Five Tips to Simplify Entries

Improve your declarer play. Make the most of the entries between declarer and the dummy, even some hiding in full view! An entry is usually considered a high card to give declarer the chance to get to the dummy or to declarer's hand. Yet an entry from one hand to the other has two parts. There is the winner in the hand you are trying to reach. Equally important is the lower-ranking Link Card that provides the transportation to the entry. Think of Entry as L'Entry as a reminder of the importance of the link card. The Five Tips to Simplify Entries are intriguing, simple, and practical. You'll be in charge of knowing how to improve your declarer play.

About The "Bridge Guide Series"
The Bidding, Declarer Play, and Defense Bridge Guides present Five Tips to Simplify one aspect of the game. Part One of the Guides is divided into five segments, each presenting a snapshot, in turn, of each of the five tips. Part Two presents a selection of sixteen instructional deals, designed carefully to illustrate the material in a practical way, so you can comfortably apply the ideas the next time you play bridge.

The Guides are multi-level and suitable for players with a wide range of experience and skill. The deals progress until you reach Deals 15 and 16, famous deals that show how experts use the information in the Bridge Guides.

Audrey Grant has an international reputation in the fi eld of bridge education. Her vision and commitment have been key to the success of the Audrey Grant Better Bridge series of books, TV shows, lectures, software, the Better Bridge magazine and the Online Interactive Daily Bridge Column. She works with the game's best theorists to make sure the material is current and of the highest quality. Grant has received many awards for the quality of her material and was recently inducted into the Bridge Hall of Fame.

David Lindop is an integral part of the Audrey Grant Better Bridge products, and is essential to their success. He is a popular writer and an expert who competes regularly in world championships. David is an active member of the bridge community holding the record for chairing the second-largest bridge tournament in the world, attracting more than 22,000 tables in play.

Contents

Introduction ...................................................... iv

Part I – An Introduction to the Five Tips

Low Cards as Entries .................................... 1

Tip #1: Recognize a low card as an entry by keeping a lower-ranking link card.

High Cards as Link Cards ............................. 3

Tip #2: Recognize a high card as a link card by using a higher-ranking card as an entry.

Keep an Entry Where it's Needed ................ 5

Tip #3: Keep an entry with the suit being developed.

High Card from the Short Side ..................... 7

Tip #4: Play the high card from the short side first when taking sure tricks and promoting tricks.

Take Losses Early ......................................... 9

Tip #5: Take losses early to preserve entries.

Part II – A Collection of Instructional Deals

The Bridge Quiz .......................................... 14

Instructional Deals ...................................... 15

Glossary ........................................................... 47