{"id":312,"date":"2016-01-13T21:08:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T02:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/?page_id=312"},"modified":"2016-01-13T21:08:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T02:08:31","slug":"signaling-vs-suit-contracts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/?page_id=312","title":{"rendered":"Signaling vs Suit Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Types of Signals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Attitude (most common when __________ first leads a suit)<\/li>\n<li>Count (most common when _________ leads a suit or when one&#8217;s attitude is obvious)<\/li>\n<li>Suit Preference (not common, only used in specific situations)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Attitude Signals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Give this signal when partner leads a _______ ___________ .<\/li>\n<li>If you want partner to continue the suit, play your ___________ affordable spot card. \u00a0This shows:\n<ul>\n<li>An _________ honor; or<\/li>\n<li>A ____________<\/li>\n<li>Your partner might need to figure out which of these is the case, usually from the _________.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you want partner to switch, play your ____________ spot card.\n<ul>\n<li>This does not automatically _________ a good holding in the suit. \u00a0It could mean &#8220;please shift to something intelligent partner!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>Sidebar: \u00a0Leads from Ace-King<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Leading the Ace showing the King is only applicable at trick _______. \u00a0Later in the hand the defenders are more likely to be in a &#8220;cash out&#8221; mode.<\/li>\n<li>In the middle of the hand, lead the ________ from Ace-King.<\/li>\n<li>When partner has __________ your suit then lead the King from Ace-King. \u00a0This way the lead of the Ace denies the King. \u00a0While an unsupported Ace lead is usually a bad one there are times where it is necessary when partner has supported the suit.<\/li>\n<li>At the 5 level or higher lead the ________ from Ace-King. \u00a0The lead of an unsupported Ace is more likely at this high level so you should have a way to deny the King.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Special Attitude Signal: Queen from Queen-Jack<\/h3>\n<p>Caveat: This <strong>only<\/strong> applies when your partner makes a lead showing <strong>both<\/strong> the Ace and the King. \u00a0In this case the Queen is either a singleton or else it shows the Jack. \u00a0Either way, if partner wants to put you on lead it is safe for her to ____________ her remaining high honor.<\/p>\n<h2>Count Signal<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Assuming standard signals:\n<ul>\n<li>Play _______ from odd, _________ from even.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Examples: \u00a0Circle the card you should play to give count from each of these holdings:\n<ul>\n<li>972<\/li>\n<li>QT872<\/li>\n<li>94<\/li>\n<li>T872<\/li>\n<li>QT54<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rules to tell you when to give count:\n<ol>\n<li>You can&#8217;t possibly have a relevant _________ . Examples:\n<ol>\n<li>Opening lead is the J, Dummy has AK4 and Declarer plays low. \u00a0Everyone knows that Declarer has the Queen. \u00a0Signal your count.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Dummy is going to take the trick with the Queen or a lower card because you can&#8217;t beat it.\n<ol>\n<li>Opening lead is the 3, Dummy has QJ4 and Declarer plays the Jack. \u00a0If you can&#8217;t beat it, give count.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>It will become obvious that you have the missing relevant _________ by the play to trick 1. Examples:\n<ol>\n<li>Opening lead is the Queen, Dummy has K842 and Declarer plays low. \u00a0If you have the Ace give count. When the Queen holds partner will know you have the Ace.<\/li>\n<li>Opening lead is the 3, Dummy has AJT4 and Declarer plays the Ace. \u00a0Declarer can&#8217;t have the King or else they would play the Ten. \u00a0Your partner can figure that Declarer doesn&#8217;t have the Queen, so you must have it. \u00a0Give count.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>You have supported and can&#8217;t have a relevant _________ .\n<ol>\n<li>Your partner bid spades and you have supported. \u00a0West leads the King (from Ace-King) and dummy flops with the Q74. \u00a0You have the J832. \u00a0Partner knows your attitude when she sees the Queen. \u00a0Give count by playing the _______ .<\/li>\n<li>Same thing, only this time Dummy has AJ4. \u00a0Your partner is marked with the ________ and knows you don&#8217;t have an _______ in the suit. \u00a0Give count.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Types of Signals Attitude (most common when __________ first leads a suit) Count (most common when _________ leads a suit or when one&#8217;s attitude is obvious) Suit Preference (not common, only used in specific situations) Attitude Signals Give this signal&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/?page_id=312\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/312"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/312\/revisions\/315"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}