| Show CULBERTSON on CONTRA CONTRACt by Ely W Worlds World's MId Champion and Greatest Greaten Cud Card PERFECT GA GAME IE TECHNIQUE Wl While le duplicate play lacks the color that goes with the hardly fought rubber rubber rubber rub rub- ber there Is no doubt that play of or brid bridge e at duplicate docs does have a strong tendency to perfect the thc te technique of or those participating in It Hands at I duplicate are more apt to stand out inthe In Inthe Inthe the minds o of those participating In Inthe Inthe inthe the game because of the fact that the same cards are arc played again and gain and the postmortem discloses the differences in treatment and frequently frequently fre ft-c- points out to players the way in which a lost contract might have been made Recently in a duplicate game same In Philadelphia the cards card were dealt as follows South South South-Dc Dealer ler Both sides vulnerable V A o 0 Q 10 9 7 4 I IA A- A J I K 10 V Q 10 3 f 0 W V J t 2 I c 0 J 7 S A Q 10 8 4 Z A I 4 0 OAKS AKS 4 K 9 TilE THE DID BIDDING DING Figures after bids In Jn table refer to numbered explanatory paragraphs South West North East 10 Pass 30 O 1 4 Pass 5 SOH 4 Pass 60 5 Pass Pass Pass 1 North I-North North holds further raises for his partners partner's bid In hi reserve He docs does not wL wish h to shut out a further bid by south which an Immediate raise to five diamonds might possibly possibly pos pos- sibl sibly do 2 A 2 A ra rather ther daring darine overcall vulnerable vulnerable able although cast east holds a 3 hand with which he docs does riot not wish to be entirely foreclosed C South's hold holding in suggests that a penalty double may be the best eventual declaration It gives a better picture of the hand than would a of ot the diamonds at this time 4 North I North with an art extremely freakish distribution prefers what appears like a sure game to a rather doubtful doubtful doubtful doubt doubt- ful penalty double North still envisions possibility of ol slam and this possibility Is not decreased by bythe bythe bythe the fact tact that south has made a l penalty double of ea casts cast's ts t's overcall 5 South's 5 South's hand is considerably stron stronger er in tricks honor-tricks than his opening bid indicated His bid of six diamonds is entirely sound round Mr Levis R R. Ayres played south at atthe atthe atthe the table where the bidding followed the course indicated above The Tao knave of ot clubs was opened b by west and Mr Ayres Ares discarded a heart from dummy dumm It was of oC course at once apparent that the hand could only be bc made through a 3 squeeze as to use dummy's trumps to ruff the losing clubs would then leave the declarer with one loser in hearts and one in Instead of or ruffing Mr tr Ayres discarded d a heart from dummy in or or- der to safeguard h l loss of a trick trick trick-In in that f With the cards in inthe e du those in his own hand it 1 tain ala that east's vulnerable four clu clubs indicated spade km king as well as Of Q su suit it I If this were true a 10 ili di might be developed and made f If not then no nOU tile do could avoid oId the l lon loss VU o on the hand East won with the ace a e and led lei a h he was won with the ace ir In d two rounds of at diamonds retaining one of the high di his own hand The ot h then cashed and the third hearts was vas trumped in In dum now returned to his own h hn t trump to H lead the tl and then led his last trump h won in the dummy hand n n. n of ot the cards then w Q 4 I 4 iI J 8 7 I M v- v 0 Ej W E 5 S q 11 AI I IV l V 0 0 Kl Jet Upon the lead of ot the d east cast was hopelessly squeezed w j f parted with a spade south d di after him would d discard l. l the e J clubs If It he part parted with cK e a club would discard S the spade pad si s1 careful planning south routh had had fir east's defense against the jW tract to tumble e TODAY'S POINTER The execution o of squeeze i era ly requires the early in m the hand of ot the probate of the squeeze 1 jb Many l contracts arc are lost througH ure of the declarer to r realize la t 1 the p possibility of this thi play TO TOMORROWS TOMORROW'S RAND nAND The bidding and play of tJ lIel printed below will be d disc morrow North North Dealer North and south A gt ge c K i 10 I t 0 o 10 A 4 A 4 74 7 4 V 7 Q 4 2 2 i 1711 0 o Q J 10 3 i II A A K J 10 I V A I IA 0 A 9 Si 1 1 Study the hand decide hoj oy would bid and play It and lh t pare the results you ou obtain Ride i f shown hown in tomorrows tomorrow's article S Copyright 1932 Ely QUESTIONS ANSWERED ANSWERED Mr Culbertson will 11 be gId gIa i 4 14 questions on bidding and of ot hands sent in by readers reader ill Adi him in care of this ne Ing a l 2 cent stamped self envelope |
