Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-12 | Page 6 | Culbertson on Contract

I CULBERTSON on CONTRACT I by Ely Cut Culbertson benson L W Worlds World's Mid chain Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst I I THE JUMP OVERCALL AND RESPONSE Participants in the World Bridge Olympic the worldwide Duplicate Bridge game conducted by the National Na NR tf t ional Bridge association were confronted confronted con con- to f fronted in Hand No 9 with the use usef o of f the Jump Overcall as an effective means of reaching a game contract a after fter opponents had opened the bid ding This bid in the Approach Approach- Forcing System discloses a very y s strong trong hand containing more than 3 tricks honor and a strong two two-suiter or a powerful single suit In other words it shows a hand with which t the he overcalling player is justified in m masking asking his partner with a weak but not a bust hand to give him another opportunity to bid even in the face of an adverse Opening bid The par for the East and West players was a contract of three spades made by the opponents The par for lor the North and South players required a bid with their strong holdings hold hold- ings of four spades regardless of the outcome The hand and bidding were East East Dealer Dealer South North vulnerable Q 6 c J 10 8 T 4 2 o 0 K Q 4 1 10 4 2 10 9 6 4 N W 32 4 7 72 3 4 o 0 A J 10 4 J 6 6 Tho The Bidding Figures after bids In table tabla refer rater to numbered explanatory paragraphs South West North East Puss Pass 3 3 Pass 34 3 Pass 4 4 Pass Pass Pas Pass 1 1 While ordinary the higher ranking suit should be preferred as the Opening bid with distribution such as 6 5 the six card club suit should be preferred because of its Immensely greater strength 2 2 South's South's hand is ideal for a Jump Overcall requesting partner to continue con con- the bidding if he holds as much muchas as 1 honor 3 North 3 North shows his six card heart hearl suit in preference to an immediate Raise in spades 4 Norths North's North's Norths hand now clearly calls for a Raise to game in spades in view of ot partners partner's very strong bidding If the hand is played at four spades an opportunity is afforded the West pla player er for tor an extremely interesting i if f somewhat spectacular discard Opening his singleton club which is won by his partner with the Queen and the suit returned West cannot discard his worthless diamonds otherwise South will make the contract contract con tract of ot four Therefore West was w expected to realise realie that his hand defensively de do required unusual treatment but the lo logic ic of the situation clearly dictated what that treatment should be so On the second round of clubs West should discard the heart Queen and on the third round of clubs the heart Ace Thus played the contract of four tour spades must be defeated 1 trick as South cannot so play his cards as to prevent West from eventually eventually ally winning a trump trick with this line of play TODAY'S POINTER Even the most difficult problems of attack or defense are frequently capable of satisfactory solution In order to discover the best method of attacking or defensive play careful careful careful care care- ful stud study o of each lead pIa play and discard discard dis dis- card should be made TOMORROWS TOMORROW'S HAND HAN The bidding and play of the hand below will be discussed tomorrow North North Dealer North and South vulnerable K A TT V c A 6 2 o 03 4 3 4 A 4 lN A Q 6 4 3 2 S 4 3 I V 1 7 5 0 o K 7 6 62 2 04 III E 0 A Q J 10 48 8 L 5 98 A A AJ J 9 98 8 S K Q J 8 0 0 04 A 4 Q 9 5 3 2 Study the hand decide how you ou would bid and play it and then compare corn com pare the results you OU obtain with those com I shown in tomorrows tomorrow's article Copyright 1932 Ely Culbertson