Show Mistakes in Bidding at Bidding Length the Same as Strem By R. R F. F Foster Tho goal coal of tho the average player bein being to arrive at a no if it it is in the he cards it is is the tho convention to confino con eon fine fino the tho bidding on the first round to showing suits that would bo be of ot some practical assistance to a no trumpet The player who declares declare a a. suit slut on on the first t round esp especially if it he is the dealer deal deal- er or ere that would not Dot be the slightest use in a a- ano no trumpet per makes make a 3 very serious mistake In 11 order ord r to distinguish between suits Which one would like to have bac for tho thc trump and those which would help out outa a possible no trumpet in the partners partner's hand there should be some somo difference in in the he be manner of declaring rin such suits if you yon declare re on length the same samo as as on stron strength th your jour our partner will win never nover know what he i 13 15 about this v- v There nara are ara two ways mys of mana managing ng When Whon tho the suit is of no u use e except as a a. trump suit uit one ono way war is to dc declare one ono trick at the start and then to overcall over call your partner with two tricks in it itt if he turns buns out to h bp bt strong enough h to togo togo go frO no io o trumps The other way is to declare de clare dale two t o tricks in in in the suit uit at Once telling him that you do not want the hand to be a no no trumpet even if ho thinks ho he has bas tho the cards for it it The objection to this is that you are undertaking too much when wh n you bid two tricks trick unless you do it on the a as assurance assurance that your Jour partner has a no to hem help you out The objection to the one nc trick can call is th that t you may marnot mar mav not be able to get cret in as is cheap a n bid as two tri tricks on th the second round Take this thil hand as an o AiO A 10 8 s 4 4 K Q K j 84 Y o o 3 r K A a K J 9 3 I z 9 s V o 7 z e a s e 4 A 7 Z dealt and bid bIa a diamol 1 was waa a B. mistake be because 8 hi his it for the conventional tW two two in diamonds diamond which must muss queen jack a as Y has haa th the the went no trumps trumps' on an a 8 at hand it B overcalled o with two hi h b can ruff roff the suit declared a Now if Z 2 wants to correct w one ous impre- impre impression ho hl has made bi bid he will havo have to isy thru three i and he be cannot mako make it M II ait two two trumps and a club a against him If ift A leads 1 Ih 4 two diamonds at Rt the tart stats left with it ho he could haY have In the actual game Z r ras ras ras as far as three diamonds diamond t. t bat went went two no trumps over oYer B B hearts and lost heavily on lit tle made it clear on tho the first bids that his diamonds were except as a ft trump suit mit Y w let the two hearts hents alone alons i an and contract for two tricks trick |