Show r c n- n n o ss 1 1 S 'S r As LESSONS IN ta a t AUCTION BRIDGE r rl j. j I I a 3 l' l By Bv PAUL H. H SEYMOUR Auction Bri e 1 i Bridge i Author o of I Hi H on OD d- d 1 0 Copi copyright CoNright right by bj Hoyle Jr w Article Twenty e Play of a Trump No-Trump Continued EnE is a deal illustrating several about finessing points I A tt E A 7 n K 5 0 0 64 i. i I E Q 10 lo 1048 4 48 a K K 10 10 9 1 7 6 T r N n 1 10 6 S 3 SO 3 o 9 3 8 L W E O O-K O J 2 8 S 1 A. A 7 t I. J 8 86 6 5 A AO Q i 4 1 J 5 4 2 a I t r O-A. O 0 Q 10 7 76 C G a 9 9 2 7 t North deals and bids one club East Enst because his five card spade it might take only two tricks an and m has bas not sufficient compensation in l quick tricks South bids one C trump which is very proper after i s partners partner's club bid and all pass West lends leads the seven se of hearts tommy is spread and declarer stops stop i of make a survey He wants to t Hesse se diamonds and spades towards 4 est st and clubs toward East and can can- i plan the play in any further detail 7 b Le he deal is played pla ed as follows w r W N F Sm s m i UK IlK 2 14 i C Ca CA CAHit HA IiA lilt Hit 6 Dg DB D DJ DO 6 19 DK DR DA 7 54 56 9 1 CG CIO do 57 C 10 Cs CK CE S 9 1 11 CJ HJ iu 12 II SQ 50 IS no SJ SK SA II Declarer makes a small slam I In fin in the diamonds the double finesse ti Taken aken because declarer ha has less than thane e cards In the suit in both hands lud nS of course when It wins the lead lust fist st be thrown back baele to dummy and f t other ther low diamond led from th there re t pleading leading towards the King Queen and anda a d in n D of clubs declarer is following the i f able ble finesse Id idea tl and since he holds holdst t ic e nine he leads that and passes it itI iti i rough As East has to play the Ace t u larer knows that West has the Jack k f r rk clubs and so is sure of the second nesse esse at fit trick nine t Ar t trick four East returns his par parl parr par l' l ers er's s 's suit snit as he be i IP is sure of taking out 1 last high one the one the Ace and Ace and e bopes that West Vest ma may get the lead lend r ter Declarers Declarer's diamonds and clubs Hubs P e noW so thoroughly established that e easily t takes kes all all of f the remaining ticks Hicks l leks I Entry Cards I This Is a subject which many play play- need to study more carefully ho O has not bewailed the lack of an antry try card One often hears a player t f y Well I have three perfectly good girds In dummy but I cannot get to f t iem md m Is that in the r and the pit pity of it lor in of such cases it might haven have en n helped if the player er had given eni en en- i t y cards more consideration Often one ma may pla play so as to make male cards take taie tricks would ot oT I ordinarily do so When hen declarer 5 s four cards of un any suit in each J nd and it usually Is possible to play piny r iem em m In such a manner as to make male kl it extra eItra entry card in dumm dummy Sup- Sup 1 ose se that declarer holds Ace Queen i t o z and five and that dummy dumm has hasing R ing g nine eight and six The Ordinary ay to play pIa this suit would be to lead me the five and n win with th the King which 4 J. J laces aces ces the lead lend in dumm dummy once and lakes jakes kes It Impossible to get bet it there a 11 at t cond time lime in this thin suit If however it ten Is led and taken with the King Cin Jn 2 ie e Ux six led back bad to the Ace and arid the 1 peen en then played it usually will draw l' l e last of if the adversaries adversaries' cards and will have cre o D second try ry card in dummy the dummy the nine to bleb he can lead the five fhe r g Another situation wl lere cre many mam beg be- be loners liners ners become confused und and l lose se a aek ak I Ick ek k or er r two is where declarer holds iL IlOf of the high b bo cards of a suit in his hiso o hands but where his own hand olds only three with five in dummy dumm bo o has ling no re entry card in any uny other I it t. t If t f he s Ilav s so as to take tale the wd rd trick in his own hand the two I 1 F cards in dummy are worth's worth worth- s 's because he lie cannot g-et g get to them lis s he lie loses two tricky tricks s In such use u a aIt use se It should he be remember easy to 0 I play the high cards from frum the short rid d first I |