The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-02-10
EASY LESSONS IN
AUCTION BRIDGE
BY PAUL H. SEYMOUR
Author Of "Hishlights ON Auction Bridge"
Article Ten.
Assisting Bids by Third Hand

| Assisting Bids by Third Hand
| T HIS subject will be divided into
i the following headings. Third
hand bidding,
Cd After suit bid by dealer and
pass by second hand.
| (2) After a suit bid by dealer and
an overbid by second hand.
(3) After no trump bid by dealer
and pass by second hand.
az After no trump bid by dealer
and an overbid by second hand.
(5) After any bid by dealer has
been doubled by second hand.
CD After dealer has bid one Of
suit and second hand has passed,
| third hand must not pass "just be-
cause his partners bid stands" as
there are several situations in which
he is expected to bid. If his partners
bid is in minor suit and he has a
major suit good enough for defen-
sive bid he should bid it because of
the greater game-going possibility of
major suit. He should change the
| bid to no trump If he has the other
three suits protected with one and
one-half quick tricks and no major
suit bid.
When an original bid is made on a
suit of four or five cards it is inn
portant that the partner should hold
approximately his share of the re-
manning cards of that suit, and If he
does not hold that many he should
tn in
his partner of that fact Three small
cards, or two if one is as high as the
queen, is therefore called normal ex-
pectancy. A bid made to announce
smaller holding than this is called
a denial bid
If third hand is void of suit bid by
dealer or has only small one in it he
should make denial bid in another
suit or no trump if he holds as good
as defensive bid strength-that is, one
and one-half quick tricks, or he
should name any six card suit.
If he holds only two small cards of
partners suit he should take out his
partners minor suit bid by major,
or take out one major by the other
one provided he has defensive
strength. But he should pass rather
than take out a major suit by a
minor.
Examples of overriding partners
unopposed suit bid. Dealer having
bid a diamond and second hand hav-
ing passed, third hand, when holding
the following, should:
ID S-A xxx, H-K Xxx, DIX, c.
xxx bid one spade.
(2) S-xxxx, H-K Qxxx, Do,
C-QJxx bid one heart.
(3) S-Axx. H-Qxxx, D-xxx,
C-Kxx bid one no trump.
Dealer having bid a heart and Sec
ond hand having passed, third hand,
holding the following, should:
(4 S-AQxxx, Xxx, D-xxx,
C-Qxx bid one spade.
90 Sxxx, Xxx, D-A Qxxx,
C-Qxx pass.
(2) After Suit Bid by Dealer and
overbid by Second Hand.
If third hand holds normal ex-
pectancy in his partners suit he
should then consider whether or not
his hand is strong enough to raise
his partners bid. Without normal ex-
pectancy he should not raise, no mat
ter what other strength he may hold.
With normal expectancy what is
needed for a raise? According to our
rules for an original bid, dealer is
counting upon his partners hand for
three tricks, therefore partner must
not count those three again. But IL
he has four he may raise once, and
he may raise as many times as he has
probable tricks above three.
The next matter of vital impor-
lance is to know how to count prob
able assisting tricks, which is done
quite differently from counting tricks
for an original bid. In counting prob
able tricks in an assisting hand. first
double the whole and half quick tricks
of all suits except the one bid. Then
add to this, one for each honor as
high as the queen in the trump suit;
one for holding four or more small
trumps (if an honor is counted the
extra small one must not be); also one
trick If able to ruff the second round
of plain suit Chat is, If holding a
singleton) and two tricks if able to
ruff both first and second rounds Tin
other words, If void Of suit). Hav-
ing a doubleton, the ability to ruff
the third round may be counted Il
trick, so that with two doubletons one
more trick may be added.
Examples of counting assisting
tricks to raise partners space bid;
IN (2)