Show MISTAKES IN BIDDING AT AUCTION t BY y- y K It F. F rOST POSTER B. B I it It 1 Is conventional end nal a for tor th the dealer eater o to o name a a. suit fult for drip trick when he has two sure ure tricks in that s uit buit or enough In In another suit to rn m make ko k up for what he heIs heis is A ihY hy In the suit he names I If he bids A. A diamond for instance he lie has haa either cither the ace or both king and Queen of that thai suit and a sure euro trick In some other suit bul besides e or ho has hars two euro tricks In diamonds The object of the declaration is to show his strength In order that his partner part part- ner nez may b bo be able to bid something better better- if St he can n such a SI as no trumps If his partner has nothing better ho may at least be able to support the suit named If it is outbid he knows what to lead ad or what will be led to him The desier does to bethe bo be both bothe not riot necessarily want ant the trump the th suit uit he first names He is Is sImply giving Information on the first round But there are arc nv ma-nv hands in which the dealer does doe want ant th the suit he ho names name to be the t trump mp and does not carll care about abou his hie partners partner's making a bett better r de declara lar tion Any strength his partner has will probably be bl more useful as U a help to the dealers dealer's hand In such cases there are t two o ways way to declare One is to bid the suit for tor one trick and stand ready read to bid two tricks i II In it if overcalled The other wa o is 1 to bid f two o tricks at once As a s. rule good pl players prefer fer the trick one bid bi as it prevents any ath pO possible filble misunderstanding b by the partner Here Is SS a hand which shows shown how an original one trick one trick bid which should ha have bare e been two tricks ma may be st stood tood 9 K Q It l' t 42 I 1 0 A V 2 X i 10 7 Ii 5 4 o A 8 1 1 Del y 6 4 9 I I I 4 Q I A B BA ni A O 0 v J JS JI I I Z I 0 K 18 I I Iv 4 B S a 1 S L-J L 4 A AJ J 0 4 7 1 10 II 5 J 7 J 5 4 I 2 0 Q 9 J 4 J 1 Q Z 2 dealt dalt and bid a club when he should have said eald two club clubs A said Mid hearts and andY andY Y V bid hid a ro royal roal al When B w went nt two hearts Z passed but T Y doubled bec because use he could not see soe how hon A and B could mak make eight tricks against t hi his probable three three tricks In trumps and two O outride and the deal dealer r having two to more in clubs dubs B 8 doubled and A made hl his hla two by cards and th the game as u all aJl Y and Z could get vas waa three t trumps the ac BC ace of or diamonds and ond the Q queen een of ot spades with Z The fault lieu lies opening bid whIch shows howa two tricks when hen he has none at all Had lad Z bid ble t two O o clubs at the start and A bid to two Y 1 would have hav passed as he 1 have b been n warned that his partner had nothing unless un less clubs club were ere trumps trump Left Ith their contract A and B would not have hl gone one game Jame at tho normal JUG of or 3 8 8 a a trick had A I left ft Y and Z I Ito to t at two to clubs the they would have made three e b by c cardi cardA rd f |