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- The play of trumps is best analyzed by identifying the
- losers in the long hand and then determing the best
- means of eliminating the excess losers. There are
- four main approaches with combinations thereof.
-
- 1. Losers in the long hand are discarded on extra
- winners in the short hand (play game 1, any hand).
- 2. Losers in the long hand are ruffed in the short hand.
- 3. Losers in the long hand are discarded on long suit
- winners developed in the short hand (play game 5,
- slam hand).
- 4. Cross ruffing requires the dummy to be void in one
- suit and the declarer to be void in another. Both hands
- have to have trumps. Usually the high cards in the
- suits are played first. In some cases it is not
- possible to draw the trumps from the opponent's hands
- first which means you must have high trumps in both
- hands or risk losing a trick.
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