Show Culbertson on Bridge ridge ACCURATE SLAM BIDDING No bid designed for the accurate reaching of slams lams has received such universal and Immediate acceptance as th the four five no trump convention with the corollary of the jump trump to show a trump suit of unusual strength which contains snot not more than one laser loser Experts quickly adopted adopt adopt- ed cd these bids because niter all they are arc perfectly logical and the ref reflection lee lee- tion of or the expert view of the treatment treatment treat treat- ment of an unusual bidding situation No one had ever thought them out in detail until I presented them to the playing bridge-playing public last fall but when after aftel severe tests in actual play they were presented to the public practically all bridge players made them a part of their own individual bidding s systems stems The manner in which experts use these bids in reaching the correct final contract Is Js shown on the hand below in which Samuel Fry Jr was seated South and Walter Malowan North The event was the team four match at contract of the American Whist league played at Hanover N. N H. H in June South Dealer Neither side vulnerable A J S l' l 7 9 5 0 OAK A K 10 9 4 ST ST. A K 10 10 6 I 8 G 3 hA W E V K Q 10 7 1 0 Q 6 5 3 I J 4 42 2 4 Q 8 5 6 2 5 S 2 A A K Q 9 4 3 2 AJ AJo o 0 J 7 7 4 I The bidding Figures after bids refer rarer to numbered explanatory explanatory atory paragraphs So South th West North East 1 Pass 30 1 Pass 4 2 Pass Pass 4 Pass 7 6 5 Pass Pass PaRs Pass 1 An obvious force While the theland hand land docs does not have adequate trump support for a suit not strong trong enough to o it has a good biddable suit and arid such great power in top cards that hat my any other bid would be grossly misleading 2 Showing a nearly solid soUd trump suit with not more than one loser 3 3 Disclosing two aces and the king of a bid suit suit suit-in in this case the diamond king 4 At this point South could probably ably quite safely bid seven spades spades' at once However there is no need to o hurry hUrly as the five no trump bid is forcing 5 This bid comes as a matter of course In the play the hand presented not the slightest difficulty and as' as a mat mat- ter er of fact against almost any defense de de- de tense or any possible distribution of ol he the adverse cards a grand slam must be made The only exception that I Ican Ican Ican can imagine would be an opening lead ru ruffed d by the partner of the leader |