Evening star., 1934-01-08

for them. Occasionally, however, you
must make this rare opening bid on q
Very Different Type Of Hand.
I refer to hands which contain
game in themselves in no trumps,
but which have more than three losers,
so that a two or three-suit bid is not
permissible; yet they have a long suit,
so that at least one of the other suits
does not provide good numerical sup
Port for Qxxx holding In which
the partner Is likely to respond. I
was recently asked how to open the
bidding with
ss; ss.. = < q 1o1 eesi:A5.
The only safe bid Is three no trumps.
II your partner bids red suit you must
bid and, II necessary, rebid spades
Such extraordinary bidding bv YOU.
when you are expected to raise his suit
or jump to slam in it CT in no trumps,
should warn your partner that you have
made an usual bid-three no trumps
with a tremendous suit of your own and
without the expected support for his
suit. One spade or two no trumps
would be dangerous opening bids, as
they might be passed. You need moth
ing at all in dummy to make three no
trumps, not even q queen and q Jack
Obviously this kind of hand is easier
to handle when your suit is spades, as
YOU can always rebid them at the same
level; whereas il you were bidding clubs
and your partner were bidding spades,
there would be more danger of being
driven too high. Actually this parti-
cular hand got to seven no trumps, as
the responder had flye hearts to the
king and four clubs to the king queen.
However, had he held only @ xxx
in hearts the bidding should go-three
no trumps, four hearts. four spades.
that he had no more news to convey.
Opener has decided that knowledge OF
reSponder's heart suit did not enable
him to bid the slam himself. taking the
strain Immediately as he would with
= normal three no trump opening bid.
National Championship Hand.
III, II; 4 a 81 9fi.*ks11
South hand:
a.. ae; 11 .1 Dt u, '1os11 q
Mrs. Norman Newman bid three no
trumps on the North hand, fearing a
disasterous pass If she were to bid only
two no trumps. and her partner held
nothing. Wernher, South bid four
diamonds. True, they were headed by
the queen, but this lack was compen-
sated ty his club holding Six dia-
monds by North. willing to gamble on
winning finesse in each major suit
should dummy lay down @ Xxx in
diamonds and nothing else. not even a
jnr .ft
by South. looking to the higher point
score (match-point scorine) per trick.
and realizing Cd that his clubs we're
important; (2) that an opening lead to
the North hand might save a guess or
f1nesse. probably coming bang into a
tenace. Seven no trumps by North
A heart was led from j 10 9 x; East
did not hold the three outstanding
diamonds: so the hand was laid down
after both opponents had followed on
the ace Of diamonds.
You Are the Master.
In my system the bids I suggest are
not your masters: they are your SER
wants. Do not abuse them-above all,
do not shade your opening two and
three bids in suits-but If there is an
unusual job to be done. trust them to
serve you faithfully. You are not a
weak creature Of flesh and blood in the
grip OF steel robots. You are the mas
ter craftsman employing the finest
tools that we here in Deal have been
able to turn out so far. You know the
normal purpose of each one; if the ex-
ceptional task faces you. choose your
implement. looking always to the next
move. You can smash your tools-but
they will not splinter in you hand.
Copyright, 1o34)
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