Plan Well, Declare Well (Suit Contracts)- Audio Lesson

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As soon as dummy is tabled, and before you play a card, after counting losers (or winners), you must STOP, THINK, and COME UP WITH A PLAN. There are many areas you must address. Here are some of the most important ones:
A. How do you plan to reduce your # losers (or increase your # winners)? The three most desirable ways are:

1. Ruff losers in the hand with fewer trumps.
2. Make use of a long suit to discard losers. (Very often, you need to begin setting up the suit ASAP.)
3. Hope to endplay the opponents to avoid a finesse.

B. Consider the trump suit:

1. How many trump do the opponents have?
2. How are they likely to divide?
3. Should you lead trump ASAP? Marty sez: Unless 100% sure that the correct answer is yes -- DON'T!
4. If the answer to #3 is yes, how many rounds should you play?

Last but not least: If declarer's hand includes a side suit of 4+ cards, that is usually the key suit to focus on.
In this lesson, Marty will show you how to:

• Give yourself an extra chance to make the hand.
• Turn losers into winners.
• Find a surefire way to avoid losing finesses.
• Learn a deceptive play that's sure to succeed.
• Decide whether or not to draw trump.
• Improve your knowledge of suit combinations.
• Overcome bad splits.
• Take advantage of clues from the opponent's auction.
• Visualize (and begin setting up) an endplay early in the play.
• Know when it's right to play differently at IMPs.

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