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Suit Combinations. And Combining Your Chances. How do you play this suit?. What determines the play in a suit?. How many tricks you need in the suit Entries to your hand or dummy Keeping a certain opponent off lead The bidding (or lack of bidding) Length in other suits (vacant spaces)
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Suit Combinations And Combining Your Chances
What determines the play in a suit? • How many tricks you need in the suit • Entries to your hand or dummy • Keeping a certain opponent off lead • The bidding (or lack of bidding) • Length in other suits (vacant spaces) • Odds • Putting pressure on the opponents to find discards
Ways to generate extra tricks • Finesse • Establishing a long suit • Taking ruffs in the short trump hand • Endplay/squeeze • Taking a ruff/trump promotion