COURSE OUTLINE

WEEK 1: Counting tricks, counting suits, percentage table for outstanding cards, to finesse or to go for the drop, safety play, and restricted choice

WEEK 2: Blocking opponents’ communication, holdup plays, creating and maintaining entries, ducking, overtaking, unblocking

WEEK 3: Timing, ruffing losers at the dummy, using trumps for entry, when to draw the high trumps, trump control, establishing side suits

WEEK 4: Choosing the percentage play, combining your chances, the squeeze play, pseudo squeeze, suicide squeeze

WEEK 5: Matchpoint strategy, overtricks vs safety play, what to do when you are in the wrong contract, deception, false-carding, tempting a defender to cover, or play low, or not to ruff