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Show BETTER jX BRIDGE ByCH. OerN jrf J Both TUlnerabI. South deal. NORTH JT4 ' VA75 T K8T5 WEST EAST 893 . m9 VQ104 VKJtll KQUI vAJ5 Q 6 1 J 10 4 S I SOUTH i 4 A KJ10O . r , , . 1064. A. The bidding-: South Went North Eaat : 1 Pass 2 Pui 3 Pass 3 NT Paw 4 - Pass ' Paaa Pan Opening lead: Three of spsdes. Determination may be a laudable laud-able quality, but one cannot admire ad-mire the atubborness that induces a man to pursue blindly a hopeless hope-less cause. That's frequently the way at the bridge table with a player who has his mind set on obtaining a ruff when it is evident that the enemy is not going to permit per-mit it One such player was the South Of today's hand. The bidding was reasonable nine to be surs that East would not havs to overtake the trick, and fired out the third trump This held declarer to nine tricks, and he cursed the evil fate that would not split the trumps. Hs hsd only himself to blame. Hs should havs curbed his stubbornness stub-bornness and not insisted upon getting a diamond ruff, which it waa plain to be seen the opposition would not tolerate. After winning the first trick, hs should cash ths ace of clubs and then lead a low diamond. West will win and lead another trump, and the seven will be played from dummy. If East happena to follow, fol-low, the trumps have broken-and there is nothing to fear. If not, then ths seven wins the trick, and now ths king of clubs should be cashed and a club ruffed In the closed hand. When that suit Is found to break four-three, a long club can be established for the 10th trick without the necessity of resorting to a diamond ruff. , enough. North's rsiss to two spadea ia sound. This is preferable to showing the clubs. The hand is not good enough to do both, and in those casea it ia more important to rsiss partaar'a-jna)op-siiit.If he is not strong enough to bid again, no fear need be entertained of the loss of a game. South, having hav-ing over six winners, waa strong enough to try once more and went to three spades. North, having hav-ing a sound raise, went on, trying the shorter read of three no trump, which could have been fulfilled very easily, but South can hardly bs blamed for going on to gams in spadea. The three of trumps waa opened, and East's nine wss taken by declarer's de-clarer's 10. With ths idea of ruffing ruff-ing one diamond In dummy for his 10th trick, declarer immediately led a low diamond. West won with ths eight and led another trump, and declarer played another an-other diamond. This West took with the queen rather than the |