East appreciated that a heart ruff could not be prevented, but he might be able to stop declarer from reaching dummy’s long club suit if he forces a heart ruff prematurely. So, East laid down A♥. What ...
A declarer dislikes losers. When he has too many, he should work out ways to reduce the number. Often that involves ruffing in the shorter trump hand or discarding on side-suit winners. But sometimes ...
DIAMONDS Q-6-2, CLUBS J-9-8-6-5 with everyone vulnerable, and you hear the hand on your right open one diamond. Your left-hand opponent responds one heart, your partner overcalls one spade and opener ...
Among the many decisive plays of our standard-bearers, I present to you a hand that saw the mixed national team as protagonist and in particular Leonardo Cima against the Croatian national team. After ...
Declarer is watching these signals, so good defenders will not give a truthful signal when partner can reason out the best defense without help, or if partner is not likely to have an important ...