Deal 65 - Deal 67 - Deal 79 - Deal 90: Indirect Double finesse : Deal 54 - Deal 55; Double finesse by the Defence : Deal 73
Drawing trumps: Drawing trumps first : Deal 5 - Deal 6
Drawing opponents' losing trumps only : Deal 8 - Deal 33 - Deal 34
Ducking: to maintain control of the trump suit : Deal 34; to preserve an entry : Deal 57; to drop an Honour : Deal 58
Dummy: Careful use of Dummy's entries : Deal 47; Developing Dummy's long suit by ruffing : Deal 69; Leading up to Dummy's weakness : Deal 74 - Deal 75 - Deal 79 - Deal 89; Leading through Dummy's strength : Deal 14; Ruffing in Dummy before drawing trumps : Deal 15; Ruffing losers in Dummy : Deal 40 - Deal 85 - Deal 86 - Deal 87 - Deal 88
Dummy reversal : Deal 35
Eight ever Nine never (finessing the Queen) : Deal 6 - Deal 27
End play : Deal 58 - Deal 59 - Deal 60
Entries: Ruffing with Declarer's high trump to preserve Dummy's trump entry : Deal 36; Careful use of Dummy's entries : Deal 47; ruffing as entry to Declarer's hand : Deal 71
Establishing winners: in a long suit : Deal 10 - Deal 12 - Deal 37
by ruffing : Deal 5
when the enemy suit breaks 3-3 : Deal 7 - Deal 24 - Deal 45; Playing low to establish a winner when holding Q and J : Deal 49
Finesse: Deep finesse; Double finesse; Direct finesse; Free finesse; Indirect finesse; Refusing a finesse; Ruffing finesse; Safe finesse; Selecting a finesse; Eight ever Nine never (finessing the Queen) : Deal 6; Finesse against the 10 : Deal 42; Taking 2 finesses to increase chance of success : Deal 23; Taking finesses in the right order : Deal 23
Free finesse : Deal 51 - Deal 67
Forcing out opponents Ace to set up winners in a suit: Deal 2 - Deal 9 - Deal 11 - Deal 14 - Deal 16 - Deal 19

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G - H - I : Card Play

High card from the short side first principle : Deal 1 - Deal 2
Handling a 9-card suit including the A and Q : Deal 12
Hold up play : Deal 11 - Deal 24
Indirect finesse : Deal 43: against the King : Deal 17 - Deal 21 - Deal 30; against the Queen : Deal 20 - Deal 31; of K and Q against the Aces : Deal 15 - Deal 41; Indirect double finesse : Deal 54 - Deal 55

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J - K - L : Card Play

Lead: Leading Partner's suit : Deal 73; Leading up to Dummy's weakness : Deal 74 - Deal 75 - Deal 79 - Deal 89; Leading through Dummy's strength : Deal 14
Long suit: Establishing winners in a long suit : Deal 10 - Deal 12
Loser: Discarding losers : Deal 5 - Deal 6 - Deal 7 - Deal 8 - Deal 13 - Deal 69; Discarding losers before drawing trumps : Deal 16 - Deal 17 - Deal 18 - Deal 19; Ruffing losers before drawing trumps; Ruffing losers in Dummy : Deal 85 - Deal 86 - Deal 87 - Deal 88
Loser on loser play : Deal 70 - Deal 72

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M - N - O : Card Play

Overtaking an Honour with an Honour: to gain entry to Dummy : Deal 4 - Deal 13; to transfer the lead : Deal 36

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P - Q - R : Card Play

Percentages: Covering the Percentages : Deal 22 - Deal 24; Double finesse as best percentage play : Deal 45 - Deal 46 - Deal 48; Ruffing double finesse as best percentage play : Deal 47; Taking 2 finesses to increase the chance of success : Deal 23
Promotion of a trick : Deal 25
Refusing a finesse : Deal 21 - Deal 31 - Deal 46 - Deal 48 - Deal 89
Ruff and Sluff : Deal 52
Ruffing: Developing Dummy's long suit by ruffing : Deal 69; Establishing a winners by ruffing : Deal 5; Ruffing high to prevent an overruff : Deal 44; Ruffing losers in Dummy : Deal 40 - Deal 85 - Deal 86 - Deal 87 - Deal 88; Ruffing in Dummy before drawing trumps : Deal 15 - Deal 29 - Deal 38 - Deal 65 - Deal 71; Setting up winners in a long suit by ruffing : Deal 33 - Deal 39; Ruffing with Declarer's high trumps to preserve Dummy's trump entry : Deal 36; Ruffing as entry to Declarer's hand : Deal 71
Ruffing finesse : Deal 26 - Deal 47 - Deal 70
Rule of 11 : Deal 28

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S - T - U : Card Play

Sacrifice bid : Deal 39 - Deal 40 - Deal 56 - Deal 77 - Deal 80
Safety play : Deal 27 - Deal 68 - Deal 72 - Deal 75
Safe finesse : Deal 22 - Deal 24 - Deal 49 - Deal 81
Selecting a finesse : Deal 21 - Deal 28 - Deal 53
Testing an enemy 3-3 suit distribution : Deal 90
Throw in : Deal 58 - Deal 59 - Deal 60 - Deal 61 - Deal 62 - Deal 63 - Deal 64
Trick promotion : Deal 25 Deal 72
Trumps: Defence leading trumps : Deal 29; Drawing opponents' losing trumps only : Deal 8

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V - W - X - Y - Z : Card Play

Winners: Establishing winners in a long suit : Deal 10
Establishing a winner by ruffing : Deal 5
Establishing a winner when the enemy suit breaks 3-3 : Deal 7 - Deal 24
Forcing out opponents Ace to set up winners in a suit : Deal 2 - Deal 9 - Deal 11 - Deal 14 - - Deal 19; Setting up winners in a long suit by ruffing : Deal 33

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