Author Archives: Julian Foster

The term “memory squeeze” is sometimes used when declarer runs off a long trump suit forcing the defenders to make lots of discards and work out what loser(s) declarer has left in their hand – i.e. what suit to keep. … Continue reading →

When you are dealt an 8 card suit you can usually be pretty confident it’s the longest suit in the hand. Not on today’s hand (taken from the Spring Nationals Mixed Teams) which featured an even more unusual 9 card … Continue reading →

When playing in a suit contract it’s often necessary to set up winners in one of the non-trump suits to make your contract. How and when you do that is often important. That’s the theme of today’s hand. Most North … Continue reading →

On today’s hand taken from a recent teams congress most North South pairs played 3NT. But only 3 out of 10 made it. How would you have fared? The auction is likely to have been the same at most tables. … Continue reading →

It’s always important to count your tricks as well as your losers. Today’s hand is an example where doing that should point you to the best chance of making the contract – although good defence can always beat it. Despite … Continue reading →