How to induce Myopia in a declarer

V N Ramamoorthy

Ladies and Gentlemen

"Are you myopic on the Bridge table?"

It is an irrefutable fact that a bridge player needs to be far-sighted and sharp on the table!

But it is not uncommon that one develops "Myopia" - worse, one becomes "Color blind " even πŸ™ƒ

The colorful game has only two colours for the four suits, fortunately or unfortunatelyπŸ˜”

One Norwegian expert who played with me for almost 6 months, 4 decades ago gave me a valuable tip to "Trick" the nemesis ( applies both when you are declarer or defender).

Assuming that your adversary is running a suit top down, with gay abandon, and suppose you are not joining the suit after two rounds. His tip was "Nonchalantly discard a low card of the same color!"

It is possible that a player, often gets color blind and doesn't notice your discard, thereby makes a wrong count. Ultimately, an iron - clad contract sets 😒

His additional tip was "You should play the card in tempo". Hesitation will alert the opponent and give him a chance to recover from his myopia or color blindness!

This phenomenon of temporary "amnesia" or myopia happens to even experts, believe you me πŸ˜‰

It may sound like a silly strategy, but, quite often it pays rich dividends πŸ™‚

If you discard a card from a suit of opposite color, it stands out like a sore thumb!

Everything is fair in Love, war and Bridge πŸ˜†

Happy bridging,

Cheers
VNR

Disclaimer : All opinions are entirely those of the author and are no reflection of the views of the BridgeFromHome Team.

 

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1 thought on “How to induce Myopia in a declarer”

  1. More likely to happen with habitual players who are thinking about making the game (rather than observing each card) 😁

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