Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-06
BRIDGE TALKS
By MRS. JOHN MUNcE. JR.

Discussing further the question OF
hidden entries in the dummy, type OF
entry which we see very often occurs
when dummy and the closed hand con-
tain eight cards of suit, DIVIDED
equally between them. When such Is
the case. it is very likely that the other
five cards of the suit are divided, three
in the hand of one opponent and two
in the other. Should the closed hand
hold, we will say, the king, queen, g.
spot and 4-spot of clubs, and the
dummy the ace, 5-spot, 3-spot and z
spot of clubs; in this case declarer
would very likely win every club trick,
but should 1t be necessary for declarer
to have two club entries in dummy he
should so play on the first club trick as
to leave a club in dummy which Will
take the fourth club trick. Should the
closed hand contain the ace, queen, and
jack of diamonds, toward which de-
clarer wishes to lead twice, he should
first lead the king of clubs from the
closed hand and then the 6-spot of
clubs, not the 4-spot of clubs, as dummy
contains the 5-spot of clubs, and on the
fourth round Of clubs he would have
left in his own hand the 4-spot of clubs
to lead to dummy's 5-spot of clubs.
thereby making the 5-spot an entry in
dummy.
With such a holding as just given
where the entry should be used. when
declarer wins the first trick in dummy
he would likely lead a diamond to the
closed hand. You can see it would make
no difference from which hand the
clubs are led, but 1t Is important that
the diamonds be led from dummy up to
the closed hand.
Hidden entries often occur when
closed hand is able to take the first
trick of the suit led, at no trump, with
comparatively small card. Declarer
should be very careful on just such
plays, for occasionally the dummy holds
a high card which might be played on
the trick without costing the declarer
anything, and at the same time would
establish an entry in dummy. For ex-
ample, at no trump declaration a
small spade is led. and the dummy con-
tains the king and one small spade,
the king, queen, 10-spot, 9-Spot and B.
spot of clubs and no other entry in the
hand, while the closed hand contains
the ace and jack of spades and the jack
of clubs With small spade led the
closed hand should take the first trick
with the ace of spades, and not the
jack, for you can see the dummy con-
tains the king and one small spade, and
should declarer take the trick with the
jack he would kill his entry in the
dummy in spades. He will need this
entry to get in the dummy hand when
he has succeeded in getting his oppo-
nents to play the ace of clubs. Other
wise he would not be able to make good
the clubs in dummy.
The examples just given of entries
were for no trump declaration. In
suit declaration often an entry Is made
in the dummy by trumping with an I'M
necessarily high card in the closed hand.
Suppose, for instance, that spades are
trumps and the closed hand contains
the ace, king queen, 8-spot, 7-spot and
5-spot and the dummy the 6-spot, A.
spot and 2-spot. A club is led and the
closed hand is short in clubs. Declarer
should trump with his 7-spot of spades
in the. closed hand, and not his lowest
trump, the 5-spot BY doing this he
will be able to get in the dummy hand
by leading his 5-spot, taking it with the
6-spot in dummy, thereby putting dunn
my in the lead.