| Show BETTER t I BRIDGE h By ByCH C. C H. H Goren Neither vulnerable South deals NORTH NORTH 4 Q 9 42 4 2 VEST WEST r E EAST ST t i 97 S 4 J 10 8 6 f. f SOUTH K J 10 AK 4 A K- K K 4 The bidding South Went bleat Kt North t. t East Fast 4 01 L no trump Pas 7 no trump Fata Pass Pas ra s Pass as It is perhaps question questionable bIe judgment judgment judg judg- judgment ment on ol on my part to offer this hand to jo my reading public In view of the considerable scandal that has haa recently been tossed about In connection connection con con- with South's propensities as a card cardholder holder rI I may Inay expect to insure in cure the political wrath of many or at best to tax the credulity of the he readers of this column But theland the hand land inv Involved a p pair ir of ot such interesting in interesting interesting in- in coincidences es that I cannet cannot can- can not net r resist r sst ld Ute thi t tn to r- r cord it itI L I had j just st st. been engaged in a conversation with the man who turned out to be South and he had hadeen b been een en telling what a a p poor o holder he be had been for years and in the same breath commented on what a card rack North had been over ve an an n extended period o of time His lis words did not not- fall on sympathetic sympathetic ears earl bec because use use- useI I am one of those hose who believe that this talk of good and bad cards is grossly exaggerated I have noticed how quick players are to forget good cards and how long they retain t the e memory of a few bad hands South blushed in my direction when he sorted his cards caros- on n the very first hand of rubber but buthe buthe butic he ic was not f too o embarrassed to open open the bidding with four tour no no trump rump Perhaps this Is as good a aIme tim time Ime as any to point out that this is s not a Blackwood bid There are those hose who labor under the false impression that whenever a four no trump bid is made regardless of f the circumstances circumstance it is ace showing time It must be point pointed d' d dout out with great emphasis that a four no trump bid is not a Blackwood Black- Black wo wood d call where no suit has previously previously previously pre pre- been shown In those cases it is just a plain ordinary old- old fashioned great big bid The opening bid of ot four no trump describes a hand band that will I produce 10 30 tricks trick itself itel and asks ks partner to raise once once for tor every i high honor ho holds bolds inasmuch as asit It It will prove a winner Actually I tJ I trick d de 1 South's hope for the e upon the ilie jack of spades but T I dont don't think we ought t to quibble about out that North could s see e that he be had four of such win winners wili- wili n ners ners rs and and- that the total amounted t to 14 He W was therefore well within himself when he contracted for tor a grand O-grand grand slam The other coincidence is that only the day before I had bad 1 b been en discussing discussing dis dis- cussing the opening bid of four fourno no trump with the North player and the question was whether with three queens the responder should raise to seven seven He cont contended that he le would n not t just to allow for a possible slight stretch by partner in the opening bid We Ve agreed however vever that if the player with three queens raised to seven the play for the grand slam wo would ld be beno beno no 10 worse than a finesse as indeed it t would have been in this case without the king of hearts heart Copyright 19 1947 7 by Charles CharlesH H Hi Gores |
