Show p pL L' L SOUND AUCTION BRIDGE By WILBUR C. C WHITEHEAD II 6 The Thc Worlds World C eat f 4 HAND NO UI t. t o 74 74 1098 K 1096 I 1 i II Q J 10 s-h s 8 82 2 o 0 A 1093 r South is ia the c dealer aler What is the proper bidding and In the next issue Mr Whitehead will explain the salient points in inthe inthe the bidding and play of the above hand band Fill out your own chart and compare it it with his method These hands bands must not be bid or played Double Dummy i. i e. e as though all four our hands were exposed NOTE NOTE-Is 11 ora or a S for Spade Stadel H for D I 10 for and ad C for 0 Clab Vu N N. N T. T Joe No Tn DBL fo for doMbI REDL fo for Yesterdays Yesterday's Hand as played by Mr Whitehead I HAND NO UI S- S SA S A 10 4 cS c'S g 0 A 10 8 W 0 N I E-I J 8 5 9 65 2 Q J 3 ete Q 8 4 The Correct Bidding and THE PLAY B Bracketed cord card how ead l So lUll each trick by g a Za Sow S-h 1111 ft erb N E i S SW W 1 2 PJ I 2 H LLo L L 3 L I Ii i 4 2 L c- c ci I 6 iLi L 2 7 z i. i I 8 t I 2 9 J i A AL 10 L Sa sZ A 11 J HZ ti L 12 2 A n g L o Declarer PO II s. THE 1 t Sid Eg I h hF F bJ Salient POIntS of f the Bidding Several important principles of sound are illustrated by this band First the introductory bid by South of a Minor suit because because be- be cause of a worthless singleton though holding the required values and distribution for a No Trump Second the double by West as his best medium to indicate the THE ma PLAY hiI hi- hi WOD I Sooth W t North East tut N NB B BS S W 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ii 12 13 Total Tn Won WOD Bra ket the Ihl card ltd led to each lac trick Irick Declarer PO Point It Seer Seen THE BIDDING South Bids West North Bid East Bids ii F Did strength and character of his bis hold hold- ing Third Norths North's immediate bid over the double to show as good as an original Heart bid Fourth East's pass because relieved relieved re- re by the intervening bid from the obligation to respond to his partners partner's double unless holding bolding greater strength than the doubler douber could reasonably expect And fifthS fifth the No Trump bid by South on the second round to deny his bis partners partner's suit and because the Heart menace to a No Trump was removed by his bis partners partner's bid SalIent Points of the Play The play of this hand band is quite simple First of all South upon West's lead of the two o ot Diamonds Diamonds Dia- Dia monds reads West as holding bolding four Diamonds originally Consequently West can be permitted to take tak three Diamond tricks and one Heart trick without loss of game provided East holds bolds the Queen of Clubs Counting his bis two hands bands on this basis South can figure on nine tricks 5 Clubs 1 Diamond 2 Hearts and 1 Spade provided he takes the first Diamond trick and establishes the required second trick in Hearts while holding bolding the Club situation intact For this reAson South wins the first Diamond Dia- Dia mond trick and leAds a Heart at once It obviously makes no difference in the outcome if West ducks the first Heart leAd or comes up with one of his two honors Should he do the latter North will of course cover with the Ace and return the Jack With the Queen of CI Clubs bs in inE E East's st's hand three No Trumps are assured whatever West elects to do I Mr will answer questions con corning r your yew Bridge problems Write to him core care of this thia paper encl enclosing sell sail addressed stamped envelope CO Re 1 sic |