The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
POSTPONED BIDS
AT ROYAL AUCTION
Hands Showing the Advantage
Of Not Being in Too Much
Of a Hurry.
RISKS TO SAVE THE GAME

one OF the most common faults with
the beginner at auction In hat he is In
too great a hurry to say something.
He seems to be afraid that some one
| will get ahead OF him. or OF being left
at the post.
This undue haste in putting iL "a bid
betrays his ignorance or disregard OF
two important principles. The first Is
that II any player gets in a bid ahead
OF him that reopens the bidding and
gives any other player who has passed
without a bid on the first round another
nance to say what he wanted to say
at first. The second principle is that
bids which are made after hea ring from
the other players are much safer than
original blds.
Another thing that tho beginner should
be constantly reminded OF IL that you
can never contradict the information
given by your first bid. You may d
60 IL but you cannot take II back. A
player who starts the bidding by naming
a suit in which he has no sure tricks
cannot deny those tricks by bidding the
suit again. The more he bids the more
tricks she suit Is supposed to have In II.
1t Is this tendency to haste In the
bidding. based on the fear that they will
never get another chance, that leads
80 many persons to make original dec
laratiOns. a. dealer or second hand,
which are unsound.
II the distribution OF the cards Is
such that no one else at the table can
make n bid OF any kind. you are for
tunate not TO be left in to play an I'M
sound declaration. IL any other player
does make q bid. it may I've of such a
character that you will be glad you
kept your mouth shut.
The beginner must be careful not to
confuse postponed bids. suits which are
bid or the second round when nothing
was said on the first, with rebid hands.
i rebid hand is one that advances the
FIRST bid In spite OF the partners nom
assistance. or without waiting for him
TO speak, or which shifts TO another suit.
II the dealer starts with no truni,
n upon being oVercalled bids two or
three diamonds, he has both the no
trump and the diamond declaration in
his hand. hut the interfering bids have
shown him that the diamonds are safer.
II the dealer begins with a pass and
afterward bids one or two hearts he
did not have a legitimate original heart
declaration. That is. he did not hold
two sure tricks in hearts. hut he had
enough strength in hearts to justify him
~ AAihNihk a i'diN blu, perhaps III DTutT
to keep his opponents from getting the
contract too cheaply perhaps 20 take
his partner out of a less promising con-
tract.
The meaning OF these postponed bids
Is not sufficiently studied by the general
run of players. suppose the dealer
passes and his partner bids something
overcalled by the fourth bidder. II the
dealer now bids a suit he IL simply
Ions In II and is probably denying tho
suit named by the third hand, IL 1t was
a major suit.
A few illustrations OF hands in which
suits are bid on the second round tina;
were not named on the first will show
how such hands are managed by care.
full players who give proper attention
to the time at which such bids are
made. Here IL a deal that was played
in one OF the big duplicate matches las.
winter: