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Show CULBERTSON on CONTRACT I By Ely Culbertton Werld'g Champion Player Ml Greatest Card Analyat CHOOSING fUZ RIGHT SUIT The question of pitying a hand with 4-4 distribution rather than with a t-l distribution is one which pussies many players. They are unable to graap the advantage ol being be-ing able to retain equal control In both hands and they do not see how It can pay to be occasionally forced down to three trumps Immediately. The following hand concern the all-important question of discards, snd the reader will note that If played at six hearts the contract will be defeated, whereas six diamonds is an absolute lay-down. South Dealer. Neither side vulnerable. W 4 3 S y t It 1 0 It T t I K Q A It t 1 1 (, 14 KQ.iT 0 Q 4 vtll 4 It 1 1 I S K JII4I A V A K I 4 I 0 A K J t Alt THE BIDDING! (Figures after bids in table refer to numbered explanatory paragraphs.) para-graphs.) Soath West North East 17(1) Pass lNT(t)Paaa SOU) Paas 40(4) Pasa tc)(l) Paaa Pass Pass I Clearly a sound opening two-bid. two-bid. 1 While the band contains mora than one honor trick, I believe that this response la the safest. The bidding bid-ding cannot dia and It wQl be quite easy tor North to show bis extra values later. I In spite of the ISO aces, the second suit should be shown. 4 Not exactly a strength showing bid, but dlstrlbutionally, ellghtly encouraging. en-couraging. Three no trump would completely deny any alam possibilities. possibili-ties. t Perhaps a slight overbid, but South knows that his partner holds st least four diamonds. On that basis the heart suit must be available for discards and even only one king In the North band will make the slsm a good gamble. The play Is fairly obvious On a spade opening, declarer must lsy down his ace-king of diamonds. If this suit breaks 1-2, the location of the queen does not particularly Interest In-terest him. Two rounds of clubs and two rounds of hearts will place the lead In the South hand, and the ace of clubs can then be used to discard the third heart In dummy. After that a heart can be ruffed, the queen of diamonds conceded and the remainder re-mainder of the tricks claimed. It will be noted that there ie no play for six hearts, as the one discard dis-card available with the ace of clubs will not prove sufficient to eliminate elimi-nate the diamond loser. (Copyright, ISM Ely Culbertson.) Free Csleortaea Booklet By special arrangement, readers of this newspeper may have a free copy of The Rules and Ethics of Bridge, by Ely Culbertson. Address Mr. Culbertson Cul-bertson In care of this newspaper, enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope. |