Show J EASY LESSONS IN 1 AUCTION BRIDGE t 1 3 by PAUL UL H SEYMOUR I 1 1 author ot I 11 highlight ith ith on auction J 1 y la 17 4 copyright by hoyle JT jr article thirty one unblocking in dummy dumin ID and play the following hand lie CB B BID you think should be done and then compare it with what follows t io 76 t v 0 0 A K AK A K J 9 1 7 4 8 kaj 9 a 1 6 32 N V 8 it S 0 87 w E F 0 64 40 s 10 A V A K 0 0 0 J 10 9 6 6 8 6 6 2 south aeils and bids one no trump west passes north having a two sulter suiter should take out his partners part nera no trump with his higher suit therefore he bids two spades east passes and south considering a major take out to be from strength bids two no trump west passes again when the holder bolder of a two sulter suiter takes out his partners no trump and his partner a second take out with the other suit should be made therefore north says three clubs east passes and south decides to go on with his no trump in spite of his partners two sulter because of his singleton in spades and the fact that his partners other suit Is a minor ile he has tour four sure eure tricks and his diamond suit la Is such that it seems certain of establishment and good for three tricks ile he bids three no trump and all pass west lends leads the king of spades dummy Is spread on the table and declarer examines the hands bands dummes ace and king of diamonds block that suit in his own hand and it if he leads diamonds at trick 2 he cannot get the lead back to his own hand band because dummy Is void of hearts and the commanding clubs and spades of the adversaries ver saries sarles would prevent his making his contract lie he discovers a way of overcoming the difficulty and plays the hand as follows W N E S I 1 SK sa sa SA 2 ha H DK lit ht TIA HA 8 ha DA hi HK 4 adz sa da D 5 da ca da DJ 6 da ca IU DIO 7 Ds ca ha da 2 ca jig H do 9 HIO cj III HJ no ila 10 20 sit CK CA ca 11 sa S S co ca 12 SJ si sa clo CIO ca is 1 SQ SO sio si cs declarer wins three odd tricks this Is a rather remarkable hand as far as discarding Is concerned not only does declarer make the unusual discards of an ace and king but he governs his later play by watching the discards of his adversaries lie he retains his queen of hearts until he tins has run his five diamonds hoping that it may seem sate safe to put the adversaries in the lead with clu dull and wait for the them to come back in hearts if east had thrown away his small spade hoping in to make ills his hearts this scheme would have worked but east knew that declarer still held the queen of hearts and also that he east must hold a spade to lead to his partner discarding on these diamond tricks really did more harm to declarer than to the adversaries ile he could not keep sufficient lelent protection for the spades in dummy without reducing his club holding to the king jack and to have led clubs then would have given the adversaries ver verA saries arles all of their remaining clubs thus at trick 9 declarer saw that he must take his queen of hearts or lose his bis contract and game any attempt to play this hand without discarding the two high di diamonds arnond will viii give adversaries ver saries sarles five tricks and prevent declarer going game one particular situation where in st ruction regarding discarding seems to be necessary Is where an adversary Is compelled to discard upon leads leada from dummy at no trump this adversary has for instance the ace and two small hearts and a number dumber of small clubs and diamonds which are not good cards and declarer Is leading spades front from dummy where in addition to spades there are only hearts the king queen and several small ones it would seem to be self evi dent taht this adversary should dis card small hearts and keep anything else because if he discards ills his clubs and lie will be compelled when nhen dummy leads a heart to win the and lead right buck back to the bl high h hearts which are on the table to put this his into the form of a rule when holding aca and others of a suit where king and perhaps queen also are in dummy if you hae bane an I 1 opportunity to discard throw awny away all of that suit except the ace so that w when lien our ace wins you will not be obliged to lead right back in the same i suit |