| K | x | x |
| K | x | |
| Q | x | x |
FORCING
Judicious forcing will do more than anything else to break up a strong trump hand.
Forcing means making a player trump—the object being to weaken his hand.
It is good play to force the strong trump hand.
When the strong trump hand holds no more cards of your long suit, do all damage possible with it. Unless trumps are out, the suit is of no other use to you.
It is bad play to force the weak trump hand. Unless you can make the strong hand trump it is better to stop leading the suit.
Do not lead a suit that will allow the weak hand to trump and the other hand to discard; the adversaries take the trick and get rid of a losing card.
It is too late to force when the dummy has an established suit and the dealer has the last trump or trumps. Make what you can before giving up the lead.
When the weak hand can ruff your suit, it is sometimes good play to lead trumps; but only when, in doing so, you are leading trumps through the strong hand, and when you have some protection in the other suits.