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By ELY CULBERTSON
Bidding Two-Suited Hands
TANDS. that contain two bid-there is no real fit in the two hands.
Take this example:-
mom the
100-per-center with a 7-6-0-0 dis- tribution the real dyed-in-the-wool
NORTH
WIESZE
-EAST
two-suiter to the much more|SA 3 6 3 2 S-10 4-4-3-2 type of hand, which crops H-7 2
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up a score of times for every once D-A Q 10 4 3 D-9 2: that a genuine-two-suiter of, say -6
a 65-1-1 distribution occurs. Thus both of the two following hands The “old” can be described as two-suiters, been:- though it is usual to describe West hands of the No. 2 type as "partial 15. two-suiters"
No. 1 S-KQ9743 H-None
D—AJ 10 862
C-5
No. 2 543 H-A Q J7 D-J72 CAK 9 6
A 107 5 8 SOUTH bidding might have.
North
East South No
2FL No 3D. No
40. No What is West to do at that stage of the bidding? I would be suici dal to rebid Diamonds or Spades. No Trumps is out of the question, and a preference bid of Four
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The bidding of two-suited hands & Variety 4.30 p.m. The Melody Is There'
the lat-lbe doubled and end in the loss of 11 pmClose down.
and partial two-suiters
ter the more important because of many points. the frequent occurrence of such By opening with "One Diamond," hands has become much more however, to which East will res-. scientific within the last two or pond with "One Heart," the sub- three years.
Formerly it was sequent exchange of information simply a matter of bidding the is made much less dangerous. higher-ranking suit on the first is the modern bidding for round, and then bidding the lower-hands: ranking suit at the next opportun-West
ity.
Here are two examples:-
(2)
(1) S-A 10 7 6 2 S-None H-7
H-KJ 10 9 2 D——A Q J 43 D-543
C-AK 4 3 2 A few years ago the opening bid on Hand 1 would have been "One Spade," followed by a bid in Diamonds-Three Diamonds," if partner's first response was TWO Hearts," Similarly, or Hand 2, the Heart suit would have been bid be fore the Clubs.
North East
South
1D.
No
IH.
15.
No
20.
No No
13 p.m. Close, down."
What's On At the Cinemas
“Daughter
AT THE QUEEN'S "Every Boy's AT THE ALHAMBRA A Holiday", with Mae West, Ed-of Shanghar", with Anna May Wong- Imund Lowe, Charles Butterworth, Her-Charles Bickford, Larry Gabbe and man Bing and floyd Nolen The lat Cecil Cunningham. A vivid and dra est of Mae West's pictures, a glorious, matic insight into the workings of the roaring and rolicking musical romance billion-dollar flesh" racket, the high- with the end of the last century, the game of sneaking aliens into the Unit-- time.
ed States past the immigration author-- ities, is one of the highlights of the picture.
*
At that stage West can make a AT THE KING'S “Big ·City partial sign-off of "Two Diamonds? Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy forms or "Two-Hearts" the latter mere-a new and fascinating co-starring team by showing a preference for Hearts of the Big City, the story of an immi- AT THE STAR Dance Charlie, Lover Clubs. But the important taxicab driver in Norman Krasna's Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Charles →
grant girl who marries a New York Dance"-Stuart Farwin, Jean Muiz, point is that the reverse method of story of life among a big city's teem-Foy, Mary Treen, Tommy Wonder in a bidding adopted by West enables ing millions. him and his partner to discover the non-fit at a level of
backstage story with many new › an-- gles. Country boy Erwin inherits $20,- Robert Louis Stevenson's greatest 000 at the expense of the Big City. A AT THE ORIENTAL “Ebb Tide" 1000 and decides to make it into $50,--- this way there is little chance of South Seas romance in glorious tech swift farce-comedy with music. disaster, and no chance of a maj-nicolour. for disaster t
Föhree men and a womHNİ, caught in the ebb tide of hope and The corollary to the modern drama exer almed With Oscar Ho in Hollywood, with Richard Dix gad pride, Five through the most amazing AT THE MAJESTIC "It Happened method of bidding a moderate two-molka, Frances Farmer, Ray Milland Fay Way. An amazing story of the But, in modern usage, the bid-suiter with, say, 23 honour-and Lloyd Nolan Reviewed elsewhere. Hollywood Stars Doubles. ding of two-suited hands is contricks and a 5-5-21 distribution-- ditioned by the principle of anticis that the bidding of the higher pation. In other words, before ranking suit first can be used to making his opening bid a player show extra values. This order of should ask himself, "What is my suit-showing should be used only partner's response likely to be?" with hands that are almost strong In the case of the hands given enough for an opening forcing bid above, there is rouch more chance of "Two"
partner having strength in the
opening bidder's two weak sušta -
Here are two examples:-
(2)
rather than trump support. So, SQ 3 10 8 7 S-None on Hand 1, the opening bid should
H-K Q 10 96 D-A Q-2
be "One Diamond, not "One D AKJ42 Spade. Now, if partner holds C. A 2 ~~¤÷å 76 54 Hearts, he can respond with "One Open with "One Spade" on Hand Heart," and the Spade suit can be 1. The bidding of Diamonds shown at a level of "One" also, will tell partner of the exiza values This is much safer bidding than held. On-hand 2 open with "
king to show the second suit af Heart " showing the extra
a level of "Three, only to discoy-
er, when it
bidding Clubs at the next
too late, that portunity.
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