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    Reversing the Dummy: And It's Cousin, the Cross Ruff
    Reversing the Dummy: And It's Cousin, the Cross Ruff
    Reversing the Dummy: And It's Cousin, the Cross Ruff
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    Reversing the Dummy: And It's Cousin, the Cross Ruff

    By James Marsh Sternberg MD

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    When discussing declarer play, the first thing I always suggest is for declarer to try to determine what kind of hand he is dealing with. Proper play of the hand starts with planning your play at Trick 1. After identifying/counting your losers, you need to look for ways to eliminate them. Counting winners too sometimes makes things easier, especially for dummy reversals. After all, there are only a finite number of types of hands, with variations on the themes. Typical hand types include a finesse, ruffing some losers in the dummy, setting up a second suit, a crossruff, and a few others.
    But usually when I add a squeeze or dummy reversal to the list, that’s when I find
    I have lost their attention. Dummy reversals are much easier to execute than most squeezes but often harder to recognize. Yes, perhaps the latter two are a bit more complex. This book is going to simplify the dummy reversal for you.
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    Release dateFeb 28, 2022
    ISBN9781665553483
    Reversing the Dummy: And It's Cousin, the Cross Ruff
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    James Marsh Sternberg MD

    Dr James Marsh Sternberg is a radiologist in Palm Beach Gardens Florida & Professor of Radiology at two northern universities. He currently teaches bridge in Florida. He has won several North American National Championships and has written extensively for many bridge publications. He is the author of “Playing To Trick One”, There Are No Mulligans In Bridge. “Dr J” lives in Palm Beach Gardens with Vickie Bader.He can be reached at [email protected].

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      Reversing the Dummy - James Marsh Sternberg MD

      Reversing The

      Dummy

      AND IT’S COUSIN, THE CROSSRUFF

      JAMES MARSH STERNBERG MD (DR. J)

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      2022 James Marsh Sternberg MD (Dr. J). All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 02/28/2022

      ISBN: 978-1-6655-5349-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-6655-5348-3 (e)

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      Also by James Marsh Sternberg

      Playing to Trick One; No Mulligans in Bridge (2nd Ed)

      Trump Suit Headaches; Rx for Declarers & Defenders

      The Finesse; Only a Last Resort

      Blocking and Unblocking

      Shortness – A Key to Better Bidding (2nd Ed)

      When Michaels Met the Unusual

      Zero to Three Hundred – A Bridge Journey

      Reversing the Dummy

      James Sternberg With Danny Kleinman

      Second Hand High; Third Hand Not So High

      An Entry, An Entry; My Kingdom for an Entry

      L – O – L Loser on Loser

      In Search of a Second Suit

      Elimination and Endplay

      CONTENTS

      Dedication

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      General Principles of Dummy Reversals

      Chapter 1. Example Deals

      Deal 1. Easy Ten

      Deal 2. Too Ambitious?

      Deal 3. Thanks For the Help

      Deal 4. Wrong Suit

      Deal 5. No Finesse

      Deal 6. Pesky Opponents

      Deal 7. Lucky, Lucky

      Deal 8. Nice Spot Cards

      Deal 9. A Mirage Queen

      Deal 10. Two Ways to Skin a Cat

      Deal 11. Wrong Suit

      Deal 12. Three Doors

      Deal 13. No Finesse Please

      Deal 14. A Little More Effort

      Deal 15. Where is the Tenth?

      Deal 16. Trump Control

      Deal 17. Trump Control II

      Deal 18. What Can Go Wrong?

      Deal 19. Oh No, Not Again

      Deal 20. What Can Go Wrong?

      Deal 21. No Finesse, More Ruffing

      Deal 22. Piece of Cake

      Deal 23. Preparation

      Deal 24. Using Your Trump Wisely

      Deal 25. Good Try

      Deal 26. Trouble?

      Deal 27. Too Easy

      Deal 28. Count Your Tricks

      Deal 29. Wrong Suit

      Deal 30. Breaking The ‘Rules’

      Deal 31. Too Much Knowledge

      Deal 32. Overbid? Better Play It Well

      Deal 33. Wishful Thinking

      Deal 34. A Similar Theme

      Chapter 2. Defense

      Deal 35. Good Defense

      Deal 36. Caught Napping

      Chapter 3. Advanced Example Deals

      Deal 37. Don’t Uppercut Yourself

      Deal 38. Hope for the Best

      Deal 39. The Missing Tenth Trick

      Deal 40. Multiple Choices

      Deal 41. Extra Risk

      Deal 42. An Exotic Try

      Deal 43. Annoying Lead

      Deal 44. The 4/3 Fit

      Deal 45. Another 4/3 Fit

      Deal 46. Lot to Do

      Deal 47. Changing Lanes

      Deal 48. Thanks For The Nine

      Deal 49. Declare or Defend?

      Deal 50. Plan Ahead

      Deal 51. Two Ways Home

      Deal 52. A Declarer Reversal

      Deal 53. Making Use of Your Trumps

      Deal 54. An Easier Road Home

      Deal 55. Glad I Bid

      Deal 56. Plan B

      Deal 57. Plan Ahead

      Deal 58. Better Timing

      Deal 59. Count Early

      Deal 60. Cash Your Winners

      Deal 61. Count Your Tricks

      Deal 62. Do What You Must

      Deal 63. Overcoming Good Defense

      Deal 64. Do What You Gotta Do

      Deal 65. Whoops

      Deal 66. Watch Those Entries

      Deal 67. What Can Go Wrong?

      Deal 68. Which Suit First?

      Deal 69. Watch Those Entries

      Deal 70. Opening Lead Problem

      Deal 71. Who Needs Them

      Deal 72. Handling The 4-3 Fit

      Deal 73. Another Touchy 4-3

      Deal 74. Take What You Can

      Deal 75. Avoiding the Trump Shift

      Deal 76. An Unusual Finesse

      DEDICATION

      This One’s For:

      DANNY

      KLEINMAN

      My Friend and Frequent Co-Author

      Who Has Made My Books Better

      By Being ‘DANNY’

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      This book would not have been possible without the help of several friends. Frank Stewart, Michael Lawrence, Anne Lund, and Eddie Kantar, all provided suggestions for material for the book.

      I am forever indebted to Hall of Famer Fred Hamilton and the late Allan Cokin and Bernie Chazen, without whose guidance and teaching I could not have achieved whatever success I have had in bridge.

      I want to thank my editor Willie Fuchs, who makes my writing much better than it really is.

      And Vickie Lee Bader, whose love and patience helped guide me thru the many hours of this endeavor.

      James Marsh Sternberg, MD

      Palm Beach Gardens, FL

      [email protected]

      INTRODUCTION

      When discussing declarer play, the first thing I always suggest is for declarer to try to determine what kind of hand he is dealing with. Proper play of the hand starts with planning your play at Trick 1. After identifying/counting your losers, you need to look for ways to eliminate them. Counting winners too sometimes makes things easier, especially for dummy reversals. After all, there are only a finite number of types of hands, with variations on the themes. Typical hand types include a finesse, ruffing some losers in the dummy, setting up a second suit, a crossruff, and a few others.

      But usually when I add a squeeze or dummy reversal to the list, that’s when I find I have lost their attention. Dummy reversals are much easier to execute than most squeezes but often harder to recognize. Yes, perhaps the latter two are a bit more complex. This book is going to simplify the dummy reversal for you.

      Assume you are playing in a suit contract. Spades are trump and you hold in hand:

      You will take five tricks, with a normal 3-2 trump split. On the other hand, with

      You will take one or two extra tricks, depending on how many times you can ruff a heart before drawing the opponent’s trumps. Trumping in declarer’s hand in the first example, the one with the longer trump holding, does not increase the number of tricks. In fact, making declarer ruff too often may result in loss of control of the deal, a frequent defensive technique of tapping the declarer. In such cases, shortness is a detriment, not an asset.

      When this technique is reversed, when declarer uses trump cards from his hand for ruffing and retains the trumps in dummy to

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