Evening star., 1934-03-09

ner that the ace
he has shown is q complete duplica-
tion-that it fails to remove loser,
that he is void Of that suit. and that
he dare not make probe because as
far as he knows the hand will still
only deliver four odd If responder
has either a second ace, or else the
kings of both the unbid suits, he
should make another move. If a
second ace, bid that ace at the level
Of five-it must necessarily be lower
in rank than the trump suit, 50 that
opener can still sign of at five. II
the two kings, bid four no trumps.
permitting him to now bid the full
limit Of the hand or else probe at the
five-level II he has some reason for
doing so. But do not make any such
move on the strength Of merely one
of the unbid kings, as that may be as
much of a duplication as your useless
ace. OF course, If you have the king
or queen Of trumps and another king,
then you should make this move flour
no trumps). That would be the time
when the opener, lacking a high
trump honor and expecting to lose
to it, would probe rather than bid
forthwith the limit of his hand. Now
II you have the right king outside the
trump suit, he will ask for it and be
able either to bid six In his suit or
else sign of at five. Your trump
honor In this instance will make the
hand as safe at five as he knew It
to be at four when he opened the bid
d. ;,,ct 30 hoI u-h hoth
your ace and also your outside king
are duplications-but at least you will
have found this out in time. II you
revive the bidding by saying four no
trumps, and your partner probes for
an of king and you deny it, now he
really knows that you have a trump
honor (because your assumption OF
responsibility in driving the bidding to
the five level was explained neither
by q second ace nor by both unbid
kings. This trump honor will be an
entry. 1t may enable him to make
use Of your so far useless ace. If he
has not got two immediate losers in
the same suit in his hand, he can
now bid the small slam.
Sp. AK Di.
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Three hearts. If the response Is
three no trumps, he bids four clubs
If the reply is four spades, showing
both black kings, be bids six hearts.
If five clubs, he signs of at five
hearts.
II the first response were four dia-
monds, he must sign OF at four
hearts. Opener cannot make another
move. However, responder may be
able to do 50. as Just explained, hav-
ing been told that opener IS void OF
diamonds.
II the first response were four clubs,
now probe by bidding flve clubs. II
the reply is six clubs, which denies
the king Of spades. bid six hearts. II
it is five spades showing both black
kings, bid seven hearts.
II Bidding Opened Against You.
1t may happen that you pick up
an goodness three-bid. but
you are not the dealer, and the bid
ding is opened against you. Such
opening bid Is not necessarily q
psychic. It may well have been
made on q hand OF extremely aggreS-
sive type, a distributional freak not
unlike your own hand, though prob
ably weaker in high cards. Be that
as it may, do not be dismayed. Dis
regard that bid and make the facts
known to your partner by bidding
two more than is necessary. One
spade, four hearts; one club, three
diamonds. This says-"I would have
made a three-bid had I been per-
mitted to open the bidding" This
will spike psychics and clear away
anticipatory interference. It is use
less to set aside these triple jumps for
pre-emptive or sacrifice overcalls.
Deceptive bids Of ever-varying kinds,
psychic barricades, if you like, serve
this purpose far better. With not
quite three-bid, either make q SIM
pie jump overcall or a double of the
strategic type.
(Copyright, 1e34)
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