The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26

By VIM. E. NICK ENNEY Secretary American Bridge League The writer has long advocated the. use of the One over One, and under the McKenney system of contract bidding 1t Is employed as follows:
 Supposing you held
 Spadcs-A K XXX
 Hmrts-x xx
 Dia mOnds-A K xx
 Clubs-x
 You would open with one dia- mond, your four-card suit. We will assume that the opponents always pass. Your partner bids one heart. He Is asking you to rebid and shows at least one and one-half tricks. You can respond with two spades--a jump shift forcing bid now. demanding that partner keep the bidding open un- til game Is arrived at. You have told partner that your hands holds four diamonds and five spades. IL he re-bids his hearts he imme- dlately advises you that he cannot support your fve-card suit, and that he holds at least five hearts himslef, therefore you can bid for game in hearts, even though you hold only three.
 The above type of hand Is rather simple to bid. The one that will cause the beginner the most confusion Is the type, where we will say you open with one heart. Partner bids one spade, making forcing one over One bid. Now if you simply hold four-card heart suit and only your two and one-half quick tricks and not nor- maj support In spades, you will reply to partners one over One spade bid with one no trump, ad- vislng partner that your hand contains a fuor-card suit and is minimum.
 If you hold a five-card heart suit and still a minimum, you will | reply with two hearts, advising partner of the fact that you hold at least fve-card suit as you | re-bid your suit and still have only the minimum in quick tricks, Farther has received the whole picture of your hand and the con. tract is not above two. When you | respond with one no trump, he | may either pass. re-bid his suit, support your suit. increase the no | trump or show another suit, and he can do any of these with an absolute picture of your and. The most important thing to | bear in mind when employing the One over One convention is to not think just because partner has made q One over One that there is game in the hand. The bid Is not 1 made for that purpose. In reality | 1t is asking you to give detailed | Information about your hand. and | if you hold minimum. he very frank and 30 inform partner. Supporting partners suit or re- | bidding your own suit after the ] One over One:
 Supposing you make an original bid of one heart. partner bids one | spade. You hold normal support three to the ace, king or queen. You should raise partner the full extent of your hand immediately. | You must remember that partner may hold only one and one-half tricks. although he has made @ one over One bid. If you now partner. "Even though you hold only one and one-half tricks and a four-card spade suit, have enough support fin my hand to allow you to make two spades. If you have any more. bid them yourself"
 If you open with one heart and partner bids one spade and you have a strong hye-card heart suit and additional quick tricks. show them to partner by bidding three hearts Remember that if you hid two hearts. you are showing him a minimum nve-card suit with | only two and one-hsIf tricks.