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Three common techniques used as declarer in bridge for winning extra tricks are suit establishment, finessing and ruffing.

Missing an odd number of cards a suit will probably break the way you want it to.

Have you ever found yourself stuck in the wrong hand playing bridge?

In a suit contract we can often establish extra tricks from a long suit.

Example of a double finesse in bridge.

There's a deep loser on this hand, maybe. How can we find out before it's too late?

We have to decide whether to finesse or set up a long suit for an extra trick.

Ruff something in dummy, draw trumps and then establish a long suit. Easy!

Ruffing in the hand with the most number of trumps is usually fruitless but the dummy reversal is an exception.