| Show L I g O 0 9 O The Th Dealers Dealer's s Valuation on O 0 0 of Tiis Hils 8 Hand A A Black flack I tn cc Nt rJ Q 0 0 Ifil Il Q G Singleton More to BecQ Be e Feared Than a L Red IRed Fe One 11 d I MOST interesting g hand was recently S P played la S Si ed i tt which shows s quite a number of instructive t it nt t in auction bridge o oer It was the last ga gape game e of the 1 her er er each side having havington won ton a game Th The denIers dealers s sI I si was twenty the adversaries twenty The i er 4 er bid one heart on this hand Hearts ace n in nine eight six diamonds four clubs king 11 fl spades ace king eight six five Second Seconder er er r at once said two diamonds with this L ing Hearts f five fe e four d diamonds amonds king jack seven clubs five four three two spades i four t two o. o Third hand the dealers dealer's partner 4 teL L double diamonds trL two His hand was s 5 jack ten seven sc three diamonds ace queer queen eight clubs ace ace aco ten spades queen seven Fourth hand said Three clubs Ho lIe held its s 8 king two diamonds 8 six ix five three two B queen jack nine eight six spades jack ten d dealer aler then bid two no trumps which held Ansis An Anisis ysis isis sis of the reasons for these various bids and bids bias will show that every ery one of them were for good and sufficient reasons although the tho theare theare are not apparently all worth the declarations dealer did not at first feel justified in sa sagone salone say say- lone gone no trumps because he could not twist trust for foT both of the suits missing from his namely the diamonds and the clubs He lIe is jure Ure himself of being able to stop the clubs W p Ii s heart bid was correct Besides two odd in will put him bim out Second bidder cannot toll Labout about the general strength of the thc dealer and andie ie C diamond bid would g give gave e him bim game and rube rub rub- ie e e makes that declaration so that the dealer be e obliged to advance his bid He had rather ice ee e the game played with hearts as trumps beM bei hehe be- be i M A be he is so weak in them e wants to tell his partner also that he has hasI I diamonds but his bis information on that point be misleading because he has not either the f f diamonds or an outside ace aco instead which hold to make his bid according to standards still his declaration is made in ini i faith and to the score so it cannot be too ely criticised The double of two diamonds gird bird hand is excellent Not only it gives his the possible chance of making enormous gains lie be e band hand if played with diamonds as trumps t also informs the dealer that his partner has hus diamond dia nond suit safety safely stopped When fourth f says nys U three three elu clubs s he does so not in the tho hope aking king good his contract but because he be thinks to take a certain loss in the tho club un- un 4 led rather than a greater loss at a doubled and nd His bid was perfectly le legitimate With ame and rubber in sight the thc dealer would he be beh heh h to say anything but H two two no trumps Het He TIe tv t certain of filling his contract for if second opens opeus a diamond ho he knows that third hand too ton tho the suit and if second hand opens a club partners partner's bid the dealers dealer's once guarded king Icing fe As it happens second hand leads the seven amends amonds which the dealer covers from dummy's dummy a with the ci eight o ht This holds tho the trick and after everything is plain sailing for a grand slam he lie heart hart is led from dumm dummy and after the king eked up tip b by tho the ace on the second lead of that th tin i hearts arc are established This is the ways way jent nt ft First trick dummy eight of diamonds 1 trick denier dealer queen of hearts third trick act acL of hearts Dummy then takes the fol- fol i ricks Ten fen of h hearts jack of hearts ace of V J diamonds ace acc of clubs queen of ot spade At trick n nine ne dummy leads the ten of clubs to the dealers dealer's king kind and the dealer takes the remaining tricks as follows Trick Tack ten ace of spades s trick eleven ele king kind of spades trick twelve e eight of spades trick thirteen thirteen thirteen thir thir- teen nine of spades This makes two seventy for fort t tricks ricks fort forty for aces and forty for grand slam besides two t hundred an and fifty for tho the rubber The non-dealers non were not in it and no matter what defense they had put up the they were helpless Even E if second hand had allowed the tho one heart hart bid to to to stand tho the dealer would have ma made e a grand slam all the same the only difference would have ha been two thirty-two for four honors divided instead of fort forty f for r. r four aces divided When the dealer is appraising the value of his hand he must remember one tiling thin and that is that he lie is much more certain of funding finding the suit in which he is lacking supported in his partners partner's hand if the tho dealer himself holds a singleton of that suit In the deal above c given gi the dealer ha had the four of diamonds Bolus solus consequently there were twelve diamonds to he be di divided ded among three players play play- ers an average a of four foul apiece If evenly c divided d the adversaries could coul not take the o odd trick in diamonds even en if they had all of the tho high cards canIs in that suit and the fewer of any suit that the dealer may hold the more chance there thoro might be of his partner holding balding one honor so protected that it could eventually e stop that sui suit One of the greatest errors errors er er- an auction player can make is not to trust his partner for one suit especially if it be n a red one oue A backward bid may give the adversaries an nn opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- op- op to say H no no trumps and the ono one who first makes an offer of one ono no trump has the theother theother theother other side at a manifest disadvantage Here is a hand where the dealer playing a forward forward forward for for- ward game with wilh both black suits stilts protected bids one no trump Hearts ace quern clubs king kiuS' ten nine diamonds ace nce king jack spades queen jack eight five fl two Now in spite of the tile fact that that second second player passed third bidder sa says say's s 's two two hearts and and this bid holds as ns fourth also passed Third hand hand had these cards Hearts king jack hack ten seven six sir clubs nine niner four diamonds queen ten I Ie two Whenever the dealers dealer's e g ht six sit two spades partner cr finds himself strong in hearts and weak I i in n both black sue suits ho lie should over call his partners inner s sno no trump In the tue above hand if the no trump bid by bv tho the partner had been heen allowed allowed to stand stand the e non- non declarants would 1 have havo gained a iner the odd trick i if f they had played the hand for all that i it was worth Played at a n heart makes the tho dealer win wm win four ur tricks and and game I In n this illustration tho the dealer a appears s sto to have ha both black suits protected and his IllS ono onono onono onono perfectly li offer A t no t trump mp was a careless careless care care- le less partner might have left all of tho the responsibility responsibility dc dealer rather than to take with the er away a ano ano ano no trump trump tram fr from m him But It it il must he be taken into consideration on that an nn initial no trump bid sluts shuts out all nil opportunity o Pp of the adversaries showing their black strength and permits these inferior suits suit s to tolie tolie tolie lie in ambush ready to break the dealers dealer's contract Ii Here ere is an illustration of just such a position The dealer says saS one no trump with his hand Hearts ace ten nine nino seven en two clubs ace nce I king ten diamonds diamond dia ond king and three small cards rd and a single singleton to top ton spade Although only lacking in one suit a ablack ablack black p suit tn fortunately t this lis band is not lot in in i itself strong stron r. r 1 to say one no t trump originally If ff the thc dealer h had d said aI one oe e club lb instead his 18 partner part parl- ncr her wo ld ren read him with the top clubs and p |
