Tip 7. Ask Yourself the Right Questions
We’ve found that, often, the most difficult thing about bridge is to identify what’s most important, in the particular situation we are facing. We’ve all experienced deals that seem impossible initially, but that suddenly become clear when we focus our attention in the most productive direction.
For this reason, when we present deals, usually we structure the discussion around a series of questions that you should be considering. We hope that this will help you to ask yourself the right questions at the table, for example:
- What information is available from the bidding? From the opening lead?
- Where are the high card points?
- What are the likely shapes for the unseen hands?
- What’s going on in (the suit that was just played)?
- Is this contract likely to be reached at lots of other tables, or is it an unusual contract?
- Why did partner (or declarer) do (something relatively unexpected)? Why did partner (or declarer) not do (something you expected)?