Show modern modem contract bridge 7 by lr lera taz hattersley no 11 more about the forcing take out TUB forcing take out fills a more imp imperative e need than any other forcing bid in the approach forcing system ely culbertson its originator places it tar far ahead of his forcing two bid in importance and there can be no question that use for it occurs much more frequently than for the original ginal two bid how many times when your partner has opened the bid say with one heart have you held a hand somewhat like the following S si n KIO D LP 10 T 6 0 A aa 8 certainly there Is a game here possibly a slam but should the bid be played in spades beades gearas b aarts diamonds or no trumps you can only get the answer by gaining further knowledge of your partners distribution and how can you be sure of getting this further information simply by bidding two spades which compels your partner to tell you more about his hand unless the take out Is bid to an advanced score and ts Is sufficient tor for game here are examples of some sound forcing take outs of an original bid of one diamond SA S A K 0 5 3 sr SK S r K io 10 0 9 8 II 11 K Q 8 4 IIA II 11 A K Q D 4 3 DJ D J 3 0 03 3 CK C K J 6 4 3 two spades three clubs SA S A K Q J 10 9 IIA HA II H A K D C 7 70 0 two spades S 70 76 SA S A Q 6 5 3 11 ac Q 7 6 4 HA H A K 8 7 4 D IJ DJ I J 10 9 8 D none CA CAK C A AK X C 9 8 a two hearts two spades S 3 HA II H A AK K D 4 2 C CK K Q J 8 6 5 4 3 three clubs even it if there Is an opposing bid a jump bid in a now new suit Is forcing when you hold strong support tor for your partners suit bid with 3 or more honor tricks it Is advisable to resort to a forcing take out in another biddable suit and give your raise 0 on ll 11 a later round in this way only ca can n you convey to him the quality of your raise telling him that it Is founded not alone on distributional values but on honor tricks as well A take out even when tt it Is forcing c can never be made on an sult suit it should usually sho show w at least a five card su suit it but may occasionally casio nally be made on a fourcard four tour card suit by the exchange of the exact information revea revealed ledIn in a forcing take out it to Is often possible tor for a partnership to bid and score a slam which might otherwise have been missed take the following hand for example NORTH S 0 IIA II 11 A 10 8 0 4 2 D Q qa 2 C WEST EAST SA S 10 8 7 5 SQ S Q 4 3 2 11 7 53 H Q J 9 da 6 5 DJ D J 10 9 8 4 C 8 86 5 C 9 SOUTH sourn SK S K J 9 HK H K 8 DA D A K 3 C Q 3 10 6 4 nere here south has opened with one club and west has passed it if north immediately jumps to five clubs south should pass as be has no means of knowing whether norths raise Is based on distributional or honor strength and so cannot discount enough of the opponents lionor honor tricks for or a safe alame bid it if however the hand band la is correctly bid by both partners the slam cannot be missed the correct bidding Is SOUTH WEST EAST one club pass 2 hearts pass 4 no trumps pass 5 clubs pass 0 6 clubs pass tass pass pass counting his honor tricks in conjunction with the 3 shown by his partners forcing take out south can readily see that his partnership Is in the slam zone with 7 honor tricks and knowing that north also has powerful trump support and favorable distribution shown by his bis high raise south is practically compelled to bid tor for the slam i more often than not however the forcing take out of a suit bid indicates lack of support for the suit and under no circumstances can the original bidder assume trump support or his bis suit without about 4 sure trump tricks 0 1933 by lelia Hit bitterley terley service |