{"id":2274,"date":"2011-04-09T13:53:25","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T21:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2013-01-08T21:10:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T05:10:51","slug":"polling-you-60-defending-against-endplays-in-contract-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=2274","title":{"rendered":"Polling You #60, Defending Against Endplays in Contract Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Playing good Bridge requires thought, measured responses, partnership cooperation and more (good fortune is always graciously accepted).\u00a0 So let’s get in the mind of the declarer trying to perpetrate an endplay on us and come up with some appropriate countermeasures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Declarer’s Basic Trick-Taking Strategies:<\/h3>\n

– Ruff side suit losers in dummy <\/strong><\/p>\n

– Promote suit in dummy or hand <\/strong><\/p>\n

– Finessing<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Declarer’s Problem (End Play Solution):<\/h3>\n

– Extra trump, 4+ in dummy but\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

– Mirrored\/nearly mirrored side suits <\/strong><\/p>\n

– No ability to ruff in dummy (equal length) <\/strong><\/p>\n

– Unable to promote dummy side suit<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Declarer’s Tactic, Throw-in\u00a0and\u00a0End Play:<\/h3>\n

1. Pull trump <\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Eliminate two side suits (promote\/ruff) <\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Throw declarer\u2019s LHO in lead <\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Finesse leader or leader\u2019s partner, or give declarer ruff and sluff<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opponent Tactical Response Countermeasures:<\/h3>\n

1. Watch: dummy, line of play, your\/partner\u2019s possible holding <\/strong><\/p>\n

2. If non-dangerous opponent (declarer\u2019s LHO), leave yourself a safe exit card <\/strong><\/p>\n

3. If dangerous opponent (declarer\u2019s RHO), protect your partner: win or play-up on intermediates
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Happy Bridge Trails and Tales,<\/strong><\/p>\n

BridgeHands<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JavaScript needs to be enabled for polling to work. Online Surveys by Constant Contact. Now that we’ve mastered\u00a0 endplay tactics as the declarer, it’s time to turn our attention to the more formidable task – defending against the throw-in, elimination and avoidance play by our craft opponents. Playing good Bridge requires thought, measured responses, partnership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2274"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2278,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274\/revisions\/2278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}