Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-21 | Page 8 | Culbertson Aids Ordinary Player in New System

Culbertson Aids Or Ordinary inary Player In Iii New System I Devises es Method of Plastic Valuation for Bidding of Hands in ContraCt Contract Contract Con Con- I tract Bridge I By fly TOM 1 ONEIL O'NEIL Associated Press Staff St. Writer NEW YORK YORK Dec 21 Ely 21 Ely Culbertson Culbert Culbert- son disclosed today his n new nw w method of ot plastic valuation in contract bridge which he says will enable thousands of ordinary players to graduate into the expert class A mental picture of a composite hand of ot partners is the highlight of the Culbertson system of 1933 To make male the picture a player t I counts winners winner or losers in his hand p whichever is simpler For an opening bid with an ordinary hand it is easier to count winners On the basis of the requirements for an opening bid partner counts the losses in his hand The rest of the auction gives further inferences for revision of winners and losers rs' rs so that a a player can visualize visualize vis vis- vis what would be the strongest combination of 13 cards out of 26 Culbertson describes this as the method used by all masters He retains the math mathematical methods of ot honor count and playing trick count as a fundamental basis for bids and the composite picture A forcing takeout is recommended on a three-card three suit to the ace if it need be when a hand contains 3 2 1 honor tricks Hitherto a suit had to be bo strictly biddable to be used for such a purpose OWN DESCRIPTION Here Herc is Culbertsons Culbertson's own des rip U tion n of the four no trump convention designed to take lake advantage of the increased increased in in- creased bonus for grand slams If lf over a forcing takeout or a jump raise in a suit one of or the two partners bids four no trump he is showing two aces and a king of a asuit asuit suit which has already been bid by either himself or his partner If he does not have this holding he may have three aces but the bid hid must mean one of these two things If the response is now five ive no trump this shows the two missing aces If the response is an immediate small slam bid in the suit which has been set decided upon as best besO this affirms one ace and denies the other The four no trump bid also conveys the valuable negative inference that three aces and a n kin king of the bid suit are not held With this holding the first bid would be five no trump after which the dec decision ion to pla play the h hand nd at six or seven must rest with par partner ner IS FORCING BID BIDAn BIDAn BIDAn An opening bid of two is forcing for at least one round of bidding with witha vitha a part score The jump overcall has been d di dir dir- continued as a force It is now a defensive measure to deter bidding by opponents like lile the psychic Oswald Oswald Os Os- wald Jacob Jacoby used in the Le Cul Lenz-Cul- z bertson match The opening three bid is now preemptive preemptive pre pre- emptive having been bean discarded as lS asa asa a a strength th showing bid Responses to rn opening bid which tre re one short of game are arc almost forcing That is a r raise ise of one spade to three conveys the urgent invitation ti tion rt n that the opening bidder go to four An opening bid of oC one of a minor suit uit should not be raised to more than I three unless the responding hand is good for the minor on only The three limit is designed to permit the original original in inal ll bidder to go to no trump i if desirable Requirements for a bid of one no nc trump in response to an opening bid of oC one of a suit Uit have been reduced to o an ace and a queen I A no trump overcall ol of a preemptive pre pre- emptive bid of ot four of a suit is 3 forcing fore forc ing ine FOUR FOUn TRICKS NEEDED An open opening in bid of one no trump vulnerable ble requIre four honor tricks A total l of sf six honor hono instead of 5 2 1 i Is now rc as the safety ml margin in for a game bid bM Th That t is the thc 5 4 2 1 l count has been changed d to 4 5 4 These There arc are now regarded as min min- mum biddable suits A J 3 2 a and aid d K Q 3 2 in majors major and andA A 4 3 2 in minors Q J T 10 2 in either cither majors majors- or minors These are arc suits A K 10 3 2 2 A Q J 3 2 and A J 9 4 3 2 Stronger requirements f for r opening the bidding in third and fourth positions arc are retained I