Show l f f C 1 M II 1 M II W Hi u I 1 ill cU y t fe m. m 3 ad l n d pD o 0 0 o o 0 o a 1 AT ARD D PLA PLAYERS who have ha learned the old f CARD rule of third in han high b must be ready 5 to make maJ IHan many modifications in it if the they would apply it successfully to either Bridge or auction To ro be sl sure re if you ou are trying jo to win the trick you OU 1 play lay laS r yo your rJ card but if if your cards are in sequence or i if they form a sequence with those that you see in dummy 3 you yon r. r should then play the lowest card of the sequence An almost fixed rule is never to finesse against a Four your partner being perfectly willing wining to sacrifice any high card you vou may hold in order to help him i I An exception to this would be if you hold ace j jack hack ck and a small s' s card with sillier either the king hob g or the queen h in dummy In this instance you may pla play I the jack sack as your Jour partner holds the missing honor 7 jand and your YOUl jack will take the trick hick If you hold tIle the ace of a suit and your partner should lead cad the jack sack through h a guarded larded kill king g or queen in it generally will pay to pass the first 1 trick If f you give a u up 1 your soul r ace acc on the fir first t rein round d dof of the suit it will result in the establishment of two to llon honors for fol the adversary A A good card player will soon oon learn to diff cu- cu i hate ate between the regular leads of his partner 1 and those w which Mich indicate a short suit 11 TheIl T hen your 1 partner opens short ort you should be careful n not t to sacrifice a king kinO o b when the ace Is is clearly marked i in ll the dealers dealer's hand band LV Even if en you 1 permit tile the e dealer to w win n the first trick cheaply keep your king guarded and do not 1 HESITATE about stunt dole doing it either for i if f you yon play play low ow you may r deceive e t the he 1 d dealer Dealer aler t and I place a stumbling block in lIi the way of J h Ins his catching b your king b t It is presumed that your our I partner pal finer iea leads s the fourth best of or a long suit slut and the top 1 of of a sill suit t of three 3 or less so that the a application of the rule of eleven en will win be of material ai aid l to you in fin finessing 1 At no trump I v when en you find dummy with a allou an all honor llOn onor r y ou sho should ld finesse d I II you esse deeply in In your partners partner's part- part ner's ners Iler s suit suIt sm- for nce when a guided guarded queen cn i I is seen well ill the dummy r hand and andou you ou hold king J Jjack jack and a a small card or the ace acc tell ten rind and a a Shall smal card it is IS good rood to play to finesse If tile the lUl holds s a doubly guarded king and aud you hold the theace ace jack and a small card it sometimes is better britter not to take the finesse but to abandon the suit instead so that when your partner leads it again again- he will win take away from dummy a valuable card ca d of re-entry re for unless your partner holds two re fe reentries reentries re- re entries your our finesse can gain main nothing One of the most critical points for the he leader leader- especially at a no trump hand is to determine e whether the suit sui t he is playing for should be aba aban aban- abandoned 1 don Boned ed and this applies particularly to a no trump up hand If the leader takes careful note of the card his his' partner as third hand plays to the thc trick h he will gill ill generally be able to place the adverse h high g cards in the suit suii and ald will ll know whether the sit situation sit situation it nation is hopeless or one that he lie can manage to his his' advantage Suppose that th the leader opens with the deuce of hearts from deuce eight t ten teal p king and dummy lays down the nine and the fou four Third hand plays the queen of hearts and the c dealer takes the trick with ith the ace When third chand hand played the queen he lie denied the jack and therefore that card must be with the dealer The leader cannot afford to gp on with the suit and leave the command of it with the thle dealer U r fore he should abandon it and hope that his his part part- IJ partner rt- rt net ner will lead through the jack lip to his king kinO ten Jen r This s 's is the only way in which the leader c can h u retain re- re rc- rc tain tali the control l of the suit Mere Here is another example ex ex- ain ample I pie The leader opens with tl the e four fear of hearts from a ace ce J j jack a k six Six Dummy lays lars down lonn the tile seven T se seven n. n and the trey l Third hid hand plays play the nine and the tle dealer takes the trick with the king Icing third rd hand p plays la s the nine he lie tells tens his partner that that he has neither t the le eight nor 1101 the queen and both bothof of these c cards must HUlst h be with the dealer therefore there there- Pole fore the lea leader r should wait watt ul until til hi his s ar ti ti's er iY lye lye- 15 turns the suit snIt presumably with t the he ten hm h- h i is is the only u accounted forr high card rd ii s way the deal dealers dealer's l s q queen een Wl will be bec be nevi v vV vi i i V M v T There Here is iS snottier another situation The rhe leader opens t r with the four from froin q queen ee nine six four Dummy J shows a tl the e seven and nud the deuce Third hand haud 1 plays la s' s th the and the dealer lealer the ace Here the leader must not be deceived by the false card Ila played by ly the dealer for his partner by his play lay of the jack denies the ten and the king so that both of these cards must he be with the dealer Again the suit snit must be abandoned until the lead can enn come COlne front from the leaders leader's partner who will vill lead through the dealer and then the original leader of the suit will find himself in a n fine find position with only the only the two small cards beyond kiln him on the table Sometimes the honors are so distributed that only one remains remains unaccounted for take this his The ehe leader opens with the six sit from seven nine king Dummy 3 lays J down the 1 jack and the file eight Third i d hand plays s the queen and und the dealer takes the trick with the ace The only missing honor is theten the theten theten ten which must be in the hand of the tile dealer Here is another This time tinge the highest card the leader leader holds bolds is th Jack His lIis suit slut is jack nine niue eight eightfour four He life leads his lowest dumm dummy y puts down the file ten se seven n and aud six Third hand handl l plays lays the king and the dealer lealer the ace As third hand put up liI t the thc king b he be cannot possibly hold the queen so that rd must Blust be with the dealer The leader leade cann cannot t afford to go go on with the suit If he hie does not w wait it for tor his partner to get in and give it to h hint him the r dealer will make Blake a trick with the ten which is s held ld b by r dummy and amid which third hand nand will not be able ahle to cover resulting in a loss 1083 of oT a trick Take t this sinus situation thin Again b the leader lender is obliged to open d di l disadvantageous hYan He TIe leads leads low from ten nine aloe si six two iwo Dummy lays down lows jack seven four rhu Third 1 hird d hand plays the queen 1 and the dealer deale takes he 5 th the trick with the ace There Here it is impossible for the leader to place the king which be he either w with th his partner his partner or with the he dealer If when t tine c original leader gets in ill again he lie h eon conclude to g gor go gOOl on n he should 1 do so with the e fo or fan r S 'S part i r hol holds s the king the jack 1 L. L I P be thus shut out while if the healer denIer holds s w the the king nothing will be he lost by the pla play lY The he leader opens a suit with the Hie queen at atthe r the top of a sequence of four Dummy shows the seven si sit six and five fire and the leaders leader's partner puts up nI the ace Now the king is plainly with the dealer and it becomes the immediate duty of third hand to at once return his partners partner's suit so that the adverse high card may Inny be gotten out of the way early eady in ill the name game and the suit cleared gain Again the leader opens Opella low from a suit snit of four headed by the queen Dummy shows the king a and two small cards Third hand puts U up f the ten which holds the trick the dealer only being able to play J under that card with the eight The dealers dealer's partner must have hae both the ace and the jack He has very properly finessed the queen which lie has every reason to read is with his partner er When the leaders leader's partner I played laved the ten he denied denied denied de de- nied the nine which which must must consequently be with the dealer Here is a situation in which third hand tells his hia partner the exact situation b by 1 the way he plays his cards The leader opens low from a asuit a. a suit of four headed b by y the jack His partner artner takes the first trick with the ace aee and returns the king Dummy has shown three small cards The queen is missing and that card with the ten and andi two others must have haye composed the original suit of the dealer so at the end of two rounds the dealer holds the queen to te ten over the original leader leader leador lead lead- er or jack jaek A great many tricks arc aro lost at nt bridge bridge and and at auction by bj foolish leads leads' and there are many lunny times when a player must wait for a suit to be i returned rather than to continue it himself To lead ead up uI to a king when you You hold the ace yourself yourself your your- yourself your your- self is so obviously wrong as to admit of no ar ar- ar- ar You must wait until this suit uit is led lcd either cither by br an adversary or by hr your partner Also you youl should elead lead a up to an all ace acc in ill dummy if YO you l 1101 hold the the 1 kin You are tl e prett etty certain to make In k the king if v- v ou let the tile suit m lone alone i 1 I II r. r I r i. i f |