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Show jfv How to Play ; ; Wmiy-bridge,, ' '.Jet Wynne Ferguson jfe.S" Author of PRACTICAL AUCTION BIUDCB CoprMsht, I3. by Hoyfe. Jr. ; J ARTICLE No. 2 nee of spades. Or, if it loses, be am still discard the losing diamond on tha ace of spades and so has lost nothing by the fincsue. . Second, he can play the ace of spades on trick one and then prepare to finesse the diamond. This can be done by leading the five of diamonds from the dummy and winning the trick with the king in his own hand. He should then lead the trey of diamonds from his hand and finesse the jack in the dummy. dum-my. Played in this way Z must win three diamond tricks if A holds the queen of diamonds. One of the I st ways to learn how to play better Auction is bv a study of other players' mistakes. To avoid bad play Is one way to play well. Here axe two examples: Example I land No. t 1 Hearts K, I. 8, J ' Clubs K, J, 10 j lHamomls 10, 8, J, 2 k Spades 7, S I 5 ! V I . s A n : , I Z i . ' 'i . I Third, Z must arrange to finesse the heart suit. This can be done by leading the deuce of hearts from Y's hand and, if B also plays a low heart, Z should play the ten of hearts. If B holds the .jiieen, the ten will force the ac. and vhen Y hc.it obtains the lead, 2 can sgalu lead hearts, (the 9), and catch the qt-i n if it is in B's hand. If A , holds the queen or ace queen, Z must lose two he;irt tricks; but, if B hold the queen, , on prevent it from mak. i n liy huciiigin the niamier specified. To accumplwh this result, ' should be careful to provide at least two reentries re-entries in dummy so that hearts can be led from Y's hand at least twice. In the actual hand, Z decided to finest the spade and B won the trirk with the kin j. B then led a club which Z won. 1 Icre is where Z made a mistake. 1 intend of leading a diamond and playing play-ing the ace from Y's hand and then taking a discard on the ace of spades, l fiitcincd the jack of diamonds which B won. U lead another club which Z won. Z t!ien led another diamond, wimiing the trick in Y's hand with the ace. lie then ltd a low heart from dummy and nlaved the ten frnm Km I No srori. rulilKsr game. 7. dealt, I !d . one no trump and A doubled. Y passed, B bid two clubs, Z passed ami A bid i ; two spades. What is Y's proper I id? r It would seem tncuncvivabk that ; any player would do .anything iih . this hand but pass, but Y was a phiyer of little experience so (1 I'Ued tiiut hin j proper bid waaadoubkjof twospiules. With only two tricks as a maximum, Y should not consideradouble.'l'o'iiHihle ' under xuch conditions, t lie player btuu!ii hold at least three tricks. Y, however, wa just unexperienced enough to be rash. , -' ' - The next point to consider with this hand is the oroper opening. If you were rash enough to double As two-spade bid, what would you lead? The proper opening with this hand is undoubtedly the trey of hearts. Y's partner has bid . one no trump so should have at least one honor in hearts. It is Y's duty to tell Z as soon as possible of the strength in hi hand and what suit to play lor; hence the duty to open the heart suit. The fourth-best is the proper opening ., in anv suit unless it contains two or more honors in sequence. In that event, open the higher honor. la this particular hand, Y nude a second mistake. He opened the heart suit but led the jack i listen J of the trev. Never open an intermediate honor unless holding two ia sequence. As a result of Y's bad opening, A 11 nude their two odd in spades and, as it was doubled, they also scored game and rubber. Thus Y'i two mistakes, first the bad double and then tlie bad lead, 1 gave his opponents a game and rubber to which they were not entitled, Example Hand No. 2 Hearts 9,5, 2 Clubs 10.9,3 , 1 Diamonds A, I, S i ' Spades A. Q, 10, 7 J ': -; -Y t. ;:,! s A B ' . r iJLj . m i Heart. KJ, 10,8,6 Clubs A. K, 8,5 1 Diamonds K, 8, 3 i . . ' Spades 6 I own lund, forcing A to win the trick with the ace. A then led a low club which B won. B then led a dia.nond I which Z won In his own hand widi the ' King. Z had no re-entry in dummy so was forced to lead the hearts from his , own hand, thus letting B win 4 heart trick with the queen. Played in this ' way, Z made only two odd, losing two I heart tricks, one club, one diamond and one spade trick. , 1 See how easy Jt is to make game by ' avoiding two finesses when only one M ' ' necessary, and by preparing a sufficient ( number of re-entries in dummy. There are only two sun re-entries in dummy, ' the ace of spades and the ace of diamonds. dia-monds. That fact should decide Z not to finesse the queen of spades, for if it loses and the lack of diamonds also loses, there will be only one re-entry in l Y's hand and there must be two. Therefore, trick one should be won T by the ace of spades in Y's hand and r the low heart led at trick two. Z should l play theten which forces A saee. Now, I no matter how the cards lie, Z should 1 make game. He has a sure re-entry ia , diamonds and can lead the nine of hearts. This plan of play will pick up B's queen, even if guarded three times. All Z should lose is one heai , one diamond dia-mond and one club trick. Even if there are four or more clubs to the queen ( tl jack in one hand. Z should make game i by throwing the lead. Played carelessly, the hand only 4 scored two odd. Played correctly, the hand should score four odd, game and l 1' rubber quite a difference. Study these two example hands very carefully (or 1 the principles involved are extremely important and come up very frequently. No core, rubber game. Z dealt! bid one heart and all passed. If A opened the deuce of spades, how should Z plan the play of the band? ' Z should endeavor to play the hand so that he will stand the best chance to make game. Z can lose one heart, one club and one diamond trick and still score game; so he should plan the. play with that idea in mind. There are three . finesses that are possible: first, be can finesse the queen of spades ia the hope that if it holds, he can discard the losing diamond on the Answer to Problem No. 1 . ; Hearts J. 2 ' ,' T . .Clubs none ; 'Diamonds 10. 9. 4. 7 Spades 5 2 IWts-J.IO, Hearts K.Q ' Oubs-T; : Y Cmbe-KQTJ.W Spades J, 10, , . Z t Spadea ICQ 1 ' Hearts A, 4 -!. Oubs A.4.J.2 Duunoads none ' '. Spade. A.4 - Diamonds are trumps and Z is lathe lead. How can Y Z olav the ---' II that they will win ail of the tricks against any defense? I StttOicm: Z should lead the deuce of d"bs nd trump in Y's hand with the I ssvea of diamonds. Y should now lead .the tea of diamonds. B cannot discard i I a dub for, if he does, Z with two re- ' entries can set up a dub trick. B is, I therefore, obHgedf to discard either a , heart or a spade. It makes no diflerence I which of these two suits ia discarded as I the holding happens to be the same ia I both bands. and Y should discard the deuce of ' spades. Z should now lead the trey of clubs. A should discard the ten of hearts and Y should trump with the eight of diamonds. OOUW now lead the nine of diamonds. dia-monds. B cannot discard the king of dubsor Z's four of dubs will begood. Therefore B is obliged to discard the queen of spaoW Z discard the four ot ( clubfc A is now forced to discard. If be ' discards the ten of spades, both of Zs T "fS U discard, the jack i.?rtt,jL" tey' udn f!;Irf0od. la either cass, therefore, Y Z asset wis all of taetrks! ItJfia Ktaaaps. of the double "aqweas- tkst of the play thu ! 'bccTooemtodMcWetw! prab. jL Suppose B discards the queen of hearts. Z should discard the same suit that B discard, so be should discard the four of hearts. A's discard at thia stage ia immaterial. Suppose be db-- db-- card the nine of spades. Y ahould now , lead the suit B discarded. As B dis-. dis-. ! carded aearta, Y ahould tead the deuce of hearts, Z winning the trick with the j ace. Z shwuid tfaca lead the ac of dubs |