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How to "End Play" the Opponents

How to "End Play" the Opponents

Playing Misfit Hands

Playing Misfit Hands

3NT Game Trial Bids

3NT Game Trial Bids

Active or Passive Defence?

Active or Passive Defence?

Unblocking by Declarer

Unblocking by Declarer

Opening and Responding to Two Clubs

Opening and Responding to Two Clubs

Choosing The BEST Option

Choosing The BEST Option

Ruffing or Drawing Trumps

Ruffing or Drawing Trumps

Attitude Signals - Interpreting your partner's card

Attitude Signals - Interpreting your partner's card

Defence: Overtaking and Signalling

Defence: Overtaking and Signalling

Rule of Eleven

Rule of Eleven

Sorry I went down, my hand was too strong!

Sorry I went down, my hand was too strong!

Coping with a bad break

Coping with a bad break

Count Your Top Tricks

Count Your Top Tricks

Trump Control Problems

Trump Control Problems

Alternatives to Finesses

Alternatives to Finesses

Endplays: Throwing in the opponents

Endplays: Throwing in the opponents

Defence Problems (2)

Defence Problems (2)

What should you play at trick one?

What should you play at trick one?

Defend these hands with me!

Defend these hands with me!

Establishing a long suit

Establishing a long suit

Crossruffing or ruffing in one hand. Choosing the MASTER hand.

Crossruffing or ruffing in one hand. Choosing the MASTER hand.

Choosing the Best Option

Choosing the Best Option

Advanced Finesses

Advanced Finesses

Defence: Active or Passive?

Defence: Active or Passive?

Establishing Long Suits

Establishing Long Suits

Declarer Mistakes at trick 1

Declarer Mistakes at trick 1

Suit Preference Signals

Suit Preference Signals

Declarer Play: Unblocking and maintaining entries

Declarer Play: Unblocking and maintaining entries

Overtaking and Unblocking by the Defence

Overtaking and Unblocking by the Defence

The Rule of Seven and Ducking

The Rule of Seven and Ducking

Declarer Play: Count your tricks and then choose the best option

Declarer Play: Count your tricks and then choose the best option

Play these hands with me - playing in a suit contract

Play these hands with me - playing in a suit contract

The Losing Trick Count - some more situations you can use it.

The Losing Trick Count - some more situations you can use it.

Count Signals by the defence - more examples

Count Signals by the defence - more examples

The Master Hand: Ruffing or Crossruffing

The Master Hand: Ruffing or Crossruffing

Declarer play: Should I duck or not?

Declarer play: Should I duck or not?

Attitude Signals

Attitude Signals

Is the 8 encouraging or discouraging?

Is the 8 encouraging or discouraging?

Encouraging and discouraging signals

Encouraging and discouraging signals

More discarding problems for declarer

More discarding problems for declarer

Play these hands with me

Play these hands with me

Trump Promotion Plays

Trump Promotion Plays

Defend These Hands With Me

Defend These Hands With Me

Maintaining and Creating Entries

Maintaining and Creating Entries

Competitive Bidding

Competitive Bidding

Card-by-card Defence against No Trumps

Card-by-card Defence against No Trumps

Establishing a long suit

Establishing a long suit

4441 Hands

4441 Hands

Bidding in the Passout Seat

Bidding in the Passout Seat

Simple Bridge Squeezes

Simple Bridge Squeezes

Should I draw trumps?

Should I draw trumps?

A Look at the Double Dummy Solver (DDS) feature in RealBridge, and similar features in Bridgewebs

A Look at the Double Dummy Solver (DDS) feature in RealBridge, and similar features in Bridgewebs

Takeout Doubles, including re-opening doubles

Takeout Doubles, including re-opening doubles

Defence Discards: Eight Guidelines

Defence Discards: Eight Guidelines

Declarer Discards - More examples

Declarer Discards - More examples

Count Signals

Count Signals

Declarer Play in a Suit Contract

Declarer Play in a Suit Contract

Should You Draw Trumps?

Should You Draw Trumps?

Leads and Signals

Leads and Signals

Drawing Inferences from the Opponents' Bidding and Play

Drawing Inferences from the Opponents' Bidding and Play

2nd Hand Play

2nd Hand Play

Is it possible to have a bridge hand where NO contract can be made?

Is it possible to have a bridge hand where NO contract can be made?

Responding to a Double

Responding to a Double

Third Hand HIGH or not?

Third Hand HIGH or not?

Third Hand HIGH

Third Hand HIGH

Endplay or Finesse?

Endplay or Finesse?

Deceiving the Opponents!

Deceiving the Opponents!

Best option in One No trump?

Best option in One No trump?

Should you risk the club finesse or is there a better option? #bridge #finesse #cardplay

Should you risk the club finesse or is there a better option? #bridge #finesse #cardplay

What should you play from dummy with honours in both hands? Generally play low from dummy!

What should you play from dummy with honours in both hands? Generally play low from dummy!

Declarer Play With Equal Honours

Declarer Play With Equal Honours

The Lead of the King vs No Trump

The Lead of the King vs No Trump

Establishing a side suit before drawing trumps

Establishing a side suit before drawing trumps

Declarer play at trick one #cardplay #bridge

Declarer play at trick one #cardplay #bridge

Guidelines for Playing 1NT

Guidelines for Playing 1NT

Third Hand Play - should you return your partner's suit or switch to a new suit?

Third Hand Play - should you return your partner's suit or switch to a new suit?

Playing in a suit contract

Playing in a suit contract

Declarer Play

Declarer Play

Bidding Over the Opponents' Double and Redoubling

Bidding Over the Opponents' Double and Redoubling

Crossruff or choose a Master Hand?

Crossruff or choose a Master Hand?

Finesses: Whether you should finesse, or try a different option

Finesses: Whether you should finesse, or try a different option

How to Play Deceptively

How to Play Deceptively

Third Hand Play - some more examples

Third Hand Play - some more examples

Rule of Seven and the Danger Hand

Rule of Seven and the Danger Hand

Cuebids (Control-showing bids)

Cuebids (Control-showing bids)

Declarer Play in a suit contract: Making use of a long side suit

Declarer Play in a suit contract: Making use of a long side suit

Negative or Sputnik Doubles

Negative or Sputnik Doubles

Unassuming Cue Bid

Unassuming Cue Bid

Declarer Play - Mistakes to avoid at Trick One

Declarer Play - Mistakes to avoid at Trick One

Choosing the Best Option

Choosing the Best Option

What are the most common mistakes in declarer play?

What are the most common mistakes in declarer play?

Declarer Play with a weak trump suit

Declarer Play with a weak trump suit

Is ChatGPT any good at Bridge?

Is ChatGPT any good at Bridge?

Discarding Decisions for Declarer

Discarding Decisions for Declarer

Overtaking and Signalling

Overtaking and Signalling

Leads: Sequence, Near Sequence and Internal Sequences

Leads: Sequence, Near Sequence and Internal Sequences

Establishing suits in No Trump

Establishing suits in No Trump

Declarer Play: Count winners or losers or both?

Declarer Play: Count winners or losers or both?

Attack Dummy

Attack Dummy

Defence problems: What to discard?

Defence problems: What to discard?

Gerber

Gerber

Don't be afraid to waste your high cards

Don't be afraid to waste your high cards

Inducing a Favourable Discard

Inducing a Favourable Discard

Dummy Reversal

Dummy Reversal

Loser on Loser Plays

Loser on Loser Plays

Duplicate Bridge Scoring Explained!

Duplicate Bridge Scoring Explained!

The Master Hand

The Master Hand

Should you splinter with a singleton honour?

Should you splinter with a singleton honour?

Should we outbid the opponents?

Should we outbid the opponents?

Improving Your Bridge Memory

Improving Your Bridge Memory

Jacoby 2NT

Jacoby 2NT

Should I Overruff?

Should I Overruff?

Trump Control Problems

Trump Control Problems

Defend These Hands with Me: 3rd hand play, including unblocking

Defend These Hands with Me: 3rd hand play, including unblocking

Establishing a suit by ruffing

Establishing a suit by ruffing

Declarer's Best Option

Declarer's Best Option

Benji Acol: How useful is this convention?

Benji Acol: How useful is this convention?

Tony's Free Weekly Bridge Lessons

Tony's Free Weekly Bridge Lessons

Don't get stuck in the wrong hand - Playing in a BBO Acol Bridge Tournament

Don't get stuck in the wrong hand - Playing in a BBO Acol Bridge Tournament

Competing against Weak Twos and other Pre-emptive bids

Competing against Weak Twos and other Pre-emptive bids

All about Stayman

All about Stayman

Ducking with one and with two stoppers

Ducking with one and with two stoppers

Unblocking plays by declarer including a Jettison Play

Unblocking plays by declarer including a Jettison Play

Responding to One of a Suit

Responding to One of a Suit

Declarer Play: Making deductions from the bidding and the play

Declarer Play: Making deductions from the bidding and the play

What are the most common defence mistakes?

What are the most common defence mistakes?

Attitude and Suit Preference Signals

Attitude and Suit Preference Signals

Showing Your Shape

Showing Your Shape

Whether to delay drawing trumps or draw some or all of them right away

Whether to delay drawing trumps or draw some or all of them right away

Drawing trumps or crossruffing

Drawing trumps or crossruffing

Declarer play in No Trump - choosing the best options

Declarer play in No Trump - choosing the best options

The Losing Trick Count - some more examples

The Losing Trick Count - some more examples

Leading or switching to a trump

Leading or switching to a trump

Forcing Defence - some more examples

Forcing Defence - some more examples

Ruff and Discard - and how to avoid this

Ruff and Discard - and how to avoid this

When to bid 6NT, rather than 6 of a suit - and when to bid a Grand Slam

When to bid 6NT, rather than 6 of a suit - and when to bid a Grand Slam

Intermediate Bridge Lessons - a preview

Intermediate Bridge Lessons - a preview

Defence: Attacking dummy's entries or weakness - some more examples

Defence: Attacking dummy's entries or weakness - some more examples

Responding to 1NT after the opponents make a suit overcall

Responding to 1NT after the opponents make a suit overcall

More examples of playing 1NT

More examples of playing 1NT

Forcing Defence

Forcing Defence

Lead Directing Doubles

Lead Directing Doubles

Opener's Reverse

Opener's Reverse

Here are some of the most common bridge bidding mistakes.

Here are some of the most common bridge bidding mistakes.

More on signalling and discarding

More on signalling and discarding

More examples of discarding problems for declarer

More examples of discarding problems for declarer

Declarer Play: Whether to ruff in both hands or one hand

Declarer Play: Whether to ruff in both hands or one hand

Blackwood: Use and Misuse

Blackwood: Use and Misuse

Opening leads, Vacant Places, and covering an honour with an honour?

Opening leads, Vacant Places, and covering an honour with an honour?

Transfers in Detail (Part 2)

Transfers in Detail (Part 2)

More examples of Ruffing Losers in Dummy

More examples of Ruffing Losers in Dummy

Transfers in detail - Part 1

Transfers in detail - Part 1

Establishing a suit in No Trumps

Establishing a suit in No Trumps

Ruffing Finesse

Ruffing Finesse

Overcall or Double

Overcall or Double

Some Recent Declarer Play Problems - May 2022

Some Recent Declarer Play Problems - May 2022

Defence problems

Defence problems

Declarer Play - More examples of unblocking including a "Jettison" play

Declarer Play - More examples of unblocking including a "Jettison" play

Defence attitude signals

Defence attitude signals

Declarer Play - more mistakes at trick 1

Declarer Play - more mistakes at trick 1

Bidding and Playing Two-Suited Hands

Bidding and Playing Two-Suited Hands

Declarer Play - some mistakes in a suit contract

Declarer Play - some mistakes in a suit contract

Game Trial Bids in a Major Suit

Game Trial Bids in a Major Suit

More examples of discarding problems for declarer

More examples of discarding problems for declarer

To Draw Trumps or Not To Draw Trumps?

To Draw Trumps or Not To Draw Trumps?

Bending the Rules

Bending the Rules

Looking at some more suit combinations with Suitplay

Looking at some more suit combinations with Suitplay

Is it Forcing? Three important Bidding Principles

Is it Forcing? Three important Bidding Principles

More on Active or Passive Defence

More on Active or Passive Defence

Hands from last Thursday - establishing a long suit and coping with a bad trump break

Hands from last Thursday - establishing a long suit and coping with a bad trump break

Some hands from last Monday 24/01/22.

Some hands from last Monday 24/01/22.

More on takeout doubles and reopening the bidding with a double

More on takeout doubles and reopening the bidding with a double

More on Finesses

More on Finesses

Rule of Seven and the Danger Hand

Rule of Seven and the Danger Hand

Discarding Losers

Discarding Losers

Establishing a side suit before drawing trumps - more examples

Establishing a side suit before drawing trumps - more examples

Doubling or bidding when the opponents appear to be sacrificing against you

Doubling or bidding when the opponents appear to be sacrificing against you

Declarer Play in Suit Contracts requiring careful handling of the trumps

Declarer Play in Suit Contracts requiring careful handling of the trumps

Declarer Play in a Suit Contract

Declarer Play in a Suit Contract

Declarer Play - more aspects

Declarer Play - more aspects

Crossruff or ruff in one hand

Crossruff or ruff in one hand

Delayed Support

Delayed Support

Hand 4 from last Thursday

Hand 4 from last Thursday

More Examples of Ruffing in the Short Hand

More Examples of Ruffing in the Short Hand

Loser on Loser Plays Continued

Loser on Loser Plays Continued

When should the defence switch to a trump?

When should the defence switch to a trump?

Interpreting your partners bid

Interpreting your partners bid

More Alternatives to Finesses

More Alternatives to Finesses

Declarer Discards Continued

Declarer Discards Continued

Every Card Matters!

Every Card Matters!

Delay drawing trumps

Delay drawing trumps

Declarer Play: More Mistakes at trick 1

Declarer Play: More Mistakes at trick 1

Some hands from last week August 12 2021

Some hands from last week August 12 2021

Declarer Play Options in s Suit Contract

Declarer Play Options in s Suit Contract

Weak Jump Overcalls

Weak Jump Overcalls

Leading or switching to a trump

Leading or switching to a trump

Declarer Play in No Trump

Declarer Play in No Trump

Deception and Concealment

Deception and Concealment

Attitude Signals

Attitude Signals