MiniBridge Part 2 - Improving your game
MiniBridge Part 2 - Improving your game
Lesson 6 of 7.
Cardplay For Defenders
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Key points:
- Second hand low: When declarer leads a low card from hand or from dummy it is generally correct to play low.
- Cover an honour with an honour: When declarer leads a high card from hand or from dummy it is often correct to cover with a higher card if possible.
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Key points:
- Third hand high: When we are defender and 3rd to play to a trick it is normally right to play high - aiming to win a trick for our side or to force out a higher card from the 4th hand.
- When playing 'third hand high' we play the lowest card that 'will do the job'.
- When defenders follow suit, we play the lower/lowest of equal cards. This tells partner we don’t have the card below but says nothing about the card above.
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Key points:
- When partner leads, take time to work out what the opening lead can tell us about the missing cards in the suit.
- If we get the lead later in the play it is usually good to lead a card of the same suit as partner's opening lead.
