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Mr.. Aggressive (EasU also passed
and Mrs Conservative tSouth) opened
the bidding with one diamond. So
Ear, so good.
At this point, Mrs. Aggressive
(West) made the first bad bid. She
overcalled with one heart. why Is
that bad bid?" can hear you ask
ing. She has a perfectly good heart
suit" That's just the trouble. The
heart suit is not perfectly good. Be-
ing vulnerable, she may get set badly
at one heart doubled if North holds as
many as four trumpS over her. she
gets forced in the diamond suit right
away. The fact that the hands are
so distributed that East and West can
make three heartS-eVen four hearts
against any but the best defenSe-has
no bearing on the matter. Lets put
1t this way. II you oVercall on
four-card suit or y weak fve-card
suit and are set anywhere from one
to five tricks, doubled-that Is an un-
necessary loss, which you can never
retrieve. II your ovcrcal results IN
game. or a part score for your side,
you would probably obtain the same
result. if you passed, OF took some
other action such as doubling. There
fore, if Mrs. Aggressive feels she cam
not restrain herself ON this hand-and
she cannot be censured too much, for
she has strength in both the majors
she should double 1t is very dirrcult
for East and West to get together on
this hand anyway, due TO the inter
ference Of North and South.
North, over the one-heart Overcall,
made the normal response OF one
spade. East ventured two hearts, and
now South contributed another bad
bid. She bid three diamonds.
Conscious of the fact that she had
opened in third hand position, South
was anxious to show her partner that
she had "a real bid" This destroys
the whole purpose of my bidding
There is no need to confirm your third
or fourth hand bid unless you would
make the same confirmation had you
opened in first Or secondhand posi-
ton. South should. and would nor
mally. leave it up to her partner to
take any further action on the hand.
West passed the three diamond bid.
and Mr.. Conservative bid four clubs
East passed. heartily regretting the
fact that North and South weren't
playing the hand ut three diamonds.
South then went into huddle with
herself about the prospects of game.
and fortunately came to the sound
conclusion that possibly Mr.. Conservs-
tive wouldn't even make four clubs on
the hand
She was perfectly correct. Mr. Ag-
greSsive opened the jack of hearts, and
North Immediately tried to get rid OF
his losing heart on the king of dia-
monds. To his surprise, and disap-
pointment, West put small trump on
the trick. He Over-trumped, but sub
sequently had to lose two clubs and a
heart. He also failed to guess the
position Of the queen Of spades. and
lost two spade tricks. Result: A net
loss of $50 points, giving the Aggres-
sives $50 points above the line.
The AggreSsives Immediately began
to bicker above the heart game which
they claimed they had lost. The
hand can be made three ways" said
Mr.. Aggressive firmly. If you set up
the diamond suit; if you get spade
lead. or if you guess the location Of
the queen Of trumps. Why don't you
bid your hands when you get them?
No wonder we're losing"
That's bridge" interpoSel Mr. Con-
sentative. philosophically. Il wish l
had nickel for every game l failed
to bid when I was first learning"
First learning 50 spluttered
Mr.. Aggressive. We draw a kindly
curtain over his concluding remarks.
tCopyrieht, 1934.l
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