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Bridge Declarer Play



Descriptions have been written to the best of my knowledge. If you see anything strange or have any questions, let me know at jefftang@gmail.com.


Declarer Play Principles

  • "Eight Ever, Nine Never"
  • The Law of Symmetry by Ely Culbertson
  • The Moysian Fit
  • The Principle of Restricted Choice
  • Probabilities: Suit Distributions


Communication Plays

  • Avoidance Play
  • Cooper Echo
  • Ducking Play
  • Endplay (Elimination Play or Throw-in Play)
  • Hold-up Play
  • Unblocking Play


Coups

  • Alcatraz Coup
  • Anti-Bath Coup
  • Bath Coup
  • Coup En Passant (Elopement Play)
  • Devil's Coup
  • Grand Coup
  • Morton's Fork Coup
  • Scissors Coup
  • Vienna Coup


Finesses

  • Backward Finesse
  • Chinese Finesse
  • Double Finesse
  • Intra-Finesse
  • Marked Finesse
  • Obligatory Finesse
  • Ruffing Finesse
  • Simple Finesse
  • Triple Finesse (Deep Finesse)
  • Two-Way Finesse


Ruffing Plays

  • Coup En Passant (Elopement Play)
  • Crossruff
  • Dummy Reversal
  • Ruff and Sluff
  • Ruffing Finesse


Squeezes

  • Criss-Cross Squeeze
  • Double Squeeze
  • Jettison Squeeze
  • Show-up Squeeze (Pop-up Squeeze)
  • Simple Squeeze
  • Steppingstone Squeeze
  • Triple Squeeze
  • Vice Squeeze

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Meckwell Defense to 1NT
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