Dummy reversal

In the card game of contract bridge, when declarer is playing a hand in dummy reversal fashion, she uses trump cards to ruff in her hand and retains the trumps in dummy to draw the opponents' remaining trumps.

Some indicators that a hand may lend itself to dummy reversal are:

• shortness (singleton or void) in declarer's hand
• loser(s) in declarer's hand that cannot be ruffed or discarded on a side suit
• adequate trump strength and length in dummy