DECLARER PLAY - COURSE INDEX

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DESCRIPTION (Top) (Bot)

Your partnership has won the contract and you are the declarer. Now what do you do? This course uses many examples and actual table play to illustrate strategies that you can use to make the contract. Topics include defensive strategies, planning the offense, counting winners, promoting high cards, developing long suits, finessing opponents high cards, counting losers, ruffing losers, discarding losers and managing trump.

COURSE SCHEDULE (Top) (Bot)

DECLARER PLAY CHEAT SHEET (Top) (Bot)

WEEK 1 - INTRODUCTION AND BIDDING REVIEW (Top) (Bot)

WEEK 2 - PLAYING NO TRUMP CONTRACTS - PART 1 (Top) (Bot)

WEEK 3 - PLAYING NO TRUMP CONTRACTS - PART 2 (Top) (Bot)

WEEK 4 - PLAYING NO TRUMP CONTRACTS - PART 3 (Top) (Bot)

WEEK 5 - PLAYING SUIT CONTRACTS - PART 1 (Top) (Bot)

WEEK 6 - PLAYING SUIT CONTRACTS - PART 2 (Top) (Bot)

WEEK 7 - PLAYING SUIT CONTRACTS - PART 3 (Top) (Bot)

WEEK 8 - REVIEW AND TABLE PLAY (Top) (Bot)