Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
BRIDGE DEPARTMENT
EDITED BY w. R. WHARTON

| reasons: In the former you ,,an only
take two tricks, and these you are sure
to win, whilst in the latter, if You
cause the adversaries to play the ace
and king, you will be able to make the
three remaining tricks, which you
would have lost had you first played
your ace-king, thereby establishing the
| small cards Of that suit for your oppo-
nentS.
Establishing Suit
A suit is said to be established when
you either hold the highest cards not
played or can catch the high cards
held by the adversaries; in short, that
you can win the remaining tricks in the
suit The winner at no-trump is usu-
ally he who first succeeds in establish
Ing his long suit. Therefore the dealer
should devote his energies principally
to this end. 1t is apparent that if you
are successful in establishing the long
suit the better the results, as there are
more small cards therein which become
trick winners.
Some prior consideration must be
given, however to the planning Of the
hand, as it often happens without this
caution that after you have succeeded
in establishing two or three small cards
you are unable to get the lead in that
hand, which is not only vexatious but
liable to be accompanied by levity and
derision on the part of your opponents.
1t is very important that your plan
should embrace the retention in that
hand Of a card of
Re=entry
A re-entry is a card whereby hand
may regain the lead whenever desir-
able and a sure re-entry is the highest
unplayed card of suit.
If you have in the combined hands
all the high cards necessary to estab-
| lish a suit there is still care to be OBJ
served, for careless players often
block themselves. In such a case
| it is usually sufficient to begin by play
ing the high cards first from the hand
(which contains the smaller number and
taking the lead in the long hand after
winning all the tricks you can in the
short hand which might get in your
| way.
| Should the opponents hold one or
more tricks in your long suit look far
enough ahead to see if when they are
played you viii still be able to put that
hand in the lead, as otherwise it is
! useless.
From the beginning therefore you
| should determine in which hand you
will need re-entry cards and as far as
| possible keep winning cards in that
hand. For instance, if you hold long
| suit in dummy and the ace of clubs
and also hold in your own hand the
king of clubs, and the opponents should
lead clubs, it is best to win the trick
with your king so as to leave the ace
as re-entry for the long suit in dummy.
In the following problem please state
what cards should you play from your
own hand and from the dummy and
which suit you should endeavor to first
establish.
Problem 2, Section
A deals and makes it no-trump, hold
! ing the following cards. Hearts, ace,
king, 9; clubs, ace, queen, z; diamonds,
ace, 8; spades, queen, jack, 10, 6, s.
The leader opens the Of diamonds
and dummy lays down the following
hand: Hearts, z, 6, s; clubs, king, jack,
19, 9, 6, 4, 2; diamonds, king, Z, 2.
Section
Owing to the usual luck which fol-
lows innovations the problem of last
week for this section was printed with
| out sufficient explanation to make it
clear to readers, therefore it is reprint
! ed in this issue under the same num-
| Der. During the week the writer has
offered the problem to several players
and has been seriously asked if it is
really possible for the dealer and his
partner to win all seven tricks. Read
ers may rest assured that no problem
will be inserted in this department that
is not isolvable, although some may re-
quire some study. This problem in par
ticular is very simple if care is exer-
cised, and it is hoped many of our
readers will send in solutions.
An innovation of comparatively recent
date and which may prove interesting
to experienced players who are not IA
miliar with it's practice may be con-
/ sidered under the heading
Cards of Encouragement
The opening lead being blind the
| leaders partner, who has the advan-
tage Of a sight of dummy, is frequent
4 iy better able than the leader to deter
mine whether the suit should be con-
tinued or a new suit opened. This, of
course, applies only when the leader
| holds the first trick.
1t is more applicable to a declared
trump than at no-trump, as in the lat
ter case It is usually best to continue
the suit opened
At declared trump, however, there
are many occasions upon which much
better results are likely to be obtained
| if the suit is switched. 1t is now
common practice of the dealers part
ner to inform him by his play to the