Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-20
BRIDGE TALKS
BY MRS. JOHN MUNCE. JR.

The question to be discussed In this
talk is What is necessary for dealer
to hold to advance his own bid from
one to two?
When dealer bids a suit and second
and third hands pass, but fourth hand
makes a bid of another suit, dealer
realizes that third hand, his partner, by
passing and not denying the original
suit bid, is indicating that he probably
has normal support in trumps. and yet
he did not have strength enough to adj
vance the bid from one to two as
shut-out bid. In other words, 1t Is as
sumed that he has normal support in
trumps, or a complete bust" It Is
this last possibility that must be guard
ed against, and 1t is therefore necessary,
when dealer advances his own bid
from one to two, that he should hold
an additional quick trick and one high
card in another suit, likely to take a
trick, in addition to the minimum re-
quirement for the initial bid of one OF a
suit = The following example is very
good one: Dealer has bid one diamond
second and third hands pass. and fourth
hand bids one heart. Dealer holds the
following cards:
spades--Ace. king and Jack.
Diamonds-Ace, king, 10, 8, O.
Clubs, 5, 2.
This hand having bid one diamond
with more strength than the minimum
requirement. for a one bid of a suit,
when his adversary bids one heart. is
strong enough to raise the original bid
of one to two diamonds.
We will now take up the question of
what is necessary for bidders partner
to hold, when bidder has advanced hts
own original bid Of one to two, without
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has been a further intervening bid.
When your partner has raised his own
bid from one to two without hearing
from you, it does not take as much
strength to raise him from two to three
as 1t does to raise him from one to two.
For example. dealer bids one heart, Sec
ond hand bids two diamonds, third and
fourth hands pass; dealer bids two
hearts. second hand three diamonds,
cards:
spades-Ace. 8. 6. 5.
Hearts--King, z.
Diamonds, S, 3.
ClubS-Jack, 8, g. S.
Having only two hearts, the king of
hearts Is considered In the normal sup
port in trumps, and is not considered
raise, but with partner raising his
own bid from one to two, the holding
of this hand constitutes strength
enough to raise from two to three, the
jack of clubs in this hand being con-
sidered help.
There is one exception to the raising
Of your partners bid from two to three
| without normal support in trumps, and
| that is when you hold only two of the
| suit bid by your partner, and your
hand contains two raises. This would
| mean, of course, that you should have
at least three tricks in your hand, and
one of them in the suit bid by your OPP
ponent. To illustrate this, dealer bids
one heart and advances his own bid
| to two and there is an intervening bid
Of three diamonds, and third hand
holds the following:
spades-Ace. queen, S.
| Hearts,, 9.
Diamonds-Kins, 8, 8.
Clubs--Ace, queen, z, 5, 3.
With this holding, instead Of denying
the heart bid, although you lack nor
NAL support so far as trumps are con-
cerned, this hand is strong enough To
raise from two to three, because the
hand contains enough outside tricks,
which the partner can use, he having
indicated by his two bid that he has
enough trumpS of his own.