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Chapter 9: Defensive Carding and Bridge Rules 153

Chapter 9: Defensive Carding and Bridge Rules

Defensive Carding

Upside-Down Count Attitude

Playing UDCA, low card is encouraged on the lead and high card is discouraged. A

doubleton is denoted by low-high instead of high-low. However on lead, still use high-low to
show a doubleton.

Odd-Even Discards

Odd-even discards is also called Roman discards. It is used when you cannot follow

the suit in the first time, odd card in a suit is encouraging and even card in a suit is
discouraging. A high even card means you like a higher of two suits not bid excluding trump,

a low even card means you like a lower of two suits. It is played against both suit contract

and notrump. A low even card means you like lower of two suits, excluding the suit lead.

Trump Suit Preference

Normally when declarer draws trumps, low-high shows an even number and high-low

shows an odd number of trumps holding.
Instead of showing count, we use to show strength outside the trump suit. Going up

the line shows strength in lower rank suit and a high-low shows strength in higher rank suit.

This we call Trump Suit Preference.

Reverse Smith Echo

To tell partner either to continue on opening lead suit or to switch to another suit, we
use reverse smith echo, not on the opening lead but on the declarer next playing suit

When declarer begin to run his own or dummy suit, a low-high signal from defender (opening
lead or his partner) the meaning as following

If made by partner of opening leader, it shows good support on the opening lead and ask
partner to continue the lead when regaining the lead.

If made by opening leader, it shows the suit led was strong and asks partner to continue

opening lead suit when gaining the lead.
In opposite way, when declarer begin to run suit, a high from defenders means as following

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