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| uca' ihe interesting developments
were when he started out with one no
trumps. At one table A bid two hearts.
what Tor II Is difficult to imagine, but
| there are players built that way. At one
| table, A passing, took his partner out
| OF the no trumper with two diamonds.
which Induced Is to call two royals. At
| one table went back to his no trumper
AT another he stuck to his partners dia-
monos' but the tragedy was when y SUD-
ported AS two hearts after Y bid three
diamonds and bid them I'D to four
hearts and then doubled.
| Y led the king OF diamonds. This rave
a chance to make his contract. but he
did not see 1t. apparently. Ho let the
| diamond come up to the ace, discardinR
club from dummy, so as to lead a spade
and take the iinesse In that suit
| % won the trick and Jumped at the
chance that his partner might be short in
CLUBS leading ace and another the second
round going to dummys king Dummy
led the trump. u played small and the
ace dropped the Jack. As II in the hone
that the king and queen we're split A led
announcer trump. which allowed z to Win
and lead third round. after which he
came through with the diamonds.
The hnesse OF the diamond forced rs
last trump. and after making his ace Of
| spades while he was in he had to lead
a club. so that A had TO give "A diamond
| trick at the end the contract falling for
two tricks. doubled.
AS the student OF tactics will readily
see. the hand was badly played A should
| have made his contract by trumping the
very first trick and then leading ace and
| another spade so as to estsbl the cross
run. After the third round of diamonds,
a sui holding up the ace, will hold the
| TOP spade, the king having fallen on the
round before. II Y does not trump this
card he will give A a club discard.
IL u trumps high 4 overtrumps and
| leads trumps, Y holding the trick with
the Jack, but the top trump and the ACC
OF clubs are the only remaining tricks for
| and Il, which leaves a four by cards
IL trumps the spade queen low over
rumps and takes out two rounds OF
trumps. killing VS. Jack, and makes Ave
| by cards instead OF four only.
At one table z went game at no trumps
| on this hand. chiefly through the bad
| play OF the opposition A did not bid
but Il called two royals. which 2 passed.
| y then showing his diamonds, as he did
not think four to the Jack would stop the
| spades. This tempted z back 10 three no
trumps Il may well be asked why \
did not deny the yals with the hearts
| when left the two royals in.
A did not lead the spades. feeling sure
| that had the suit stopped twice. while A
has fair chance TO make his hearts with
his possible reentries in two other suits
and led the king Of diamonds. Here
missed his chance Instead OF playing the
Bath coup. SO as TO have two reentries for
the hearts. he took the trick with the ace.
He then tried to get e in with a spade to
come through rs hearts.
| This worked, i playing the space ace
and leading his top heart, which A won
with the ace. putting z In with the king on
the third round. Il came through with tho
diamond and finessed the ten over the
| nine. The spade Jack was covered with
| the queen and the king won. allowing
to lead another diamond through A. SO that
made the whole suit, y making the club
| ace at the end
A can probably set this contract for
three or four tricks II he holds up Oh the
diamond. II shifts to the club when he
finds Il has no diamonds, gets In to
| establish the heart unless plays club
ace. II plays ace and leads diamonds.
AS Jack leaves him with tenace over
Y, and sure reentry in clubs.
At the majority OF the tables this hand
was played at four diamonds. which is
safer than going back to the no trumper,
as Y practically denies trick in any suit
but diamonds. This il little point that
too many players overlook. bids no
trumps, A passes. Y two diamonds Il two
royals. Y passes, \ three hearts, (to deny
the royals) Y four diamonds.
The results OF the play at diamonds
varied wonderfully At one table all that
made was the odd trick, chiefly owing
TO AS courage in leading the club queen
after ruling the second round Of spades
This enabled him 20 maks three of his
trumps by stopping the trump lead and
putting y In with Il club 70 as TO get an
other run on spades. The ace OF spades
and hearts made the six tricks.
At another table Y made his contract, |
four odd In diamonds, through "a variation
In the opening lead. Z did not like to lead
away from his spade tenace. the bidding
not having disclosed AS weakness In that
suit, as he had bid hearts and + had sup
ported hearts against diamonds until Y !
went To four.
won the heart and shifted to a club. !
as a heart would give'Y two discards and
did not want 10 be forced III spades |
What he overlooked was that II dummy |
got in on the club he would give Y the two !
discards Just the same. What z did was !
20 give only one club discard on one
heart, and then he led the trump.
A put up the ace of truups second |
hand and led another club but IL was too
late. as Y ruled and led the spade seven |
passed this up and the king won. Now
the top heart gave Y n spade discard. The |
nine of clubs gave him another. so that |
after the trump leads cleared things up all |
that was left for \ and b was the acc
OF spades
Here is another illustration Of the possI- |
Of ha