The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-02
/; EASY LESSONS IN
; AUCTION BRIDGE
article Thirteen.
BY PAUL n. SEYMOUR
Adthor of "Highlights on Auction Bridge"
Copyright. by Hoyle. JT.>
Bidding Two-Suiters


a TWO-SUITER is hand which
"A contains two suits of hve or
more cards, either of which is strong
enough for an original bid. 1t Is con
sidered the strongest possible hand at
Auction Bridge when played with that
suit as trump which best fits the part
ner's hand.
The bidding Of a twO-suiter. there
fore, should be in such manner that
the partner is informed of its exist
ence and enabled to choose between
the two suits. This may be accom-
plished by bidding one on the higher
valued suit and then showing the 9TH
er suit IL an opportunity Is pre-
scented.
For instance-dealer having two
suffer of hearts and diamonds bids
one heart; second and third hands
pass and fourth hand bids one spade.
Dealer then should bid two diamonds.
II second hand passes third hand may
show his preference for diamonds by
passing; but II his hand has greater
assistance for hearts he can show this
by bidding two hearts. He does not
increase the contract by this bid nor
is it raise for his partner-it simply
shows his preference and he can do
1t in this way because the higher suit
was bid first.
To illustrate by another example:
Suppose with the above two-suiter
dealer bids one heart, second hand
says one spade, and third hand holds
S-A Xxx; H-x; D-J x K;
C-xX. He cannot raise his partners
heart bid nor has he sufficient strength
TO make a denial bid; so he must pass.
Fourth hand passes, dealer bids two
diamonds and second hand two spades.
Now third hand understands that his
partner has a two-suiter and he does
have a raise for diamonds; therefore
he bids three diamonds. He counts
his four assisting tricks with diamonds
as trump as follows:
Doubling the quick trick value of
plain suit (S-A) gives two; the addi-
tional trumps (diamOnds) beyond nor
mai expectancy give one; and the
ability to ruff (heart singleton) gives
one. If any further bidding is done
it should be by dealer and should be
in diamonds because his partner has
told him plainly that he has raise
for diamonds but not for hearts.
Secondary Bids
When dealers original bid has been
overbid by an opponent he will have
second chance to express himself,
and he will then have so much more
information that his desires may be
very much altered. If he started with
a weak no trump, second hand bid
major suit, and partner passed, he will
as rule have nothing to do but pass.
But if his no trump, contains good
strong minor suit and second hand
bids a major, dealer could well bid
his minor on second round in the hope
of finding enough help with his part
ner to make the declaration and thus
prevent the adversaries playing a pos
sible game-going major.
If dealers original bid was a major
and his partner has made a denial bid
in a minor, he can depend upon one
and a half quick tricks help and
should in most cases change to no
trump. If dealers original bid was
minor and partner changes to a ma
jor, dealer should pass if he has nor
NAL expectancy in partners major; il
not, he should bid no trump second
arily; or if that is out of the question
he should rebid his minor. r....
Because they lack the quick-trick
requirements, many hands should be
passed originally, but may be bid on
the second round; for instance, suit
of five cards headed by Queen, Jack,
ten with one outside quick trick.
Whether this suit is major or minor
it should be passed originally but may
be bid secondarily over an adverse
bid of one of a suit. Partner then
will understand that it lacks the top
honOrS.
The matter of raising ones own bid
should be simply one of counting
tricks. If the original bid was made
on minimum strength, any further bid
ding should be left to partner; but il
the hand contains extra tricks, each
one of them warrants one raise.