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Bridge Advanced Declarer Play

Learn sophisticated declarer techniques like the Squeeze, Endplay, and Dummy Reversal to make even the most challenging bridge contracts.
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27 Cards
Lesson#1
Welcome to advanced declarer play. The techniques in this deck are designed to help you make contracts that at first glance seem impossible. We'll move beyond the basics and learn how to read the opponents' hands and execute sophisticated plays.
Lesson#2
The first step to advanced play is to stop looking at just your own cards and the dummy. You need to build a mental picture of the other two hidden hands. This is called 'counting the hand'.
Lesson#3
Counting the hand involves using all available clues, especially from the bidding and the cards played, to deduce the opponents' high card points and their distribution, meaning how many cards they hold in each suit.
Quiz#4
In bridge, what is the term for using clues from bidding and play to deduce the opponents' hand shape and high cards?

Counting the hand

Lesson#5
For example, if an opponent opens the bidding with 1 Heart, you can assume they have at least five hearts and 12 or more points. If they later fail to follow suit in clubs, you know they started with zero clubs. Each piece of information helps complete the puzzle.
Quiz#6
If an opponent shows out of a suit, for instance by discarding a club when you lead a diamond, what have you learned about their original hand?

Their original distribution in that suit

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