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Show j EASY LESSONS IN j $ AUCTION BRIDGE J 4 I By PAUL H. SEYMOUR I T Author of "Hihllght on Auction Orldf - o- ... .. . g--y- - -4 Copyrinht by Hujtle. Jr. i Article Twenty-Four. Declarer's Play of No Trump (Continued.) Til 10 following deal lilustrutes cluck-lug: cluck-lug: -, i,t S-K, B.7.6.1 -, t -, I, t ' 1 -10, t N -A.Q, , t, I 9-0.10 w F 9-J,, I O-A.J, 8,, I W " O-10, -0.8.7,5 a -J, 10.4 -K,J. 4 "5-A, 4. 1 O-K.Q. 7.1 -A. K. 9 South deals and bids oue no trump, an tie hail a particularly good bund with all four suits protected and four and a half quick tricks. All puss and south becomes the declarer. WfHt lends hla fourth best diamond. the four. Dummy Is spread on the table and declarer looks over the two (Winds. The prospect Is not very good. He can see two tricks In each of the three suits, hearts, diamonds and clubs; but his spades are very doubtful. doubt-ful. Ills only hope of same Is in the heart suit and the only way to establish estab-lish and make dummy's small hearts Is by the play called "ducking" which he decides to try. The deal Is played as follows: W N E S 1 . . 1)4 DS D10 DK I ... ft 10 (IS 112 IIA ( . . HQ 114 lit fit 4 ... DA f)t 1)4 D2 I . . . DJ C2 C4 tXJ 5 . . S2 UK It) 114 T . . . Ct IIS S3 D7 t . S10 HT C10 Ct . . . CT C6 CJ CA 10 . . . CI CI SS CK 11 ... IjI S SA SK 11 ... 1)8 ST SQ S4 II . . . CO S8 St SJ Declarer makes three odd tricks. Declarer ducks the third trick bv playing low In dummy In order to save tits King to take the third round of hearts and thus make dummy's remaining re-maining cards In the suit. At trick 9 he considers the advisability of leading lead-ing a spade but decides against It because be-cause West muy hold the Ace ; In which case game would he lost because of West's two good diamonds. At trick 11 declarer knew that West did not have any spades because he could place him with the Queen of clubs and two diamonds; therefore by leading the King of Spndes declarer with quite sure to get ope more trick. The followlug deal Illustrates the use of the Informatory double In the bidding; and the choice of opening lead and the use of the echo In the play ; -a. 10. t, v-. t o-a, K, s -Q. J, to, t S-8.4 j Z -Q..t V-K.0,10. t, 8, t' ?-T,, 4. t OO. t I 0-10,6.4,1 -A. K. I I 3 -7.4 S-K.J. 7, T-A O-J, t. 7, -. . 8. t Wet denls and bids one heart North has the other three suits all protected and three and a half quick tricks; so he doubles. Kast pnsses and South bids two Spades. West bids three hearts and North three spades, which ends the bidding. West has an Ace King combination which Is the most desirable for an opening lead, and he therefore lends the King of clubs In preference to his long heart suit. Dummy Is spreaO and declarer makes a survey. H must finesse his trumps nnu can do so either way. He has two diamond tricks, and one heart and possibly tw In clubs but cannot see enough to go game, lie plays the hand ns follows: W N R S 1 . . . CK CB CT C2 t CA C10 C4 C.1 8 . . C8 CJ S2 C 4 . . . 115 IIS It? HA 8 . . . S4 SA S3 SIS 8 . . . S8 SS ' SQ SK T . . D8 DA D2 D8 5 ... DO DK 04 M I - . . 118 D8 D D9 10 . H9 l!T D1C DJ 11 . . . H10 CQ 112 C8 12 . HQ SSO H4 S7 is it r st lie sj Declarer wins four odd tricks. Kast used the echo on the first two tricks, and therefore West ied clubs a third time although the Queen was in dummy. This made one extra trick for East and West. At trick 4 East properly led his partner's suit as this also was leading up to the weakness In dummy. The fall of the Queen of diamonds on trick 8 enabled declarer to finesse his nine spot at trick 0 and so obtain four tricks in diamonds and four odd on the deal. |
