Show Culbertson On Contract B BY OJ EL ELY ELI CULBERTSON CULBERTSONS S ENCOURAGING CARDS Encouraging signals or as they are sometimes called on come cards are frequently spectacular I In nature sometimes they are so Important Important Im Ira- portent that they must be made even at the cost of v sacrificing J a a trick The hand band below was by me with by my wife as s partner against Howard in a practice tice lice game for the international matches natches Although I was se set at my final contract I came very close to making the hand and I bell believe ve I should have done so if it had not been for Mr Jacoby's brilliant discard North Morth dealer Neither side vulnerable I 4 10 0 o A K It Q 10 8 t 74 3 Mr Hr f bEe Mr Jacob IS W o 04 4 32 J 8 6 6 10 9 A K IC Q 10 8 S 5 G 2743 0 8 r A K Q 2 Mr The bidding North Korth East South West Went Pass Paa 14 1 Pass 4 44 4 A Pass P Pass ss 5 y Pass Pass 5 6 A Dbl Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass The bidding was quite normal Mrs Culbertson having passed was quite justified in her immediate raise to game Mr obviously re refrained reframed re- re framed from bidding the hearts at once in the hope that I would eventually eventually ally reach a contract When we reached four spades he decided that his hand was worth an attempt at a s sacrifice His double was based on the hope that Mrs Culbertson and andI I each hc held d at least two hearts My redouble came as a matter of ot course Mr opened the king of hearts and continued with the queen even though the dummy was void This was a good play as it was very Important that the dummy b be ruffed rutted down At this point I thought that I Iwas Iwas Iwas was down one as it seemed as though Mr must hold two tricks in hi trumps However I led one round of ot spades to find out and to my great surprise Mr Jacoby's knave dropped Mr refused to win the first trick however and I continued with another high trump This trick he hewon hewon hewon won with the ace and at this point Mr Jacoby made the discard which cost me the hand He played the knave of diamonds Immediately givIng givIng giving ing me five tricks in that suit Euit Mr responded to the signal by leading that suit and from that time on I 1 was completely helpless As a matter of actual fact I did not Jot even attempt another diamond lead as I Ivas Iwas Iwas was vas very certain that it would be ruffed rutted Instead I returned to the theace theace theace ace of clubs ruffed my last heart In dummy led another club to my hand took out the last trump and based everything on a pseudo squeeze However Mr Jacoby still alert to the situation discarded his last heart giving Mr the proper count and so I W was lS forced to lose the last trick to the knave of clubs club This hand illustrates vividly why good defensive play is one of the most important features of the ex experts expert's experts ex- ex pert's game Every play by both Mr and Mr Jacoby had a certain certain tain Lain meaning and their exchange of Information resulted In my defeat TOMORROWS TOMORROW'S HAND nAND nANDI I If South is playing a contract of six hearts doubled by East how should he plan the play of the cards against a club opening with the knowledge that West is a player who never South dealer Both sides vulnerable 4 A K Q 3 c f 10 8 86 6 4 3 3 2 o 8 6 J 2 4 J 3 9 4 10 1 G 2 Q 7 5 o 0 K Q 10 W iy 0 5 3 2 1097 4 43 3 6 65 6 A K S 9 0 4 The hand will be discussed in to tomorrows tomorrow's tomorrows tomorrow's tomorrows tomorrow's to- to morrows morrow's article Copyright 1933 Ely Culbertson FREE CULBERTSON BOOKLET By special arrangement readers of this newspaper may have a tree free copy of The liThe Rules and Ethics Ethic of Bridge by Ely Culbertson Address Mr Culbertson Culbertson Culbertson Cul Cul- bertson in care of this newspaper Inclosing in inclosing inclosing In- In closing a stamped self addressed en en- en |