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z dealt and the bidding went this
way. one club. one diamond, one heart.
two diamonds. ON the second round II
bid three clubs, \ three diamonds. Y
three hearts aud Il four diamonds. ON
the third round z bid five clubs. doubled
and set for 200. How this happened is
q problem i'm itself.
There are three fundamental errors
In the bidding on this hand. In the firs:
place. Il should have bid the fun strength
OF his hand at the start. three clubs. y!
not four. Many players trust their part
ners for a couple Of tricks and include
It in their bid. Eight sure in clubs ana
u couple in the dummy would be fou:
odd with clubs for trumps.
The chief advantage of these high bids
In minor suits j. that they warn the part
ner there Is not a trick In the hand any
where else to support any other declara-
ton. II there were the bid would be no
iunpe not clubs.
AS diamond bid does not express any
desire To have diamonds for trumps. but
practically asks Il to go no trumps II
he can stop the clubs. Us heart bid Is
all right when Il starts with "a bid of one
club only. and so is BIS support of the
diamonds. as he can run the clubs, bat
now We come to more errors.
rs return to the clubs IL very bad.
N.hy dos. be M, s,n,or, his mariners.
hearts: He has three trumps II hearts
arc tho winning declaration and can rufs
Two suits The hands are good for four
ola and tho game II Y plays them well.
AS bid Of three diamonds Is all he
can do after y has refused to go NJ
truInps, hut Us return to the hearts
dny Tn. onI, sxc,,sc ,s tho misleading
charac,cr of r. oneninr hid rs per-
distance with the clubs after his mariner
has ,w,i,. taken him on, In hearts is
vory had
rho remaining error Is i'm the play.
~ y vas set for ooo on a bid of i've
cl,hs as the band is good for four odd
an ,inne In sni,e of ANYTHING 4 and r
car do How Y lost Two tricks on his
con,r,c, ia ma, cxnl,i,ed
Sunpose 4 makes two tricks with his
two Kings of diamonds and spades at the
start, showing the ace OF each suit still!
IN hand for recntry. No matter what
he leads next dummy wins and eXhaus,s
the trumps. leads a heart through and
makes the jack good for a trick. If \
leads hearts for the third trick the ace
goes up. and when the trumps are gone
the heart comes through A from ~
hand.
should n lead either OF his aces for
the third trick he would make L eas%
for u. II he led the run,p, which Is the
mort promising play II would 'ean a
heart' win WIN me ace ana trump NM
ser III AGAIN 10 ea" a hrart through y
once more anu il'u OUT WHAT else IN ha"
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Vnita, vcvar,ir oxnr.ss.s ,b. ,nir-
inn th., i, vouIa he had h,ddinv rnr v
m 90 to hearts If y starts with - shout
in cluhs as y ranno. have any ton
hearts, and expresses Tn, opinion thai
the odd trick liz all y could make.
Tho writer tb,uyht the hand was
GOOD enough to GO game at hearts IL
well n,ayed and tn tes, the matter the
cards wore piyon ia fnur nre,ty good
nlayers ar a country club. and this il
uh,, tbev ala win I, M, knowinc wh.t
the nrobiem WAS
p started with Two climbs Y bil harris
over diamonds and y supported tho
hearts nm IN ,our ,y,, four dis n,opd.
r-he moro jnterestine mar, uas tho MAJ
a jed IN. uu.nn ~ Jisnonds /, Was
thourbt .r,orw,rd ,har no shou,d have
lod Tho c'ub houiur Ia. a tuN In, tho
plav no made mn, v in n hole which he
co, out of yery neatly whcn I'M. uuo,n
hold u dolibera,elv LODI au,tner di,-
mond and To-, dummy ,rumn ~
Dummy ,cd tho trumn ana tho liro