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