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z dealt and bid a spade. Instead Of
calling one no trump. AS he should have
done, A passed, waiting for third hand.
AZ It happened. Y was too good a player
10 ohe- any Information to a partner who
has nothing to say for himself. There
are occasions. of course. when the dealer
has fairly strong heart suit. but with
out the tops but II IN one chance in ter
When we come to Ii We see that there
In not much hope to accomplish anything
IN hearts II A has nothing to encourage
or assist him with. While the adversar-
les cannot be set for moro than 100 in
spades, II Is still better to lie; them play
Tor "A trick. while ID plays for SO. than
II is to turn round and play for while
they get the SOS. B passed and let them
play II at spades.
Much to the establishment. OF both A
and Il. n made his contract. but II was
probably due to such simple thing AS
the opening lead. a started with the Jack
OF diamonds. having two supporting hon
ors IN sequence. This eventually made
the eight good against him in Us hand
Dummy put OH the king of diamonds and
led q small trump. taking the nnesse OF
the ten, which went to the king.
led another diamond. small one
this time. and the ace, followed by an
other trump. picked up rs Jack and AS
nine, leaving dealer and dummy each with
a trump. Il starting an echo In hearts with
the Ave. z led the diamond nine. which
had to win with the ten, and then
played ace and queen and small In hearts.
ruled the third heart and led small
club. Il winning and leading 1t back, z
| refusing to cover so that finally ruffed
and led the established diamond, just get
ting the odd trick. This was a great
opportunity lost for A and Il.
Had A bid his hand correctly and over
called tho spade with one no trump. Y
would have passed. Az he has the lead
and unless his partner can win q couple
OF tricks somewhere tho no trumper must
WIN cut. Il would have taken out the
| no trumper with two hearts and would
have gone game without any trouble. In
stead OF letting make the odd In spades
z would probably open the club sui,
| In preference to the two honois not IN
sequence In spades. II he did Il Ooul,.
win the first trick with the ten and take
| out three rounds Of trumps. winning tn.
third himself, no as to lead clubs through
the king. As z had more clubs thar
dummy he would refuse to cover and u
would quit the clubs. SO as to hold the
ace over the king. shifting to the queen
| OF diamonds.
This Y would win with the king and In
order to avoid establishing the dia monds
In dummy would have to play small
spade. zs ten forcing the king. The
Jack OF diamonds from A and the suit Ii
cleared ready to give b q club discard.
Whether Y leads the ace OF spades a,
this stage or . ANAL ono does not mat.
ter. II a small ono z wins with the
queen. but then the ace OF clubs, ten OF
diamonds and the two long truinps mus
make. giving A and II four by cards and
the game Mt hearts. II Y leads the ace
OF spades for the second round Of tina,
suit trumps the third. puts A in with
a club and discards the losing club or
the ten Of diamonds.
Even n b should leave A in with his
no trumper on the ground that his hand
was good enough outside hearts A would
have made three or four by cards easily
Y might start with small spade and or.
tablish the suit at once, but that would
! not do him any good. advantageous M 4,
may seem to give 2 the nnesse of the
ton over dummys Jack.
| A and II can make I'VE hearts and
three clubs at any time and must make
a spade n not q diamond as we'll
b Ii not to be blamed for the outcome
on this hand. When tho second hand Is
silent on the dealers spade bid the fourth
hand should always be- suspicious that ne
may be reopening the bidding for the
other side and not for himself. Modern
practice seems to be to let the spade stand
II Both second and third hands pass, un-
less the fourth hand can 90 game with his
own cardA