Suit Combinations

And Combining Your Chances

How do you play this suit?

AJ32

K954

What determines the play in a suit?

• How many tricks you need in the suit• Entries to your hand or dummy• Keeping a certain opponent off lead• The bidding (or lack of bidding)• Length in other suits (vacant spaces)• Odds• Putting pressure on the opponents to find

discards

How do you play this suit?

AJ1094

K83

How do you play this suit?

A942

KQ83

How do you play this suit?

A942

KQ1073

How do you play this suit?

K642

AQ983

How do you play this suit?

Q872

AK104

How do you play this suit?

QJ52

AK43

Ways to generate extra tricks

• Finesse• Establishing a long suit• Taking ruffs in the short trump hand• Endplay/squeeze• Taking a ruff/trump promotion

Which suit do you play on?43

AK

5432

AK542

A2

Contract: 3NT 75432

Lead: 5 AQJ10

Q3

Which suit do you play on?42

Q32

5432

AQJ10

AKJ103

Contract: 6NT AK

Lead: 8 KQJ10

432

How do you play 7?A65432

106

AQ

A87

7

Contract: 7 AKQJ98743

Lead: K 32

J