the player who, as first bidder of the suit of the final contract, plays both hands of the partnership
declarer in American English
(diˈklɛrər; dɪˈklɛrər)
noun
1.
one who declares
2. Bridge
the member of the partnership which made the winning bid who plays both his or her own and the dummy's hand as a result of having been the first to bid the trump suit or no-trump
Examples of 'declarer' in a sentence
declarer
Declarer now plays ace and a low club from dummy.
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Declarer now played ace and another heart.
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Declarer could now score the last three tricks with dummy's?
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J. East could only discard, so declarer crossed to?
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Q. Disaster - declarer runs it to?
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At trick two, declarer crosses (?
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Q, declarer crosses to (?
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At trick two declarer crossed to the ace of clubs and then ruffed a club.
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Now a heart ruff set up the suit and declarer had twelve tricks for a huge board.
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That was all the help declarer needed.
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So declarer had to hold the ace of hearts.
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Declarer will surely now play another heart but dummy is squeezed.
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Declarer needed to make something of the clubs.
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It was clear declarer was holding up from?
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Declarer was now able to ruff two hearts in dummy and merely concede the fourth heart.
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Declarer needed three of the last five tricks.
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Declarer ruffed and now he was down.
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So there is no point establishing his suit as declarer will duck again and knock out your ace of clubs.
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The return of either red suit would see declarer ruff in one hand and discard the club loser from the other.
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So declarer runs the nine of clubs, then crosses to his ace of hearts to cash his six.
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East had to keep all three clubs, declarer could simply give up a club to set up a long card.
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If he led the fourth highest six of hearts, declarer could run it to his hand and win the trick cheaply.