The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
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By VIM. F.. MCKINNEY

Secretary Acrican Bridge Lcague) There is no question but what ace showing has some advantages when properly used, but 1t is un- doubtedly the most dangerous sys- tenn for the beginners to attempt.
 When this system is being used, it Is very difficult to show q two suit hand without getting the bid ding extremely high. Your part ner Is in the same predicament- he may have support for your suit and also have a strong suit of his own, but the contract may get too high for him to show it. Our readers, however, should familiar ize themselves with ace showing so that they may be able to com pete it when used against them.
 The following hands illustrate both ace showing and the show ing of void suits:
 HAND A HAND B
 North North S-A-1O-8-4 S-J.9.7-4-2 H-K-Q-J-5 H-NOnc
 D-NOnc D-A-Q-J.8-4 C-A-Q-J-8-4 C-Q-8-4
 South (Dcalcr) South (DcaIcr) S-K-Q-J-P-5 S-A-K-Q-S-5-3 H-A-8-2 H-A-5.3
 D-S-7-4 DIX
 C-k.7 C-A-K-2
 Hand A
 South bids one spade. Although the West hand Is not shown, let us assume that West bids two diamonds. North, who Is void of diamonds and can see slam possi- bilities, bids three diamonds. in- forming partner that he has no losing diamonds and has normal support in spades. This requires partner to start and show aces.
 We will assume that East passes. South must now show his lowest ranking ace. As he holds neither the ace of diamonds nor the ace of clubs, he bids three hearts, North then bids four clubs to show the ace of clubs. South bids five clubs showing the king of clubs. After partner has shown an ace, there are times when 1t Is advantageous to show a king. as in this particu- lar hand.
 It is now very easy for North 10 see a grand slam. His partner, has told him that he holds the ace of hearts and the king of clubs Ht IluSL nave ilcIu lUe hlDS anu queen of spades to have an origianl bid. North therefore goes to sev- en spades. bidding for the grand slam.
 Hand B
 South has four probable losers In his hand-two hearts, the king of diamonds and the deuce of clubs, but he is justified in open ing the bidding with a two-suit demand bid. The West hand Is not shown, but we will assume that West bids three hearts, North would bid four hearts. again in- forming partner of slam possibili- ties. no losing hearts, and normal support In spades.
 South would then start to show his aces. As his lowest ace is the ace of clubs, his proper bid Is five clubs. North would then show his ace of diamonds by bidding five diamonds. It is now quite easy for South to see the grand slam. With no losing hearts in his part ner's hand. and with the informa- ton that he holds the ace of dia- monds, he can readily see that he can ruff two hearts and discard his losing deuce of clubs on part ner's ace of diamonds. He there fore must bid seven spades.
 It must be remembered that ace showing does not start until after one of the partners has made a forcing bid and both play CTS have agreed on the same suIt. In both of the above hands, you will notice that North made q forcing bid by bidding the oppo- nents suit. This can only be done under the ace-showing sys- tenn when you have normal sup port for partners suit. In other words. you set the suit and show void suits at the same time.
 Copyright 1881. NEA Service, Incl
 In tomOrrOw's article we will show examples of hands where ace showing is used and still only game contract arrived at.