| Show modern contract c bridge by lena Hat mattenley tenley lt y I 1 no 10 the scale of raises for suit bids of one T THE HE rule that when in supporting partners suit bid your hand contains two short suits you should count only one of them the shorter and ignore the second prevents overvaluation A short suit takes on increasing v value a I 1 lie it if it lias has been previously bid by your partner A short suit also has slightly more value with three trump if one of these Is an ace or a king but it must be particularly noted that ruffing tricks are not increased in value by the presence of more than four trumps in the dummy hand in raising your partners bid suit count the sum total of your playing tricks in trumps and in long and short side suits with their honor values then h subtract three tricks expected by partner and give one raise for each trick left over that Is with four assisting tricks raise once with five assisting tricks raise twice etc in raising your partners bid always show ut once the tha full value of your support stopping only at a game contract unless you have reason to look tor for a slam an additional trick 3 total Is sufficient tor for the first raise also when the next player passes after your partners opening suit bid of one it Is imperative that you keep the bidding open so with no good alternative you may raise the bid on only the 3 expected assisting tricks but in this situation you will usually have some take out which offers a better alternative taking out partners suit bid of one when unable to sulI support ort your partners major suit or wishing to take him out of a minor look for a biddable bault holding any biddable suit with a total of 1 honor tricks in your liand hand a regulation take out of one over one Is practically compulsory when your take out requires a bid of two your suit should rarely be a four carder if the next player passes after your partners original suit bid of one it if holding 1 honor tricks remember ber that you must keep the bid open whenever possible if not with a raise or a suit take outs out then with a take out of one no trump A suit take out of one over one may run as high as 2 24 honor tricks so the original bidder in his turn must kipust always be on the alert to keep such a take out open unless every bit of his bis strength has already been declared c only when you hold 3 honor tricks may your take outs be jumped otherwise you should declare a bid just sufficient to cover your partners opening when you hold the 3 or more hon or tricks which in conjunction with the 2 shown by your partners original bid tell you that your partnership ship Is in the game zone you must be sure that the bidding will not be dropped until the promised game Is reached in taking out with a no trump bid you would have to contract tor for the game immediately as there Is no forcing take out in no trumps but with a suit bid you may be assured that you will have another chance to declare yourself it if you take out with a jump of one more than necessary it must be clearly understood that while the forcing take out always indicates sufficient complementary honor strength automatically to put your partnership in the game zone it does not necessarily show a dominating suit the me message age of a forcing take out reads something like tills this partners partner tills this looks like a game hand it may possibly be a slam you must keep the bidding open in one of the following ways ast 1st giving me a raise if you have support for my suit and 2nd your own suit if it Is worth 4 tricks trIck sr ard 3rd naming a second suit if you have one ath covering my bid with just the required number of no trumps if you have nothing additional to show or ath jumping the no trump take out it if you have more strength dont worry about the outcome I 1 have another bid in reserve or if we cannot get together on a suit our honor tricks are sufficient clent to see us through a game bid at no trumps 0 1832 1932 by loll leila Ilat terley ANU service |
