Show modem modern contract bridge leilh Hillos w no 4 the rule of eight the play of the thirteen trick of ft a hand four tricks will be won by aces about four our or fa fie 9 alth ith other honor curds cards and the remainder with loner cords cards thus we get got a yardstick for the trick measurement of a band hand tho the yardstick of tricks isenor tricks low card tricks 8 5 possibly 8 in suit bids these low card tricks are won by trumps or by end cards of set up tide side suits at no do trumps all tricks ire are won cither either by honors or by end cards of suits in measuring your total trick ex pm tancy in with your you may use the tile fo owing lowing count the no 4 5 5 count at no trump honor ironer tricks will deso that the beld between velo elo plow contract ex er partners card pec tancy I 1 to tricks 4 to 4 ivi 2 to 3 one odd or down 1 8 3 two odd 5 or mora 3 to 4 when you and your partner ar bidding a suit it Is highly improbable that against your trump de toiuo tho the opponents will be able to win u ruy low cord card trick tricks so you have only the definite fear of their defense in honor tricks therefore a partnership holding of 5 honor tricks with strong trumps puts you in the game same zone with a major suit bid to carry you over the long hard road to game at a minor suit where the opponents meet must bo be held down to two defensive tricks some additional honor strength is usually needed to give a brief outline of the apo pe effle use of tile in the most generally recurrent situation bitu atlon let us assimo that you arc aro la in the positing poal llin tinn of to your lour partners original suit bid of one it if be he hns bris bid first or second hand you know that he be has bas at least 2 hon bon or tricks he may have more than 2 24 conot tricks eren even possibly as many as I 1 if so theme surplus tricks will he be shown in la subsequent ab sequent rounds round for the present you must assume that he holds the minimum an unbreakable rule lii la thi this system we will euphee that you have counted your bonor honor tricks immediately upon orting sorting your tour hand band so as to be ready for any emergency now Is ow you have only to add your number to the minimum of 2 shown by 11 birtner artner to know watler or not bour total of lionor tricks 5 puts you in the de ired game zone if aou ou find this to bethe case you roust must serve prompt notice of the important fact on your partner this notice may be served in any arty one of three ways which aou ou deen deem advisable first by an immediate bid for game nt at your partner partners declaration second by a bid for game at no trump or third by a jump jamp forcing take out of one more than necessary in an other suit if your partner has opened with a major suit in nich you have haie leng length th or strength and you ba have e a short side salt suit that gives you the probability of making rome separate use ot of your trumps it Is 1 ally best to choose your partner partners s cult suit for the game try lacking trump assistance art Istance or an other biddable ault a three no trump bid would naturally be your only recourse bat but when you hold with your 3 honor tricks a long or strong suit of your own the game probability should be an by a forcing kakut take out this forcing take takeout out Is the most imbor tant and the th most often employed of the three forcing bids 0 of the forcing system it will be fully in ft it liler liter article 1 ef 0 1931 alii by lelia sier 1 |