Show L. L Yesterdays Yesterday's Hand Hand as played played by Mr 1 V Whitehead t head 1 HAND No ri m mS S- S S W W. 6 A Q 10 2 0 A K 9 91 1 2 e J 8 N N 65 E f E-f I 9 8 3 ie 54 The Correct and Pia Play THE PLAY Y Bracketed Bracketed- card cad sh thaws 1 lead to 11 Imi Won D Snob Rpt t i n N E ES J S p Z Ns L 3 NJ G 4 io 2 S 3 6 S 7 s y s 8 9 L li 0 3 12 c H S N Td W y y rat S l 7 f. f ti w T E BIDDING South BIds aids Wen Bid North B d tin id s sR h hp R p 3 3 z Pass pers FaSS' F FiMI 11 rb Salient Points of the Bidding Following South's opening bid tf kf one Spade W West cst bids hi his four four- c card rd Major suit in preference to his longer and stronger Minor and bids his Minor suit on the second round Following W Nests Nest's cst's showing of both suits East expresses expresses ex- ex presses his preference by bidding three Hearts the bid involving no increase of contract South re- re bids his Spades as with five five probable rob rob- able tricks in hand if played with Spades as trumps one more than shown by his original bid his hand calls for tor a following his partners partner's West Vest passes fully realizing that his partners partner's bid of Hearts was not a supporting support support- ing bid but merely a preferential one Salient Points of the Play Pill Trick 1 E East st pa plays s the discouraging discouraging dis- dis 3 3 of Diamonds rather than the encouraging 8 to induce his partner to switch to the Heart suit East reads West as with probably five Diamonds If so and West holds also but four Hearts then Declarer must hold two of each suit and must lose four tricks if two rounds of each suit are arc immediately taken t. If continuance of the Diamond suit is requested by the play of an encouraging card by East the third round would doubtless be trumped by the Declarer who after exhausting trumps could probably discard a losing Heart or Hearts on Dummy's Clubs Trick 2 West heeds his partners partner's pat part ners ner's warning and switches to Hearts thus saving game Mr win will answer concerning concernIng con con- your Bridge problem Write to him care of cf this paper aeU- aeU addressed stamped envelope CD Copyright Re Republic ll Ire |