Bols expert tips

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	Ed Manfield	Over 5 ? Think twice before you bid over five: the five level belongs to the opponents
	Per-Olov Sundelin	If you can’t see yourself beating the contract by winning the trick, duck it – even at the cost of a trick.
	Pietro Forquet	Count the opponents’ hands – but when you have counted them, play intelligently.
	Harold Schogger	Don't open another suit
	Schmuel Lev	When you have a holding such as a-q or a-j in the suit led by partner, do not automatically play third hand high
	Zia Mahmood	Roll over Houdini, when they don't cover they don't have it
	Pietro Forquet	Always be Ready to Change your Plan
	Dick Cummings	Avoiding the Gong
	Larry Cohen	Eight never - nine ever

	Dirk Schroeder	Use the space
	Anna Valenti	Don’t rush to draw trumps. On some hands you may be able to draw them successfully; on others, even if you can draw them, you will be left with too few tricks.
	Howard Schenken	When on defence in third position, cultivate the habit of playing slowly to the first trick
	Aavo Heinlo	Let the opponents tell the story
	Mark Horton	Don't be Afraid to respond
	Jon Baldursson	Don't be a pleasant opponent, Bid
	Zia Mahmood	The Panther Double
	Paul Marston	Take the Hint
	Marijke van der Pas	Play the Hand Yourself
	Bep Vriend	Bid More with a Clean hand, Don't get busy if you have Minus Points
	Jeremy Flint	Don't Cry Before you are hurt - When you are outgunned don't let your opponents know
	George Havas	Falsies
	Eric Kokish	Make the ‘one for the road' a double
	Patrick Jourdain	Consider the Discard
	Terence Reese	Careless Talk Costs Lives
	Rixi Markus	Keep It Simple
	Svend Novrup	Search for the Eggs of Columbus
	Anton Maas	Reversed splinter bids
	Terence Reese	The discard tells the story
	George Rosenkranz	Direct the Opening Lead during the Auction
	Sandry Landy	Trump Leads
	Derek Rimington	When leading a trump always choose the lowest card
	Tim Seres	Give Declarer Enough Rope
	Andy Robson	Play a Pre-emptor who leads his suit for a singleton trump
	Sally Brock	Conceal the Queen of Trumps
	Steen Moller	Discovering Distribution
	Jeremy Flint	Consider Whether to Lead an Honour
	David Birman	Suit Preference on Opening Lead
	David Bird	Not Obliged to Say Anything
	Hugh Kelsey	Guard Your Honour
	Derek Rimington	The King Lives, Long Live the King
	Rixi Markus	Consider leading Low from a Doubleton Honour
	Pierre Jaiis	Extend Your Distributional Signals
	Jose le Dentu	Tip for the Pip
	Barry Westra	Don't Follow partner's signals blindly
	Matthew Granovetter	Picture the Original Shape
	Jean Besse	Don't Play an Idle Card Thoughtlessly
	Barry Rigal	Defenselectivity
	Clement Wong	Hide and Seek
	Terence Reese	Unfriendly Play
	Tony Priday	Practice the Art of Camouflage
	Eric Rodwell	Danger Hand High
	Alfred Sheinwold	Don't Think !
	Qi Zhou	Play your honour early if its of no use
	Michel Lebel	Duck when you don't have the Ace
	Giorgio Belladona	Hold Up the Ace of Trumps
	Jeff Rubens	Honour Thy Partner
	Anders Brunzell	Don't relax when Dummy is Strong
	Israel Erdenbaum	Never Play your lowest card first
	Billy Eisenberg	Play Low from Dummy
	Max Rebattu	The high cards will be with the Length
	Terence Reese	Fear The Worst
	Tony Forrester	The Power of the Closed Hand
	Eric Kokish	The Simplest Gifts are often the Best
	Derek Rimington	Play Trumps Fluently
	Eric Crowhurst	Second Hand Problems
	Villy Dam	Do Their Thinking
	Chip Martel	Play with all 52 cards
	Sandry Landy	Remember what they didn't bid
	Phillip Alder	Don't be impulsive consider the Alternatives
	Gabriel Chagas	The Value of the small cards
	Jim Jacoby	Save the Deuce
	Terence Reese	See round corners
	Bobby Wolf	Your Tempo is showing
	Jean-Paul Meyer	Build your own algorithm
	Joyce Nicholson	Move an Important card
	Toine van Hoof	Shuffle your cards
	Gabriel Chagas	Don't spoil your partner's brilliancy
	Matthew Granovetter	Keep your guesses to yourself
	Jens Auken	The Kill Point
	Jim Jacoby	Beware bridge players bearing gifts
	Bernard Marcoux	Imagine and capitalize
	Robert Hamman	When in Rome
	Id Lundby	Bridge is only a Game - have fun playing it
	Kitty Munson	The Trappist Rule
	David Porris	Don't walk the plank

AUTHOR	TIP
Jean Besse	Beware of your trump tricks. When you see a chance for an early overruff, don’t be in too much of a hurry to take it.
Dorothy Hayden	Against no-trumps, defender’s first spot card, unless it is essential to give the count, should indicate attitude the opening leader's suit.
Gabriel Chagas	When you have to develop a shaky suit, consider whether you can prepare for an intra-finesse by ducking with an 8 or a 9 on the first round.
Benito Garozzo	Games may be quietly defended but slams must be attacked
Charles Goren	If you aren’t sure how to continue after you win a trick, you should consider ducking it
Robert Hamman	If you ever to amount to anything at this game, you must build up a picture of the unseen hands. The idea is to know what the problem is before you try to solve it
Patrick Jourdain	With eight winners and five losers in three no-trumps ,play off your long suit early
Mike Lawrence	Ecstasy anytime you feel yourself succumbing to an emotion, whether sadness, depression, irritation, comfort, elation, or ecstasy, you should fight it off. stop and pay attention.