Declarer play

• Count your losers from the hand with the most trumps
• Think of how you can get rid of losers
• Draw trumps UNLESS:
  • You need the trumps in the dummy to make some ruffs first
  • You don't really have a fit (< 8 cards combined). Then it's often better to work on other suits first
• See if you can 'develop' a long suit
  • This only works if you can prevent ruffs by the openents

• Count your winners (fixed tricks)
• See what will be your 'working suit'. This is the suit in which you hope to develop extra tricks
• Your 'working suit' is often the suit in which you have the most cards, or a long suit
• Try to make tricks in your 'working suit' by forcing out the high cards of the opponents