| Show I r I r r TO TOt t EASY LESSONS IN I t AUCTION BRIDGE J r e ti I 8 Bt Br PAUL H H. H SEYMOUR t Author of 01 H HI It os M loud BrUtt BrIda 1 4 I r I I. I I br by aorta Horl Jr Ir Article Nineteen Juniors Junior's Play to a No Trump Continued SENIORS SENIOR'S first lead leod Is Ie low lov la to n his bis IF own suit Junior should play his bis highest card and aud If II be he wins the trick return his next highest at once If It seniors senior's lead Is high In his hta I own I suit Junior must think at once about unblocking Unblocking la io your yourI I part ners ner's suit Is playing In such a way that you you OU will not win the trick upon which you ou play your last lost card curd of that suit putt For or Instance Suppose that senior opens with a Kin King follows wit i the Ace Al and then leads the Jack and that Junior holds bolds the Queen and two 1 I mall small ones The natural way for forI I Junior to slag play pIa would be his two small and King i m ours ones on his partners partner's Ace I nut Hut If It he does this flits he will win who the tile third trick and oDd he be unable to lend lead b Dark ek holding some some Thus Tims senior will be left good cards which he cannot make unless un un- unless Ie less he be happens ns to get ret the lead lend In 10 another another an an- other suit The proper way woy to Unblock un Un- block Is to hold the lowest loweRt card arl of or that I suit salt until the last In the case given given It oboe above If Junior Jun for lor holds the Queen seven and three he should play piny the seven enn on seniors senior's King the Queen on the Ace Are and then Ihen his bis last card the three would tall fall on seniors senior's Jack Jock leaving the lend lead with senior to make woke the remaining cards of 01 that suit soIL It If senior leads lead the Queen and Junior holds King and one small one he be should play the King on the Queen and If It It wins lead leod butch back Ills his small one If It the opening lead at no trump Is an aD Ace Are It par partner ner to play ploy lilt his highest thus card card thus to unblock unblock unblock un un- block quickly and ond vigorously It If seniors senior's first lend lead Is low In Juniors Junior's Jun lors lor's suit It Indicates length or an nn honor and If Junior wins the trick he should I lend lead back low hoping that seniors senior's honor limner may OIny catch declarers declarer stopper for tor that suit stilt If It senior leads 1 high In Juniors Junior's salt and ond Junior can cnn place the other high cards cords In such suh away a n away way as to know that declarer holds hold one higher one which cannot he be caught he should hould play low because h he e wi wishes shE's to get declarers declarer's high card cord out as soon lIoon as possible while senior still sUit holds one of 01 that suit Suppose for tor Instance that senior senio r lends leads the ten and that Junior holds hohl th the theAce e ed Ace Acl King Jack eight and live flee nn an d l dummy exposes the nine seven seven and two Junior cnn can feel very ery certain that t I declarer ha has the Queen and two small smut ones and that If It he Junior wins win th the e first trick with the Ace and then con on continues tinges the time suit sull with the King and ond Jack Jilek declarer will III win the third trick with h hi his Queen and ond then senior will hn have none of ot the suit left to lend lead In case ose h he lit e gets In the lend again lIln In this case cne Junior would could have hove two good gourd cards e which he could not make unless h he heI e I 1 had hilI a n re entry In another suit salt It How low ow I ever If It he plays low on seniors senior's lead lEod d of the tho ten declarer will have to play piny v his Queen on the first trick and then n four tricks are set up in this sul suit Cult which may moy be taken whenever senior senio r or Junior pets gets the lend lead Declarer Declarers Play of a Declared Trump After senior has hils led to the first trick k and dummy's s 's cards have ha been spread on nn the table de declarer should stop t to o look hook over r the two hands and ond estimate their probable value By III taking king two o I or three thrle minutes at nt that time to layout lay IllY layout out n II campaign n for tor the play of 01 th the e ee entire hand hond he hie will save slIe much more e time than thun this hits as os the play ploy proceeds Moreover U such ll a n preliminary survey py often enables him to avoid old mistakes mistake s I which might co cost t him the game came Some of ot the points to be decided a athis at t this time are ore Shall he 1 t e trumps s at al ones once which suit shall lit lit- piny play first what finesses shall he ht take toke from which I hand hond shall he to lend lead each suit stilt has hns he lie enough entry enry curds cards In each hand to f I play piny the way allay he wishes to or or It If not nil fan he be create errole one ont or more h by playing pinyin 1 his hla cards In H n certain order If II lien senior lor opens with a small email card of a u suit In n I which he has hos hilt hid declarer knows Vs no that he hI hn three higher cards of ot that saland suit sal t and probably one lower on one n He I should tr try to determine Ju Just t what t cords cards senior holds Applying the rule rille a of 01 eleven en will tall tell him how many Jun Junior tor lor holds above the one led this together with seeing dummy and his hison s own o hand should help him to place pine e I quite accurately all nil of 01 the high cords cards Many who have e never tried to play pillY 9 auction In this way may think It a tremendously lv task but hut the they y will be bl surprised after playing a n few w games and holding these things In thou their r minds how ranch much th they run can figure out I and how greatly they will be heap bene benefited I by hy knowledge gained In III these thew o I IWO'S ways WO'S |
