The old rule for avoiding a blockage The old rule for avoiding a blockage ♠ Q 7 6 5 3 ♥ – ♦ – ♣ – N W E S ♠ A K 2 ♥ – ♦ – ♣ – How do we avoid a blockage? Show analysis>> Analysis: The rule beginners learn is 'the high card from the short hand'. More precisely, when you need to run a long suit, and you want to avoid a blockage, first run the high cards from the short hand. Here, we play the ♠A and ♠K (following with low cards from the long hand), before playing ♠2 (to ♠Q in the long hand).
