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(260) Counting and Putting It All Together

Robert Todd January 14, 2019

Here we look at how to take the information we gain from counting one particular suit and combine it with other information to help us judge what is going on with the entire hand.

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(259) Counting a Suit Effectively

Robert Todd January 7, 2019

Learning to count a suit is extremely important. Here we look at how to do so in the way that is most efficient and helpful to us!

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(246) Trump Suit Management - Strip and Endplay

Robert Todd August 27, 2018

Forcing an opponent to lead the suit you want them to lead is an art form. The strip and end-play is a valuable tool for making this happen!

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(245) Trump Suit Management - Ruffing Finesse

Robert Todd August 20, 2018

This week we look at how to use the trump in partner’s hand to help us take a finesse in another suit. This ruffing finesse is a useful line of play when you think you know where a missing honor is located!

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(244) Trump Suit Management - Dummy Reversal

Robert Todd August 13, 2018

Ruffing in the long hand is often a bad thing. But if we do this bad thing enough, it can turn into a good thing by allowing us to turn the short side into a long side. Here we look at this dummy reversal line of play.

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(243) Trump Suit Management - Transportation

Robert Todd August 6, 2018

The trump suit can be used for more than just removing the opponents’ trump or keeping control of the hand. Here we look at another value of the trump suit, transportation!

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(242) Trump Suit Management

Robert Todd July 23, 2018

Managing the trump suit and getting every value you can out of it is an important skill to master in order to improve your Declarer play!

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(241) Combine Your Chances

Robert Todd July 16, 2018

Why choose between a finesse and a suit splitting? Find a way to try both — combining your chances is the key to better Declarer play and here we look at how to do it!

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(240) Optimistic and Pessimistic Play

Robert Todd July 9, 2018

Here we look at how psychology is an important part of declarer play. Part of this is knowing when to be expect good things to happen and when to spend your mental energy worrying about bad breaks!

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(239) Hold Up Plays

Robert Todd July 2, 2018

As Declarer we have many tools for helping us take more tricks. A “Hold Up Play” is a valuable one of these tools, especially in Notrump contracts. Here we look at some positions where it is best to choose not win the first trick.

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