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- In some games, I find myself with only six or seven
- trumps at the beginning* of the game (or even eight
- with lousy trumps). I tend to divide these hands
- as follows:
- 1. Those that are relatively strong in high card
- value (HCPC) and balanced, I tend to play
- essentially as no trump hands. In this situation
- I tend to draw trumps immediately.
- 2. Those that can be played by cross ruffing.
- I do not draw trumps immediately.
- 3. The remainder of the hands have a tendency to
- be unbalanced. I play these by drawing some
- trumps (hopefully depleting one opponent), and
- then playing my strongest suit (hopefully the
- suit is concentrated in the long hand to prevent
- lack of entries from developing).
-
- Note: I'm always on the look out for an easy ruff
- in the short hand.
-
- *A weak trump position sometimes only becomes
- evident as the game progresses. In this case I
- am usually relegated to playing my strongest suit
- and hope for the best.