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Show BETTER BRIDGE ., lyCH.Oorwa ANSWEBS TO SATURDAY'S QUn . . Q. 1 As dealer you hold tlx following hand: AAJI K5 KJ4J AQ41 What la your opening bid T A. One no trump. There la nothing noth-ing to be gained by aa lrtroductor-bid lrtroductor-bid In a minor eult. which mighl present awkward rebidding problems. prob-lems. Thla hand la balanced and baa a point count of 18. It ahould therefore be opened with one a trump. i Q-1 As South you hold: KQ VK10IS! )AQ aJ10S The bidding has proceeded: Kartk East South Weal 1 e Paaa IV Pasi S NT Pass T . What do you do now? A. A prompt raise to tlx ao trump la our choice and la made , oa the basis of simple arithmetic. Tour hand contains IS points in high cards, and partner has prom-Charles prom-Charles H. Oorea'a latest booklets, "HoW to Play Tanae-- ta" and "How to Play Bettor Bridge," may be obtained from The-att Lake Tribune aad Salt Lake Telegram Home Service Bureau at toe per copy, SOe by mall order. laed It or 20. Since the partner-, partner-, ahip assets amount to at least 84, a slam bid ahould be undertaken by you. It la also clear that the play for a grand slam bid cannot be too attractive, aince maximum partnership assets are SO. - Q. i As South you hold: AAKJ9VA84)10t4aAT The bidding has proceeded: Sooth Weet North East J NT Paaa la Paaa What do you bid now? A. Two spades. Partner's response re-sponse of two clubs in dice tea a hand that has leaa than seven points in high cards. No further no trlump bids ahould, therefore, be made. But rather than paaa two clubs it Is suggested that the major suit be tried. This involves very little risk for partner will either have sufficient apadea to austain this contract, or the clubs will be long enough to offer a reasonably safe rebid to three. Partner may have a hand without high card strength,' but with good distribution for apadea. . . Q. 4 As South yon hold: AA AKI 4)AQT5J AJ4 The bidding has proceeded: Sooth West North Eaat 1 4 ' Paaa 1 a Pass What do you bid now? A. Three club. A Jump shift forcing to game. Wa would choose to insist upon a game contract, and the only other way to achieve that result is to Jump to three ao trump. The three club bid la preferable pref-erable for It permits partner to ahow diamond support at a reasonable rea-sonable level, tn which caaa we may have a slam In that auit If partner rebida three apadea, you may then try three no trump. . Q. 5 You have 60 part score and partner opens with one spade. Tou bold: AJ4AQ5 4)AJaKJ4 What la your response T A. Our own preference is for two no trump, a Jump beyond game and therefore a slam Invitation. Invi-tation. It is true that this hand contains 16 points, and therefore a three no trump bid would be accepted aa correct. But our own alight preference ia for two no trump which ia designed to suggest a slam, and at the aame time allow partner some leeway. Q. 6 As South you hold: A K54 t 107 J A7S J J10J The bidding has proceeded: North Eaat South IV DM. T What do you bid? A. One no trump. Thla bid describes de-scribes a hand In the upper bracket of the normal one no trump response. re-sponse. In other words, eight or nine points. The reason for bidding bid-ding now ia that it will be too difficult dif-ficult to participate in the auction at a later stage. Partner might aa well know that you have a little something. Q 1 Aa South you hold: AQoV643 6KQ1065J5J ' The bidding baa proceeded: North East South 1 A "TDM. , T What do you bid? A. Two diamonds. If East hadn't doubled, thla hand would npt be quite good enough for a two-diamond response because such a bid would be forcing. But in thla sequence se-quence it ia not forcing and It ia suggested that the bid be made now because later you will likely be abut out of the auction. Q. I As South you hold: A7IV10 764J 4832 AAQJ The bidding has proceeded: Eaat South West - North 14 Paaa 1 V Paaa 14 Paaa S 4 Pais ' 44 Pass 8 4 Paaa Pass Paaa What is your opening lead T A. The ace of cluba. While normally nor-mally a lead from such a holding ta ah armed, la thia particular case at Is etoarty Indicated because the bidding makes ft plain that the adversaries do not have a club stopper, or they would surely have tried no trump with all the other suits accounted for, rather than try for an ll-trick contract. Copyright, 1MB, C. H. Goran |