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Trump Suit Preference - An alternative use of
carding when declarer begins playing trump, allowing defenders to show
suit preference. When the defender can afford to play either
of two trump cards held, first discarding the higher card as part of a
high-low echo shows interest in the higher ranking suit while playing a
low-high echo indicates a desire to play the lower ranking suit.
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 Q 6 5
 9 8 7
 8
 Q J 10 9
8 7 |
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8 3
K Q 2
A 4 3 2
6 5 4 3 |
N - E -
S - W
1S - P - 2S
3D - P -
P - 4S |
K 7 2
A J 10 4
3
Q J 6 4
2 |
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A J 10 9
4
6 5
K 10 8 7
A K |
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1S P - 2S - P
- 3D P - 4S From the
bidding and viewing the dummy, apparently declarer's trump is a 5-3 split.
The defenders wins the first and second Heart tricks, with declarer ruffing
the third trick. After the declarer ruffs the third Heart, declarer proceeds playing the
A, West playing
an
8 while East plays the
2. The declarer then leads
the
10 (unblocking), with East
winning the
K and West follows with the
3.
Based on
West's high-low trump play on the prior tricks, West is asking for a Diamond switch.
So while East would like to lead the singleton Club, East should instead return a
Diamond.
Otherwise, declarer wins the Club, pulls trump, wins 4 more rounds of Clubs,
pitching two Diamonds to make the contract. Note - a clever East might
risk ducking declarer's second trump (10),
winning the
K on
the third trick; this hold-up severs declarer's transportation to dummy's
promoted Club suit.
Also see
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