10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAW TRUMPS»
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draw trumps in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
draw trumps and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Winning Contract Bridge
Observe that in neither of the last two examples could you afford to draw trumps
immediately. When you set up dummy's long suit, you saved dummy's trumps for
use as entries; when you ruffed in dummy, you needed trumps there to rufi with.
2
Enjoy Beginning Bridge: How to Enjoy Learning Beginning Bridge
Once Declarer knows the number of trumps in his combined hand, he deduces
the number held by the enemy; and, then mentally reduces that resultant total as
the cards are played. When Declarer miscounts and continues to draw trumps ...
The Recent Beginner, 2009
3
Pocket Posh Tips for Bridge Players
DRAw TRuMPS OR NOT? The number one misconception in bridge is “Declarer
should draw trumps ASAP.” When I ask students how often they draw trumps first,
they usually answer “75 percent.” Why do so many players believe this?
Q When to Draw Trumps Suppose you are playing in a trump contract, and you
have a sound trump fit: five cards in your hand, and three cards in dummy. The
first question you must ask yourself is: "Do I draw trumps?" Nearly always you can
...
5
25 Bridge Myths Exposed
The best advice is: draw trumps straight away unless there is a good reason for
not doing so. Let's remind ourselves first why it is generally right to draw trumps
as soon as possible. Look at this deal: 4953 *62 »AK105 *10743 West pass pass
...
Résumé (1) Draw trumps at once, when you fear that opponents may rufi winners
in your side-suits. (2) Don't draw trumps prematurely, when you intend to ruff a
loser-—or losers—in dummy. (3) It is not always necessary to draw all the trumps.
Victor Mollo, Nico Gardener, 1971
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How Good Is Your Bridge?
... be tricks that were theirs anyway (as we saw in the example above) and our
ruffing may help to establish a long suit. I trust you see my point. My rule
regarding drawing trumps is as follows: Do not draw trumps unless you are fully
confident ...
Figure 7-2: Draw trumps to protect your established winners. Do you see those
little hearts (four to be exact) in the West and East hands? Until you remove all
those hearts, your winning diamonds in the dummy are worthless. If you try to
play ...
9
Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand
Whether or not this finesse wins, you will later draw trumps, ending in the dummy,
and play a diamond toward the king. If both finesses succeed, you will score an
overtrick. To make the contract, you will need one of the finesses to win. PLAN: I ...
Barbara Seagram, David Bird, 2009
A dummy reversal could not then succeed, because after taking the ruffs you
could not draw trumps with dummy's <?QJ9. You would have had to rely on the
spade suit, hoping Tricks with Trumps. *AQ6 <?QJ9 0 AKQ + A963 * JH / 4 N 64
w ...
David Bird, Marc Smith, 2000
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAW TRUMPS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
draw trumps is used in the context of the following news items.
Hand with tension to rival a Hollywood movie
... Spades and a Spade ruff, cross to the Diamond Queen, draw trumps and had four tricks left with the good Spade and three good Diamonds. «Royal Gazette, Jul 15»
Always time for thoughtful thinking ...
... and you should have played low at trick one …. now win the Ace, draw trumps, eliminate the Clubs and exit with a Heart in this position: North. «Royal Gazette, Jun 15»
Bridge: June 23, 2015
If West shifts to a trump, South can draw trumps, go to the ace of spades and finesse with his ten. He wins five trumps, three spades and the two ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jun 15»
Bridge column for June 10
He would be able to win his ace of clubs, draw trumps, and cash a diamond. All was well for declarer here, as East could not ruff to advantage. «STLtoday.com, Jun 15»
Bridge: June 08, 2015
"I should have forced out the ace of trumps, hoping for a 3-3 break so I could draw trumps," Cy said. "The cost of leaving the trumps out was too ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jun 15»
Bridge: May 30, 2015
To sum up, South can then draw trumps and return to the ace of hearts to take the good club for his 12th trick. DAILY QUESTION. You hold: ... «San Jose Mercury News, May 15»
The Bridge Column: In laws and outlaws
... appeared, it was a simple matter for him to draw trumps, enter dummy with the diamond Jack and discard his spade losers on the diamonds. «Bangalore Mirror, May 15»
Bridge: April 19, 2015
You can't draw trumps; the best you can do is start the diamonds. East ruffs the third diamond and, say, shifts to a heart. You must finesse with ... «San Jose Mercury News, Apr 15»
Bridge: April 14, 2015
If he leads the ace and a low trump to stop a spade ruff in dummy, South can draw trumps, unblock his high clubs, go to the ace of spades and ... «San Jose Mercury News, Apr 15»
Bridge: March 28, 2015
He then has time to draw trumps and set up his clubs. DAILY QUESTION. You hold: ♤ 9 7 4 ♥ A 9 7 3 ♢ J 9 8 6 ♧ A 7. Your partner opens one ... «San Jose Mercury News, Mar 15»
