Show rEASY EASY LESSONS LESSONS IN INS Nl S AUCTION BRIDGE BRIDGED a aBy D 6 1 B Br By PAUL rAUL II 1 SEYMOUR I IT T I o u 01 on o. Auction 1 T 0 0 S 16 g i i b bf Ito l Jr Article Fifteen n. n Business Doubles the bidding has tins gone to V tin three re or four tour a business double fur tur the tits sake suke of lit winning penalties should be considered Of Ot course one ODe ell expects ets to win WiD when one doubles but the possibility of ot losing always alwa's should s be bt thought thou of ot and ond the amount to be gained If It the double wins should be compared with that which will be he lost by doubling If It the declarer wins ins IDs Fur For Instance suppose a three heart hid bid Is doubled If It the wins b by byone byone one trick the gain gulD Is CO 00 0 points but If the declarer just makes his hla contract he ht gains gulps und land doubter doubler loses lottIS b by dou dou- ling 8 S for tor ench trick or 21 1 I for or game and ond 00 50 for tor fulfilling his contrail con trail u a u total of ot III 1151 This means odd of ot 4 to 1 against the double double which would not be bo considered eODs a aery ery very good bet bt Now sUl supposing the bid had been four hearts IWI which would make game If It successful whether doubled or not DOt The doubler doubter b by winning would till t III gain JO 0 O points while the declarer do- do darer b by winning would now gala gain III only auly a 32 tricks and 10 u for tor fulfilling his i contract out met a total of ot 82 a 8 n much more nearly l e even bet for tor the doubler doubter Doubling u a declaration that will produce game without being doubled Is culled called a 0 free tree double and one which makes a kl's a 0 game gume pO possible we shall cull call a costly double because It should have havea a Ii name and ODd none noue has hils appeared In any Auction literature up to the present Hum alma Mii h more million caution Should be m. m n n u used ed In making a costly d double uble than thanIn In making a free double Ill in doubling a no trump nn unes tines long suit should not be counted upon for tor more than thun one or two tricks unless the hand hond contains a sure re-entry re card In doubling a I asuit asuit suit declaration a long suit should not be counted upon uton for tor more than thon one trick even een If It It Is headed by the three top tOI honors because the second round Is almost sure to be trumped When the bidding has hns gone as high as III five live ninny many players say Well I will double on general principles Tills This Is U very ery poor policy because when a abid abid abid bid of ot five live Is mode made It usually means very ry abnormal distribution and ond the successful tul bidder Is very ery apt to be void old of ot the suit which the doubler doubter basIn hagin has hag hasIn In strength To Illustrate Suppose A Is bidding hearts hurts against B In spades and ond that It n bids five e spades A holds 1 A K K Q x 1 x II x of ot hearts A A. A x x s of ot spades K K Q II x 1 of ot diamonds and II x of ot clubs lie He thinks he Is sure of ot his two aces and ond andone andone ondone one trick In diamonds so he be doubles Suppose U Ii holds K K Q J x x x 11 x x of ot spades no hearts and the A A. A x x of ot diamonds and between his hand and his dummy all of ot the tare high clubs upon which he can con discard his small dla dia monds monde He lie could easily make a small slum slain and ond would win 15 1 extra points because e A doubled Freak Freal Hands Hand Tile The rules so fur far given are Intended to apply to hands where comparatively comparative comparative- ly 17 normal distribution exists For freak hands which are those having abnormal distribution no rules can be laid lold down Each one must be bid by a players player's best Judgment carefully careful I ly considering the other bids which also are doubtless made mode from freak hands Bidding to the Score er E Every player should know the state of ot the score whether score whether the game being Iud Is the first second or third of ot otI the rubber rubber because because when the I opponents opponents oppe- oppe I x will win the thC rubber by getting the game It often pays to overbid a hand hond by one or two tricks This may mal Induce the opponents to bid so high that they may muy be he set or you ma may find finda a favorable distribution and win How flow I ever even en If It you ou lose by one trick It will be better than to allow the opponents op op- to 10 win the rubber A difference should also be made In inthe the bidding when the score Is not love loveall all ail 0 OM A side having as os much as al 12 on a 0 game Jame should bid LId a good five five- card cord minor suit In n preference to a no trump with Ith any ony unprotected suit beaUFI because be be- cause as ha has been said suld such a suit bid bed Is safer sater than a no trump and ond with witha a partial score of ot 12 or more three odd In a minor would produce game After Atter one III side de has been doubled for tor 8 the matter of ot getting out frequently frequently fre tre- causes trouble If It a players player's hid hn has been doubled and he has hus an any other oilier hid bill which would seem to be at atall atall atall all safe to 10 change hane to that Is a good thin thins thing to do nut Hut to change to a much poorer poorer r suit frequently only adds to the he r penalty unity which one must pay It ItIs Itis Is still more unsafe for tor a player to tr try to extract his hlA partner from a double This Thill should riot not be br done without out some roil that a safer bid Is b bInl beIng be- be Ing made I |