| TRT 9 Bidding : 1♥ - 3♥ - 3NT - 4♥ - 6♥ Lead : K♠ | ||
| Declarer ♠ 6 3 2 ♥ K Q J 7 4 ♦ A K Q 9 ♣ 7 | Dummy ♠ A 8 5 4 ♥ 10 9 5 ♦ 8 2 ♣ A K Q 3 | |
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Get rid of losers before drawing trumps Before drawing trumps play ♣ A K Q from Dummy, discarding two ♠ losers in Declarer's hand. Then play ♦ A K 9, ruffing 9♦ with Dummy's 10♥. After that you can safely draw trumps. | ||
| TRT 10 Bidding : 1♠ - (1♦) - 2♣ - (2♦) - 2♠ - 4♠ Lead : K♦ | ||
| Declarer ♠ K Q J 10 9 4 ♥ A 7 3 ♦ 5 3 ♣ 7 2 | Dummy ♠ 7 3 ♥ K 6 4 2 ♦ 9 ♣ A K 10 9 8 3 | |
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Developing Dummy's long suit by ruffing South switches to A♠ then 2♠ to remove Dummy's trumps. Declarer draws the last trump, then plays three rounds of ♣, ruffing the 3rd ♣. The K♥ then provides the entry to Dummy's remaining ♣ winners. | ||
| TRT 11 Bidding : (S) 1♠ - (DBL) - 2♣ - 2♥ - (2♦) - 3♠ - 4♠ Lead : K♦ | ||
| Declarer ♠ K Q J 10 4 ♥ A K 5 3 ♦ 7 5 ♣ 7 2 | Dummy ♠ 9 7 3 ♥ J 4 2 ♦ 9 ♣ A K 9 8 6 3 | |
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Using Dummy's trump as entry West switches to A♠ then 8♠ to reduce Dummy's trumps. Declarer must not play his 4♠ on trick 2. Declarer wins the 3rd trick in his hand, then plays three rounds of ♣, ruffing the 3rd ♣ with the Q♠ Declarer now leads his 4♠ to Dummy's 9♠ (the vital entry !) to draw the last remaining Enemy trump and run Dummy's remaining ♣ winners. | ||
| TRT 12 Bidding : 1♥ - 3♥ - 3NT - 3♦ - 6♥ Lead : J♦ | ||
| Declarer ♠ - A 8 6 2 ♥ - A K 9 8 2 ♦ - 5 ♣ - A Q 7 | Dummy ♠ - Q J 7 ♥ - Q J 10 ♦ - A 7 6 2 ♣ - K J 10 | |
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Dummy Reversal Ruff three ♦s with Declarer's high trumps (re-entering Dummy's hand with J♣ and overtaking Declarer's Q♣ with Dummy's K♣). Declarer then leads the 2♥ to Dummy's Q♥ to draw trumps. Finally losing only one ♠ trick.
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