Trumping Losers in the Long Trump Hand

It may not be immediately obvious, but you can't win extra tricks by trumping in the hand with the long trump holding - this is usually the dummy hand. Trying to do so may leave you vulnerable for the rest of the play. Sometimes we do need to trump losers in the hand with the longer holding in order to make the contract - this is fine providing we don't expect to make any extra tricks by doing so.

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