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Missing key trump cards, should we still draw trumps? - with Jack Stocken

We are missing both the ♠Q and ♠S and don't know where they are yet... should we draw out trumps or is there something else we should do first?

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What do we do when we plan our play when we realize we're going down (besides panic)?


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In this bridge hand played on BBO, about half of us when down 2 and half only one. How do we minimize our losses when we are stuck with a bad trump break?


We are missing both the ♠Q and ♠S and don't know where they are yet... should we draw out trumps or is there something else we should do first?


After you watch the video, try playing through the hand here:

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Leave a comment or a question here: https://youtu.be/5d6jcLwYiag


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