Bridge by Steve Becker

Bridge by Steve Becker

Signals are among the most valuable tools the defenders can employ to help them overcome the natural handicap of defense. In general, these signals take two forms — they are either positive or negative. A positive signal when you are discarding or following to partner’s lead is the play of a card higher than necessary. Thus, if your partner leads the king of a suit and you hold, say, the A-8-2, the play of the eight is a positive signal asking y…