Show O rP R-JI R Should How the Play Playa Dealer Deeler Ier 1 D t lb Y lili 1 a s Declaration No Trump No-Trump 81 7 c c c C- C r SS differences exist beb between ee the play pIny at nt bridge bride of no un t g a n o trump tramp or a sot nit d J Jhen V hen p. p suit has been named it is 15 generally best to start off with a lead of trumps humps but as at ano a I Ino C IIno no trump declaration there exists no danger of your long suit being ruffed the strategies strate Bi ea to L i r a be e employed cd differ greatly These hese vary according I to the tho strength and length of the of-the the the suits ts eo contained 1 i 1 in in lD the dealers dealer s hand combined with that of dummy so the the very first thought that the tho dealer w must mut t have is is to contemplate his aggregate forces and to determine as together ho is is stron strong en enough ough to win the game or if that appears doubtful can he be take the odd trick And if that is still in in 1 doubt what tactics can he employ in lD order to save save the game 1 When yo you are the dealer in hi a situation where here the game is in J jeopardy your first thought should b be to save it if pO possible and if f you ou find yourself weak in one orie suit and have the command of th the suit that is 8 opened against you it will will require careful calculation on your our part as ns to the advantages or disadvantages disadvantages' age e of allowing the the- opponents to retain the lead You must be able to infer fr from m i their opening what forces are massed against you and must must use such s ch knowledge no ledge either to take the first trick trick of 0 their suit or to hold n p until ti they have parted wIth some of theIr hIgh cards A great many players invariably hold up on the tho first round of the tho adversaries adversaries' ad- ad lead unless they see the game in sight but by so doing a 11 great risk may be run if the tho enemy is strong enough i to ma make e considerable gains before you can get back into the the game TAKE FIRST TRIOS IF POSSIBLE If Sou Jou are arc lucky enough to hold on an established d suit you ou will of course first possible trick in the I opponents opponents' suit for then then by forcing them to discard you will not only oblige them to un guard and honors in their weaker suits but ut you yon will b by the nature of their discards be able to locate the high c cards which you know t to be held against you ou As a general v rule the strength of the hand at nt a no trump declaration lies in the long longest est cst Suit you find in in the th combined hands and also you also you will frequently find that you cannot bring such a n suit 0 To to fruition unless you OU hold in in the two hands outside high cards to insure its establishment One of the greatest faults of the beginner uner is the habit oT running off all of his winning earls cards lie seems to think that some direful direful direful dire dire- ful calamity will overtake O him i if he allows the adversaries to get into the tho lead for a 11 single trick until ho cannot help himself To 10 pursue such a course course- is only to get out of the way of the non-declarants non and to make makeI it all plain sailing for them to take the remainder of the tricks after fter the dealer denIer has taken whatever he saw sav I. I in view when he lie fir first t took charge of the combined hands Such players should be made to realize that it takes no skill at cards canIs to lo win win tricks at a no tramper with aces and kings while put to their proper uses the they should be he reserved for cards of re-entry re for the establishment of the long suit of the combined hands In this way war they become valuable assistants in in n the winning g of the game The dealer has on picking g up his hand band three thin things to consider in ill combining it with that of l his s dummy Which suit has the greatest number of cards in the two hands from which point can this suit be most profitably led and on which side of the tho table is th there re a greater need for a card or car cards s of re A fundamental principle in the choice of suits to lead is to make it a arule rule to retain the control of or the shorter suits snits while you are ara playing for the establishment of the longer ones Even en if the longest suit in in the hand be headed by nothing higher than the thc queen th the dealer should not be disheartened disheartened dis dis- heartened over oyer the prospect of establishing it and nd bringing in the small cards of it provided he has outside aces acos and kings to help him to do so Above all do not be afraid to lead the suit simply because high 0 cards cards' are arc adversely ad held for you may be he assured that the adversaries will make them whether yon you load lend it or they do and it is is to lo your our advantage antage to rid tad them of the cards that stand in in the way war of your progress as speedily as possible It is a matter malter of importance to lo make a judicious selection between two suits held in the combined hands which are arc of equal length If it happens that you hold the ace and others of one suit and the king and queen queenan an and of others hers of the second you should start with the suit in in which the ace nce is is adverse ad The Tho aco is good for atrick a 3 atrick trick no matter what you do When hen you find the ace of one suit against you JOU and the king and queen of another another an an- other suit also against you again you OU play to make the adverse ace fall for you hope by the later information that c comes from the fall of the cards to so play that you ou may be he able to catch either the king or the queen of the adverse suit You should also take into consideration that if you oU are obliged g to discard you can do so 10 more safely p from a suit headed b by the ace than from one headed b by honors and best 0 of all nIl when you make the adversary play an ace you ou take a sure card of r entry re-entry away from him entry Re-entry cards c. play an important part inthe in inthe inthe the success of the game and it is a mistake to pla play for or the establishment of a asuit suit in the hand that has 1115 not ono or two such cards PLAY FOR THE SUIT IN DUMMY A crafty crat play player r will will will will-if if he has th the choice invariably play pIa for the the suit suit- seen dummy in-dummy in dummy for fr the reason that that as as' as that thai is IS on on the table the non-declarants non know all about it while he can conceal for a time whatever strength his own hand contains Alth Although ug two to to snits nits may a contain the same number of cards the distribution m may maybe maybe y be such suph t that at one suit will take more tricks than tho the other so a So choice careful careful choice should be made before a card is IS played from dummy as to wh which h suit will be bethe the more profitable le one one work to-work to work work for You may h hold l two eight eight- card suits suits' in one you ou may na hold four cards in each hand while in m the other the cards may be divided five on one one side and three on the other You should play pIa for the latter suit Bait as you can easily see sc-e that there is ono one moret more trick more trick ick in it A suit mil of or seven cards between the two hands is is a rather dangerous ono to play for because you ou are likely to find the remainder of oL the thc suit most unequally divid divided d and when you have hae but six sir cards of a 80 asuit asuit suit it is is easy casY to o read that the enemy must hold the balance of power In in it One of them must at least hold four cards and you you u o-u should so plan Plair as to make him discard one of ol them before he real realizes zes the object you are playing playing play play- for Tor ing in o i One situation Ofa of great danger is when the dealer finds that tw two of the suits are held g 1 against him At such sucha a time ho lie dare clare not give g up the lead but must take every trick in m in sight and then hope by finessing to capture what he C can at the en end It becomes a comparatively ely easy matter t to establish your long suit if you yon find tn that tnt t tonly only one s suit l t is held helel en ad adversely ly you may then give give up the lead provided ded you hold protection in the su suit t originally originally originally origin origin- ally led by the lie Cr ad adversary ar who vh will ill then not knowing your our strength come back again with mth the same suit to you to-you you up lo to your hand which will in m itself be an advantage Sometimes a hand will hold a long suit with no coming in card eard outside of it and it is then necessary to has been taken in the suit the lead will wil be lost Here is isan isan allow the first trick to go h by so that after a trick lead not an or of this position In l one hand you yon hold the ten and deuce of a suit wt opposite you have th the ace king ci eight ht five four three Ir If you OU have no card of re entry you yo should l let t the fIrst round of the the suit goThere go There OI are re but five cards out against you and after the first trick you yon will probably be able to pick up the outstanding ml ng cards with your ace nee and king Care must be taken t ken however not to lease lense the hand and holding the short suit without a card to lead back as then th the entire suit would be lost In the above e instance but on one trick co could be he passed |