Show i a 0 0 0 i f EASY LESSONS IN t f J AUCTION BRIDGE BRIDGED r D 4 4 1 I D Bf ar PAUL II 11 SEYMOUR 1 J t Author ol oi on Oft Auction 1 J I- I I 5 o b br by lIola Hoyt Jr Article Twenty Declarers Declarer's Play of a Declared Trump Continued N dealer obtains the lead In Ina W WHEN a declared tr trump mp the Important question to b be decided at once Is regarding regarding re re- regarding garding the exhausting of the adversaries adversaries' adver dver saries' saries trumps This fills should be done when the trumps In his two hands are such IB lp number Dumber and size that he be thinks he can I exhaust the tile opponents opponents' trumps and retain re re- tale tain at nt least one himself and when rc-I rc he has good quad side aide suit salt carts cards In to addi lion tion If It however he Ill has but few high cards fwd and no long side suit and has bas a very short I suit cult ull In each hand It would be better to play piny these short suits Cults until until- he Is void of one oDe In each hand and then take advantage of a acrO across across crO cross B ruff by trumping one suit Bult In each I I hand This enables him him to make the small trumps In each cacti hand separately and often Increases Ids his gains by several several sev sev- eral tricks Frequently y dummy will be short of ot the adversaries adversaries' suit and nud then It Is III usually wise wille for fur declarer to lead any remaining small cards of that suit from front his Ills own und and and aud trump them themla la In dummy and then exhaust trumps A good way woy to estimate the number of tricks which will be taken Is for tor declarer to count the losing cards curds In his own hand hond and then see Bee If It there Is any ony possible way to get rid of any of them Small cards are lire not losers If It there are any winning curds In dummy upon ulon which they may be played either In following suit BUIt or ID tn discarding For Instance let us look at two hands from trum this standpoint Declarer Is playing a heart heim declaration and ond holds the following cards Spades Ace and three three small ones hearts Ace King Jack and two small ones diamonds diamonds dia dia- monds three small ones clubs one small one oue Dummy has hus Spades King and one hearts Quern Queen and two diamonds din dia mends monds King and two trio clubs Ace King and three Declarers Declarer's trumps ls should all win and so should the Ace of spades but this Ia leaves as ns apparent losers three small spades three diamonds diamond and one oue club Dummy's 1 King of spades and Ace and King I of clubs will take toke care of three of these seven losers It If senior holds hold the Ace of diamonds dummy's King 1 Kingwill Kingwill will afford a winner fur for one more and If it declarer can trump two small spades have with with- trumps he will only one or possibly two final losers If U In this deal declarer should extract extract ex tract trumps when he Ill first obtains the lead lend he III would undoubtedly lose two more tricks because he Ill could do nothIng nothing noth noth- ing with his two losing spades If It declarer has hns a long suit In dummy dummy dummy dum dum- my he should tI as nil a n rule exhaust trumps at once and then proceed to establish It If It after otter two rounds round one adversary still holds the Queen while declarer has hns no more moreIn In his Ills own hand hund he should lend It it-ii it a n third time from dummy and trump In his own hand Then If that brings out the Queen dummy's remainIng remain remain- I In Ing cards In the suit will be good In following this line of play however declarer must be sure that he will beable br bl able ohle to throw the till lead to dummy In Inome some ome other suit for tor If It he hI ran cannot not do 10 this dummy's good cards l' will be use use- less Suppose declarer Is U playing a heart declaration und and his dummy my holds Spades Ace AI and one Sit II small II one hearts I three small ones diamonds diamond Ace re King I and four small ones ont's clubs two small ones Declarer ha Tins In his hi hand hund Spades King icing ami amid two Iwo small ones hearts heart Ace Act King Queen and two small ones two small ones and amid clubs Queen and two small ones mes Senior opens with a n small spade I and If declarer does 1405 not consider what tuny many 11 bv be necessary to 10 e establish h dummy's dum m mys my's I suit he might piny play the Ace Arp on the tho I first trick If It he did this then proceeded pro Iro- to exhaust trumps by hv throe three 1 lends lend In d. d ol amid ll finally started on the tile diamonds din dia monds stands only to find one adversary hall bold lag Ins three to In the Quern Queen he would 1 lose lost I three tricks ks On tile the other hand If It hII lie hI foresees this Ihl situation and takes the I first trick In his Ids own hand with the King T he hI could trump tromp the till third roun round J JI I of ot diamonds und and then lead a spade to toJ J dummy's Ace rl and make his other three I diamonds I i In u using ore one or two Iwo of ot dummy's trumps for tor before exhausting trumps It frequently Is advisable tar for declarer to hold boil up the commanding rand of Hint that suit In his own o hand to toAN tot t bV AN J played u utter after n a small card urd or two To Illustrate Hearts are ore trumps trumps' und amid senior lend the Ace of spades dummy has Ims a singleton and declarer hn has hns the King und and two small ones Sen Sentor lor tor would not nOI continue le spades but when declarer gets cots the Ihl lead lend he may lend lead a small spade nail and trump In dummy dummy dum dum- my IllY and amid then Ill exhaust trumps taking his King of ot spades afterwards If Ir he led It'd his Ills 1 King ln and then Ihlo a u small one cue tIe to trump junior would be more mere re likely to trump over r him I. 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