{"id":355,"date":"2016-04-26T16:47:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T20:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/?page_id=355"},"modified":"2016-04-26T16:47:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T20:47:03","slug":"third-hand-play","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/?page_id=355","title":{"rendered":"Third Hand Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If third hand is not careful when playing to a trick she can often give away a trick or more to the Declarer. \u00a0We&#8217;ve all been taught &#8220;Third Hand High&#8221; but there are important exceptions.<\/p>\n<h2>Situation: \u00a0Dummy Only Has Small Cards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>When dummy has small cards in the suit third hand plays __________.\n<ul>\n<li>With equal high cards, play the ________ of equals. \u00a0Example: \u00a0with JT73 play the ________ .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Exception: \u00a0Defending against NT, holding AQx play the _________ \u00a0to force Declarer to spend his _____ early.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Returning Partner&#8217;s Suit<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>With 2 cards remaining, return the __________ .<\/li>\n<li>With 3 or more cards remaining return the original ________ __________ .\n<ul>\n<li>Exception: \u00a0If your remaining cards are a sequence, return the _________ card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Situation: \u00a0Dummy Has an Honor and Plays Low<\/h2>\n<h3>Condition 1: You Have a Higher Honor<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If your second highest card is the 9 or higher, then play __________ high.<\/li>\n<li>If your second highest card is lower than the 9, play ___________ .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Condition 2: You have a Lower Honor<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Usually you want to play third hand _________ .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Condition 3: You Don&#8217;t Have An Honor<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If you can&#8217;t beat the dummy&#8217;s card, give ___________ .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Unblocking<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If you have a __________ honor and your partner leads an honor sequence then you should usually play the honor unless it will cost a trick.\n<ul>\n<li>Example: \u00a0Lead is the Q and you have Kx, usually you should play the __________ \u00a0unless the ________ is in Dummy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Preserving Communications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sometimes you duck the first trick even with AKxxx if you think your partner has fewer than _______ cards in your suit, especially if you have no outside entry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Rule of Eleven<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If your partner leads 4th best subtract the index of that card from 11. \u00a0That tells you how many cards higher than partner&#8217;s lead are in the other __________ hands.\n<ul>\n<li>Example: \u00a0Lead is 6, you hold QJ9, 7 is in the Dummy. \u00a0You play the J and Declarer wins the K. \u00a0Can Declarer have any remaining cards higher than the 6?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>When Not To Play High<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If your partner can&#8217;t have an honor for you to protect you don&#8217;t need to play third hand _______ .\n<ul>\n<li>Example: \u00a0You hold KTxx and your partner leads the 9. \u00a0Your partner has no honor to protect, so don&#8217;t play high.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Against a\u00a0<strong>suit contract<\/strong> if you have KJx and partner leads low play the _________ to discover who has the Queen. \u00a0This assumes that your partner won&#8217;t underfed an Ace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If third hand is not careful when playing to a trick she can often give away a trick or more to the Declarer. \u00a0We&#8217;ve all been taught &#8220;Third Hand High&#8221; but there are important exceptions. 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