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Detail specifications 72LZ - Level 1 ★
Discarding
Discarding
Before you discard, you should ensure that you aren't giving away a trick. You and your partner have previously agreed which discard convention you are going to play. The main discard conventions are :
Before you discard, you should ensure that you aren't giving away a trick. You and your partner have previously agreed which discard convention you are going to play. The main discard conventions are :
- The French System (champions play this...)
- Attitude
- Roman Discard
- Laventhal
Attitude
This is the simplest system :
This is the simplest system :
- A high card means you like/want the suit. Holding similar cards, play the highest.
- A low card means you don't like the suit.
Roman Discard (Italian discard)
The rules are simple : when it's your 1st discard
The rules are simple : when it's your 1st discard
- play an odd cardto show interest for the discarded suit
- play an even card if you are not interested in the discarded suit. In this last case, you can add an information.high even is a preference signal for a "high" suit, low even is showing preference for the lowest suit.
Lavinthal discard.
Lavinthal discard is used in NT contracts, in order not to sacrifice a trick (that might be the case with attitude system)
Lavinthal discard is used in NT contracts, in order not to sacrifice a trick (that might be the case with attitude system)
- Discard a suit you don't want
- The card will show a preference : a high card for a high suit, a low card for a low suit.
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You're East, defending. The declarer plays ♠ for the 4th time and you have to discard. You don't want ♣ nor ♥. Discard a high ♥ card. Your partner when in hand will play the strongest of the remaining suits : ♦. So discard the9 ♥
FR version