The Fun Way to Serious Bridge

When you have several of the high honors cards in your hand, the rule of leading a low card toward strength no longer holds. To corral the king, start the suit by leading an honor card from the side opposite the ace. Then hopefully watch your left-hand opponent squirm. Figure 4-10 gives you a chance to make West very uneasy. In this suit, you’re mi

Trumping in the long hand, at times unavoidable, is a break-even play at best unless you’re trumping in the long hand purposely trying to establish the dummy’s long suit (see Chapter 7). On the other hand, each time you trump in the short hand, you gain a trick.