Trick One [Bird]

A large number of contracts that fail go down because declarer did not make the right play on the first trick. And similarly, many contracts are allowed to make because the defender in third seat played the wrong card.

This book includes 125 instructive deals, covering all aspects of the first card played from dummy, the first card played by the defender in third seat and the card chosen by declarer from his hand.

The first two parts are chapters on declarer play - covering topics such as Avoidance Play, Winning in the Right Hand, Blocking the Defenders’ Suit, Setting up a Squeeze, Deceptive Play and Setting up an Endplay as well as defensive topcis such as Unblocking, Managing Defensive Entries, Deception, Signaling and Disrupting Declarer’s Plan.

Parts III and IV contain 44 problems, with each solution based on a necessary play at trick one.

Improve your cardplay at trick one and you will be become difficult to beat.