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Group course

Declarer Play Masterclass

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Starts
Thursday, 3 February 2028
Meets
Every Thursday
Length
8 sessions of 2 hours
Group size
8–16 players
Price
Free

From counting winners to squeezes and endplays: a structured path to playing the dummy like a tournament player.

What you work on

The session plan

  1. 1

    Planning the play — counting winners and losers before trick one

  2. 2

    Finesses, safety plays and combining chances

  3. 3

    Establishing long suits and managing entries

  4. 4

    Trump control — when to draw trumps and when to wait

  5. 5

    Elimination and endplays — making opponents help you

  6. 6

    Reading the defenders — inferences from leads and signals

  7. 7

    Introduction to squeezes — the simple squeeze made easy

  8. 8

    Masterclass deals — famous hands from Peter's career

Places

Free for the whole course

Buying a place in a course is not open on this site yet. Write to Peter through the coaching page and he will tell you whether the group has started and how to join it.

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