Show I CULBERTSON on CONTRACT I IBy By El Ely Culbertson Worlds World's Champion Player yer and Greatest Card Analyst I MASTERS OF BRIDGE One of the most frequent sayings of bridge players Is that everything is wrong when they play the cards and that everything is ri right ht when th their ir opponents opponent play them Naturally Ur neither of these extreme me views is 18 correct If we find our good plays or even our ordinary t finesses succeeding succeeding suc suc- that so far as we are con conc concerned concerned c is simply simply- a tribute by the gods of luck to our manifold virtues virtues vir tues If It these same gods then bestow their fickle tickle favors upon our adversaries adversaries adversaries adver saries we feel leel we have a perfect right to complain but Mr M. M I M. M L Phillips of Melbourne Australia who played the hand below found luckin luck luckin in one one of her most favorable moods when in simply trying to to induce his opponents to to overbid he found himself In a n very difficult contract of oC his his' own South dealer Neither s side vulnerable A A- A W I Q J 1 4 1 I Io 0 o A A A 9 8 7 6 G 2 A 96 N tV A C CK d K 10 S Ii SO w el els A 9 87 31 fi O Q 4 4 3 Q 0 5 S 2 ih Q J 1 10 s f. f J 6 3 I A r. K 7 4 3 2 y 2 I 0 J 9 7 6 C K The bidding bidding- Figures after bids In t table ble refer in numbered explanatory explanatory tory paragraphs s. s South West North East Pa Pass s 14 1 24 2 30 Pass 60 3 Paw Pass Pass PaM Pass 4 4 tl 1 1 Perhaps north feared to double b because cause of his void in spades which of course argued the possibility of length in that suit in his partners partner's hand land and hence a chance that the double might bc left in n for penalties 2 Of Ot course south's bid here was veI very bad based upon upon the cards that he lie held b but t an opponent had bid spades and after partner had overcalled overcalled over over- called the other adversary supported the spade bid South had a fond hope that If he bid the tendency would be to force torce East and West into an contract 3 North had a very fine hand but butIn butin butin in view of the fact that he had no spades it is is' questionable that he did not over estimate the value of his trump holding 4 4 Were it not for the fact that thata a double would help in locating the diamond qU queen n west had a n very good double for p penalties When the dummy went down south saw that a crossruff would not provide tricks to make game and that the only chan chance e was to establish dummy's club suit and successfully finesse the diamond West's opening lead was the spade Ace and this south refus refused d to ruff rul discarding instead a small heart from dummy His chances of making the hand but he played it the only way that promised suc suc- cess West continued another round of which south won won then then took one round of trumps followed by Y t two 1 rounds of clubs and a third club which he ruffed in his his' own hand The trump f finesse inesse was WilS then successfully taken aken the thc last trump picked up p and the c contract made TOMORROWS TOMORROW'S HAND Your partner cast east secondhand second hand Shand has opened the bidding with one spade South South has hast has overcalled overcall d with two hearts After two vo passes passes east east bids bids' two spades A and south three hear hearts If you held th tho west hand hand what would you now do doZ North i dealer Both sides sides- vulnerable A K 10 10 7 93 0 O K 9 4 13 3 A J 8 6 5 6 A Q 9 96 N A A AJ J a S. S 84 4 A 8 7 2 r- r 32 3 2 O J 6 5 6 E n. n 10 K 9 7 O 0 S O 8 8 2 2 2 A 10 3 2 3 A 45 5 b J 6 54 O 0 A Q I 7 10 O 7 Q Q 4 The answer will be given in to tomorrows tomorrow's tomorrows tomorrow's to morrows morrow's article J Copyright 1933 Ely Culbertson FREE CULBERTSON BOOKLET By special arrangement readers o of this newspaper may have a free copy cop of ot The Rules and Ethics of Bridge by Ely Culbertson Address Mr Culbertson Cul Cui bertson in care of this newspaper inclosing a stamped self addressee envelope |