Bridge Card Play on Defense
When you play Bridge you spend 50% of your time as the defense, trying to score points for you side by reducing the amount of tricks the declarer can make. The purpose of these lessons is to help you and your partner win as many tricks as you can possibly even taking the contract light!
Full Course Includes 20 Lessons
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Course Content
Beginner Defensive Card Play Lessons
- Opening leads
- The Rule of Eleven
- Which suit?
- Which Card?
- Attacking Leads
- No Trump Opening Leads
- High-Low and Low-High Count Signals
- Counting as you play
- Counting Cards
Intermediate Defensive Card Play Lessons
- Attitude Signals
- Lavinthal Discards
- Suit Preference Signal
- Odd – Even Roman Discard System
- Revolving discard system
- Rules for the second player to a trick
- The rule for third player to a trick
- On defense leading to a new trick
- Returning partners opening lead