trump hand
Example Sentences
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So leading a trump is usually the best start, aimed at reducing the number of ruffs the declarer can take in the shorter trump hand.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2015
If you can ruff a loser in the shorter trump hand, it is usually the right play — but not when you can take ten tricks just by drawing trumps.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2014
However, it was hard for West, who could be confident that South had at most one heart, to realize that he had to stop a ruff in the shorter trump hand.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2013
A ruff in the shorter trump hand both eliminates a loser and gains an extra trump winner.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2012
It is bad play to force the weak trump hand.
From Bridge; its Principles and Rules of Play with Illustrative Hands and the Club Code of Bridge Laws by J.B. (Joseph Bowne) Elwell
