Evening star., 1933-08-16

the minor suits would not find sound
| normal no-trump support in your hand.
| Should your partners next bid be fVe
clubs. what is your partner trying to
tell you? He is saying, is he not, that
with two aces in your hand the best
declaration is five in whichever OF his
two suits you prefer. but that II you
have three aces, he wants you to slam
in the preferred suit. Read him for
5-5-2-1 or 6-5-1-l and respond &C
cording to his apparent wishes.
II He Bids Three Suits.
If the bidding goes one no trump
by you, two clubs. two no trumps. three
spades, three no trumpS, four hearts
now you know:
ID Your partners hand is five clubs
and four in each ma jor suit.
| t2) His hand is not extremely weak.
/ otherwise he would merely have rebid
/ his clubs or. if not quite so weak as
! that, he would have passed three no
! trumpS. He is positively making a dis
| tributional slamtry.
II your hand suggests slam in any
| one of his three suits you must now
/ bid it. Credit him for at least half
| trick at the head of each of his suits
/ take into account that there are now
/ no diamond losers in suit declaration
| If his great diStributive advantage does
not form a duplication in connection
with your diamonds. and your support
! for his suits con the assumption that
! his holding of each Of them is headed
by at least a half trick indicates only
! one loser in the two hands, bid six in
/ the suit which you prefer. You must
/ have four cards to support either major,
as you know that his major holdings
/ are Of four cards only; but if the minor
| suit which he bid first is your selec-
! ton. A or K would be adequate
I support. With
/ SD. oJx pi.. K,o 1ox
Hts, Q X. CT. X.
you would not be taking bad risk If,
! on the bidding We have assumed. you
( bid six clubs. Change one of the small
diamonds into heart or spade and
I would slam in which ever major suit
was represented by four-card holding.
With choice for trumps between suits
held A and 53, it is better to have
the A suit for trumps and the 5-3
suit as an off-suit. The ace of spades
NAV be against you. otherwise there
| will probably be finesse for seven.
Different Bidding Order.
If your partner bids first spades. then
+ hearts and finally. over three no trumps
by you. four diamonds, that last bid
is definitely a slamtry, and marks the
responding hand as well provided with
high cards as well as 544-0 or 444-1
distribution. A four-card minor suit
should be bid only after three no
trumps has been reached. and then
only as a slam development. Pass the
control to your partner now and look
TO your aces. With only one ace. sign
off at the suit game contract you like
best: with two aces and no marked suit
choice but with a sound all-round hand
of three and half absolutely primary
tricks plus a jack or two, bid four no
trumps. This means the hand is safe
in five of the suit your partner selects.
With three aces. bid six in the suit for
which you have four-card support; with
only three cards in each of his suits.
but a double stopper in the unbid suit,
and with three aces in your three and
one half thick hand, bid six no trumps.
Your partner, with
Sp., A @ j x. Di., K Q ] (.
Hts. @ 10 x. Cl. K.
would have given you the bidding de-
scribed and could now. on learning that
you hold three ace. i0ka it to seven no