Evening star., 1933-10-12

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does so take positive action yourself by
an optimistic rebid If, however, your
partner cannot make the bid you want
to hear, but bids suit you can sup
port, give him a chance to show pro-
lection in the missing suit by raising
him in his suit, thereby showing a
strong desire for no trumpS combined
with an urgent reason for not bidding
no trumpS yourself.
Second. A response of one no trump
shows that the two hands have only
one biddable suit between them, SO pass
it unless you have a very strong hand
Do not feel regretful at passing-on
very rare occasions you may find that
three no trumpS could have been made,
but these are bad CANDLES with no suits
to work with, and on balance you will
save enormously by avoiding penalties.
Third. When your partner bids a
suit, in response to your opening bid,
and that suit is not the one you need
to know about for no trump purposes
he is generally better able to decide
than you are regarding the best des-
tiny of your combined hands. Because
you have three and a half primary
tricks plus. do not feel optimistic for
game. You need in addition, suit length
or very considerable high-card filters
from your partner; give him every
chance to affirm or deny them. When
safe sign-off in three of his suit is
available. utilize that extra round of
safe bidding, in order to probe the
game chances thoroughly. If, however,
your partner decides against the game
= hid, accept his Judgment and play for
the partial score.
Sign-off at Two No Trumps.
This hardly ever comes up except (a)
after a third or fourth hand opening
bid of one no trump when the partner
cannot, after having originally passed
take the strain off the opener by rails
irg to three; and (b) when an opening
suit bid is made on a four-card suit in
a defensive type hand, and the re-
Sponder bids a weak four-card suit
more in denial than with constructive
intent. Opener, to whom this particular
bid is probably very constructive, bids
two no trumps. Now if lacking any out
side value and unable to rebid his own
suit, responder passes.
A Warning.
You have bid a spade on a strong
defensive hand
sp. A ok Di K J1Ox
Hts. CT. A @
and your partner makes the bid you
most want to hear-tWo hearts You
must now bid two no trumps not three.
Two no trumpS is very strong invi-
rational bid, as we have seen: partner
will not pass unless he is as weak as
aPs. ST. H1 koex ci ei, Jxxx yxx
and with such holdings game is un-
likely. If he could bid three hearts I
would then go three no trumps, over
riding his warning. Three no trumps
over two hearts would, however, be a
slam try which partner should accept
if he has two primary tricks. You
need from hinf' much more than two
tricks to make six no trumps. In fact,
you must find two aces. a black king
and fairly good heart suit in order to
have even a finesse for it. With such
values he would either bid two no
trumps over your spade or, after one
spade, two hearts, two no trumpS, make
a slam try himself, encouraged by the
nature of your rebid. Four no trumps
over your two no trumps would be a
most Illuminating slam try on his part
with approximately such values.
Jumping to Three No Trumps.
You hold the opening hand given
above and bid a spade; partners re-
sponse is one no trump. This hand is
only strong enough to bid two no
trumps; very urgent invitation to re-
sponder to bid three if he has K @ and
a queen or their approximate equiva-
lent. If he has less, you do not want to
prevent him from letting the bidding
stop short of game. Only if willing to
play for game though partner may have
only minimum responding hand-say
a trick in ALL not entirely primary
should you take the strain off him"
by going three no trunps over one
To take this responsibility you need
as good a hand as
S,p A @ D. K j 10
Hts. x CT. A 10
You must chance the heart suit;
@ x in dummy will stop it.
(Copyrighr. 1933l
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