CONTENTS
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| PREFACE | [vii] |
THE LAWS OF BRIDGE | [ 1] |
ETIQUETTE | [22] |
BRIDGE FOR THREE PLAYERS | [25] |
THE SCORE | [27] |
| Declaring to the score | [ 27] |
| Playing to the score | [ 28] |
| The non-dealer’s play to the score | [ 29] |
THE DECLARATION | [ 31] |
| “No-Trump” declaration by the dealer | [ 32] |
| Rules for “No-Trump” declaration by the dealer | [ 32] |
| “No-Trump” with three aces | [ 35] |
| “No-Trump” with two aces and one other guarded suit | [ 35] |
| “No-Trump” with two aces | [ 36] |
| “No-Trump” with one ace | [ 37] |
| “No-Trump” without an ace | [ 37] |
| Examples of “No-Trump” makes | [ 38] |
| Hearts | [ 38] |
| Rules for the heart make | [ 40] |
| Five hearts including three honours | [ 40] |
| Five hearts including two honours | [ 41] |
| Five hearts with one honour | [ 41] |
| Four hearts with three honours | [ 41] |
| Examples of hands that should not be passed | [ 42] |
| Hearts in preference to “No-Trump” | [ 42] |
| Hearts, not “No-Trump” | [ 43] |
| Diamonds | [ 43] |
| Clubs | [ 46] |
| Spades | [ 47] |
| Passed makes | [ 47] |
| Abandoning spade hands | [ 49] |
DOUBLING | [ 51] |
| Redoubling | [ 54] |
| Estimating the value of a hand | [ 54] |
| The lead when partner has doubled | [ 55] |
| The heart convention | [ 57] |
| The weak suit convention | [ 57] |
THE NON-DEALER’S PLAY AGAINST A DECLARED TRUMP | [ 59] |
| The opening lead | [ 60] |
| Examples of opening leads | [ 63] |
| Inferences from high card leads | [ 64] |
| Inferences from low card leads | [ 67] |
| Examples of inference from opening leads | [ 68] |
| Original trump openings | [ 70] |
| Original trump openings from strength | [ 72] |
| The trump lead against a spade make | [ 72] |
| How to play to partner’s trump opening | [ 73] |
| Leading trumps to prevent a ruff in the weak trump hand | [ 74] |
| Short suit openings | [ 74] |
| Leading through strength | [ 77] |
| When to lead through strength | [ 78] |
| Choice of suits to lead through | [ 79] |
| Suggestions for third hand play | [ 80] |
| Inferences from third hand play | [ 82] |
| Leading up to dummy | [ 87] |
| The Echo | [ 88] |
| Forcing | [ 89] |
| Returning partner’s lead | [ 91] |
| Second hand play | [ 91] |
| When you play before the dummy | [ 92] |
| When you play before the dealer | [ 94] |
INFERENCES | [ 95] |
| The value of information | [ 96] |
| How to draw inferences | [ 97] |
| Inferences regarding the make | [ 98] |
| General inferences | [ 99] |
THE NON-DEALER’S PLAY OF A “NO-TRUMP” HAND | [102] |
| The original lead | [103] |
| The original lead at “No-Trump” | [106] |
| Opening a short suit against a “No-Trump” declaration | [107] |
| Unblocking | [108] |
| Returning partner’s lead | [109] |
| Holding up by the non-dealers | [111] |
| Examples of holding up | [112] |
| Taking out re-entry cards | [115] |
THE DISCARD | [116] |
| The discard against a declared trump | [117] |
| The discard at “No-Trump” | [118] |
| Hints on discarding | [121] |
| The reverse discard | [122] |
| Discarding by the dealer | [122] |
THE DEALER’S PLAY | [124] |
| Combining the hands of dealer and dummy | [125] |
| Ace, Queen, Jack Combination | [125] |
| Ace, king, jack combination | [127] |
| Ace, jack, ten combination | [129] |
| King, jack, ten combination | [129] |
| Miscellaneous combinations | [130] |
| Arranging the lead | [131] |
| Finessing | [132] |
| The finesse obligatory | [134] |
| Watching the discards in order to locate finesses | [135] |
| Second hand plays | [136] |
MANAGEMENT OF TRUMPS BY THE DEALER | [139] |
| When to lead trumps | [139] |
| When not to lead trumps | [141] |
| Unblocking the trump suit | [142] |
| Not forcing your strong trump hand | [142] |
| Leading trumps to prevent a ruff | [143] |
| When to draw the remaining trumps | [144] |
| Discontinuing the lead of trumps | [144] |
| When to trump | [146] |
| Overtrumping | [147] |
| Re-entry cards | [148] |
| Forcing discards | [148] |
| Throwing the lead | [150] |
THE DEALER’S PLAY OF A “NO-TRUMP” DECLARATION | [151] |
| Choice of suits | [152] |
| Keeping the commanding card of the adversaries’ suit | [154] |
| Re-entry cards | [158] |
| Unblocking | [162] |
| Overtaking | [164] |
| “Ducking” | [167] |
| “Overtaking and unblocking” | [171] |
| “Overtaking and ducking” | [172] |
| The defence against overtaking and “ducking” | [173] |
CARD STRATEGY | [175] |
LOST TRICKS | [183] |
“YOUR PARTNER.” HIS IDIOSYNCRASIES, AND SOME OF YOURS | [190] |
ILLUSTRATIVE HANDS | [195] |
END PLAYS | [277] |
| Refusing to draw the losing trump | [279] |
| Leading the losing trump | [280] |
| Throwing the lead | [281] |
| Leading a singleton | [282] |
| Saving a low trump to lead | [283] |
| Refusing to over trump | [284] |
| The extra trump | [285] |
| Unblocking | [286] |
| Making a tenace | [287] |
GLOSSARY | [289] |
INDEX | [293] |
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIVE HANDS
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| 1. | Saving an entry card. Leading the losing trump | [197] |
| 2. | Not showing adversaries that the weak hand can “ruff” | [199] |
| 3. | Leading the losing trump | [201] |
| 4. | Arranging the lead | [203] |
| 5. | Not leading trumps until losing cards have been discarded | [205] |
| 6. | Leading through | [207] |
| 7. | Refusing to accept a force | [209] |
| 8. | Not taking a finesse which, if unsuccessful, | |
| would block the trump suit | [211] | |
| 9. | Saving an entry card. Overtaking | [213] |
| 10. | Double entry | [215] |
| 11. | Making an entry card | [217] |
| 12. | A card of re-entry | [219] |
| 13. | Double entry | [221] |
| 14. | Overtaking to make an entry card | [223] |
| 15. | Not holding up an ace. Unblocking | [225] |
| 16. | Holding up a king | [227] |
| 17. | Overtaking, losing a trick, in order to make a suit | [229] |
| 18. | Not taking a finesse | [231] |
| 19. | Forcing discards to locate a finesse | [233] |
| 20. | Deschapelles coup. Finesse obligatory | [235] |
| 21. | Not allowing adversary to lead through a once guarded king | [237] |
| 22. | Not allowing an established suit to make | [239] |
| 23. | “Ducking” | [241] |
| 24. | Leading through dummy’s strength | [243] |
| 25. | Preventing a ruff by the weak trump hand | [245] |
| 26. | Preventing a ruff by the weak trump hand | [247] |
| 27. | Not forcing | [249] |
| 28. | Inference | [251] |
| 29. | Inference | [253] |
| 30. | Inference | [255] |
| 31. | Leading through | [257] |
| 32. | Overtaking by the adversary | [259] |
| 33. | Refusing to play the high card of a long suit | [261] |
| 34. | Arranging the lead | [263] |
| 35. | Not unblocking. Deschapelles coup | [265] |
| 36. | Abandoning a suit | [267] |
| 37. | Discarding commanding cards | [269] |
| 38. | Counting | [271] |
| 39. | Allowing the weaker hand to “ruff” | [273] |
| 40. | Not holding up an ace | [275] |
ADVANCED BRIDGE