Show I I I Culbertson On Contract BY EL ELY CULBERTSON S 0 CREATING AN ENTRY The question of entries and reentries reentries reen reen- tries in inthe the closed and dummy hands Is often one upon which the success success suc suc- cess of a contract dep depends Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times careless early play by declarer comes comes back to plague him in the later laler rounds and he finds impossible impossible sible sibie the completion of a contract that careful planning and perfect timing of the order in which tricks are taken would have guaranteed The Importance of this question is JS illustrated by the following hand play played d recently in the experts' experts room at Crockford's club New York South South Dealer Neither side vulnerable The bidding A 4 7 76 6 c A K 10 8 7 1 3 o 2 42 2 A Q 10 4 I N A 3 C 2 I V Q J 9 6 W 34 E 0 0 0 10 7 5 Q J 10 10 4 5 A 9 8 6 C fi 3 A 4 K J 8 6 2 6 0 A 6 3 A 4 AK 7 The bidding South SouthWest West North East 1 1 2 20 3 7 32 Pass Pasa Pass 64 6 Pass Pass Pass The bidding on the part of South was was entirely t too o strong There had been seen no agreement upon the suits South had only meager support for Norths North's heart bid and knew nothing except by inference about what kind of support North had for him North also cannot escape blame on the thc bidding bidding bid bid- ding because the forcing takeout has not the honor tricks to justify it it However let the bidding pass The Interest in the hand centers in the manner in which the thc declarer created created creat create ed an additional entry card into the dummy The opening lead was the diamond king South won with the ace am and took two rounds of of trumps finding that he must lose a trick in the trump suit Obviously the slam is a 1 lay lay- down if the heart suit breaks 3 2 but if it there are four foul hearts with East the dummy has not sufficient entry cards to to- establish the suit suil H However wever South can create an entry in the thc dummy by leading the sec secom secOnd nd round of hearts from his own hand Therefore to the fourth trick he laid laic down the heart king and returned returnee to his own hand by leading dummy's singleton club Both hl high h clubs were then cashed dummy's remainIng remaining remain remain- Ing diamond being discarded Next Nex South laid down his remaining heart winning with the ace in dummy West discarding a a. a diamond This play was the one that decided the success of or the contract The heart hear 3 was now led from dumm dummy am and West could not prevent the making of the slam As a matter of fact fad South ruffed ruffec with th the 6 and West Wes refused to South now leea leda led lee a diamond ruff ruffed d in the dummy am and returned to his own hand bv by ruffing the fourth round of hc hearts establishing lishing the suit in dummy West wa was helpless helplesS' and realizing the situation n. n but the contract was safe due to careful planning and the creation creation cre cre- atlon of an additional entry entry- in the dummy dumm hand Copyright t. t 1933 Ely Culbertson |