Understanding how your partner plays, is an important part of communication skills. Let's say your partner, as the dealer, just turned down the jack of clubs. First seat passes, and you bid in hearts. Now first seat leads the ace of clubs. Knowing that your partner will almost always pick up a jack, except when he is void in that suit, you throw off a junk card. This gives your partner a chance to trump in and get a trick.
Another example is when the opposition is in range of going out, They have the deal and just turned up a Jack. when holding a strong hand and knowing that your partner will block if he doesn't have a lone stopped (meaning he must have at least left protected) this may be a good time to order from the third seat.
Equality important is being able to communicate to your partner what suit to lead back is an essential skill in euchre. You can give your partner a lot of information simply by the way you play a hand. Good players don't randomly select cards. They read their partners signals and play accordingly. No, I'm not talking about cheating here, but the kind of signals that are given by what cards your partner is playing. What your trying to do is, after playing your power cards, lead a suit that has the best chance of being taken by your partner.
For example, When you lead an Ace, and your partner plays an ace of a different suit, it is a good idea to lead the suit that was thrown off. Your partner is telling you , I have the king of that suit or, I'm now void in that suit. Either way, lead that suit back in hopes of bypassing the opposition.
Another common signal is when your partner has an ace and a small card of the same suit. He will then throw off the small card. As the partner you're also read this as a lead back.
For example, If I lead the ace of spades, and my partner having no spades, throws a diamond on it, my next lead back will be a diamond if I'm able. I'm hoping my partner can either trump it or has the ace of that suit.
It is important to note here that the one time you wouldn't want to lead back the same suit, is if your partner is the dealer. Why? because as the dealer they have have the opportunity to short-suit themself and create a void in one suit. Therefore when he throws off, he is likely throwing a suit he has 2 of since he already discarded the suit that he had only one of. It is this void you want to lead into.
Look at the following example
Turn card
9 Dealer
9
K J
(9)
K J
Discard
9
My partner orders up the queen and I discard the 9 of spades creating a void. 1st seat leads Ace of diamonds. I trump with the 10 of hearts. Third plays 10 of diamonds and my partner throws off the queen of clubs. Now seeing that partner throw off the club, I know now he is most likely void in spades. I lead back the jack of spades, and my partner trumps. It is the same thing if the opponents lead an ace and your partner, as the dealer, follows suit, he is most likely void in the remaining suit.
Remember
When your partner throws off a suit on your lead he is asking you to lead back that suit.
Except when your partner is the dealer and has had the opportunity to discard.
Communication between partners is even more important when the opposition is trying a lone, Read about it Here
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Posted by Tommy Lang on Wednesday, 12.31.69 @ 17:00pm | #15