Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-25
BRIDGE TALKS
III MRS. JOHN MuNcE. IN.

In the hands which were bid last
week and for which the play h to be
given today, dealer holds in spades, 10,
9. 9, q; hearts, A, K, Q, 10; diamonds,
K, S, and clubs, K, J, 5.
West, or second hand, holds In spades,
j, 4, 8; hearts, Z, 6, 5, 8; diamonds,
8, 6, 4; clubs, 8, Z, 4.
North, or third hand, holds in spades,
none; hearts, j, 8, 8, I, 2; diamonds,
8, z. 3, 2: clubs, Q, 8, 3, 2.
East, or fourth hand. holds In spades
A, K, @, Z. 6, 5; hearts, none; dia-
monds, A, @, J, 10. and clubs. A, @. 10.
The final bid was i've hearts, dou-
bled, dealer winning the bid.
To trick No. /. West leads the Jack
Of spades, the suit his partner has bid
The Dummy goes down and Declarer
has to plan his two hands to try and
make his bid of five-odd. Counting
the combined value of the two hands,
he sincerely hopes that the two minor
aces, diamonds and clubs, are in Easts
hand, and he has every right to believe
they are, due to East's bidding, and he
naturally wants to make as many en-
tries in Dummy as possible so as to be
able to lead to the closed hand. There
fore a trump, the 2-spot Of hearts, Is
played from Dummy. East plays the s.
spot Of spades and Declarer plays from
his own hand the 2-spot Of spades.
To trick No. 2, the 2-spot Of clubs
Is led from Dummy, East plays the ace.
Declarer plays the 5-spot and West
plays the 4-spot. Had East played his
10-spot, Declarer would have fnessed
his Jack, but East was afraid that De-
.clarer had singleton club and did not
want to lose his ace.
To trick No. 8, East leads the ace
of diamonds, Declarer plays the 5-spot,
West plays the 4-spot and the 2-spot
Is played from Dummy.
To trick No. 4, East leads the Queen
of diamonds, Declarer takes the trick
with the King of diamonds, West plays
the 6-spot and the 3-spot Is played
from Dummy.
To trick No. 5. Declarer leads the g.
spot of spades. West plays the 4-spot;
the 4-Spot of hearts, trump, Is played
from Dummy and East plays the 6-spot
10 trick No. 8, DecIarer leads an
other club from the Dummy, the 3-spot;
East plays the 10-spot and Declarer
plays the Jack from his own hand,
which takes the trick; West plays the
7-spot.
TO trick No. 2, South leads the King
Of clubs, West plays the 8-spot, the g.
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plays the Queen.
To trick No. g, Declarer leads q
spade, the S-spot; West plays the g.
spot, the 8-spot. of hearts, q trump,
Is played from Dummy, and East plays
the 7-spot Of spades.
To trick No. 8, Declarer leads from
Dummy the 9-spot Of hearts, trumps;
East discards the Queen Of spades, De-
clarer takes the trick with the 1O-spot
of hearts In his own hand and West
plays the 3-spot.
To trick No TO- Declarer leads the
10-spot of spades from his own hand,
West discards the 8-spot Of diamonds,
knowing that Declarer will trump in
Dummy, which he does with the Jack
Of hearts; East plays the King Of
spades.
To trick No. IL, the o-spot Of clubs
is led from Dummy, East discards the
ace of spades, dealer trumps with the
Queen of hearts and West plays the
5-spot Of hearts. having nothing In his
hand but trumps.
To trick No. IL, declarer leads from
his own hand the ace of hearts, West
plays the 6-spot. the 7-spot of diamonds
Is played from Dummy and East plays
the 10-spot of diamonds.
To trick No. Is, Declarer leads from
his own hand the King Of hearts, West
plays the 7-spot Of hearts, the 9-spot
Of diamonds Is played from Dummy and
East plays the 6-spot Of spades. The
bid Of i've was made by carefully plan
ming the hand.