Evening star., 1933-08-28

though SOul pd4l
mar has in no way oyerbid his hand
the leeWay principle has discovered
for YOU a duplication. You can name
every high card in the responder
hand or every one that matters, for
| the situation would be identical If he
held the queen of clubs, but not the
queen Of spades. Change a small SPADE
into a small club, or vice versa, and
the opener would reasonably bid seven
diamonds.
Risking the Grand Slam.
Had your partner bid five no trumps
over your e-diamond rebid, now the
grand slam is a fair chance. He has
not four diamonds. therefore he has
four in some other suit. If that suit
breaks, the black loser can be dis
carded. This is good chance 10 work
on, and seven no trumpS by the opener
would be an enterprlSlng but not a
foolish bid. There may well be a
fineSSe against the queen II the re-
sponder's suit does not break. Only II
your partner has precisely spades
K \ X X and clubs A @ or
spades K Q and clubs A X VIII
there be no play for grand slam. l
would decide between six and sevsn by
my situation in the rubber or tourna-
ment and by whether things were going
well for me that day or net in my close
decisions. whether bOldresS or caution
seemed to be the ascendant policy.
Almost Certain Grand Slam.
Remember that two can play at this
little game of bidding suits at late
stage Let lis take a case where suit
bidding shows the perfect fit and
grand slam can be bid with absolute
assurance.
sp Es 49, PPtK K1E1
The opening bid with this hand is
che no trump. four no trumps by part
ner five diamonds by you. The re-
sponder does his little act next and
bids five spades Now the coast is clear
Your partner has one trick in spades,
a half in hearts. He must have the
two missing aces. and even if there IS
duplication in his contribution Of low
hcnors because he has the jack of
hearts, he probably has the jack Of
diamonds or the jack OF clubs In the
remote event that such card is needed
for an unexpected nneSse. Visualize his
hand as
s. s3, Kozz 3L o5 jx 5oS
and you see that if the diamonds break
your only loser will be a club, which
you throw cff on the long spade. Only
if diamonds fail to break need you take
a finesse for the grand slam Your
partner may even have 443-2 dlstrl-
button and so give you two dlscards.
Bid seven no trumps. It is not Cer-
tainty. but don't wait f7r better chances
than this to earn l 500 or $3.50 points.
Real Certainty.
Had your hand been
sP a3s a 'NA 81 oi ( ( g e Xxx
and the bidding had gone as before
one no trump, four no trumpS. five dia-
mCndS. five Spades-nOW sewn spades
is not in serious doubt A firSt-r0und
ruff, five trumpS in one hand against
you, or an A X X holding in diamonds
in your partners hand with that suit
failing to break-theSe are the only
dangers, and they are exceedingly re-
mote. incidentally. if your partner had
spades K @ and diamonds A X,
he should bid five spades ever five dia-
mondS, with the intention of bidding
six diamonds if your reply were five no
trumpS, as he would expect
Grand Slam. Straight No Trump.
If you hold four and a half primary
tricks and bid Cne no trump, and your
partners reply is four no trumps all
the aces and kings are automatically
located. and probably the queens also.
If a jack is needed, you can rely on
him to supply it Bid seven no trumps.
regardless of your suit pattern or your
Distribution. That score can only be
topped by grand slam in a major with
100 honorS or in a minor with $50
honors. With such holding you are un-
likely to have bid no trump originally
and would anyhow bid your suit in
accepting the slam try
(Copyright, lg33)