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BRIDGE NOTES
A BIDDING QUESTION By The Four Aces
"We failed to get to a slam the other day, and we're not kicking about that," write E.S.S., of Bal- timore, "but the band produced a discussion of bidding which resulted in quite a bit of argu- ment sume friendly and some not so friendly without settling anything.
Here's the hand:
South, Denier
Neither side vuinernblo
Maier's partner and, with both sides vulnerable, you held::
9.7 0.4- ♡ I7
◇ K. 10; 8: 6 JK 97
The bidding:
-Maler
IV 24
Achonken
POSA
Toa
Jacoby 1NT Pass
Pass (?)
ANSWER: Bid three spades. Even though your entire strength consists only of two kings, you must nevertheless give your part- ner another chance to get to game. His bidding shows a very strong hand; and yotar spade support may be vital.
Score 100% for three spades, 30% for pass.
Question No. 595
To-day you are Oswald Jacoby's partner and, with neither side vulnerable, you hold:
A 7
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CONTRIBUTIONS:
A Q 10 6
K 7 6 2
8 6 5
◇ Q G
AA 8 7 2
◇ AK 7 8 812
should be
AJ 762
N
AK 843
The bidding:
The News-
? X 4 3
IW
♡ Q #
Jacoby
Schenken
E
心 7 4 2 964
◊ J986
1
PASS
J 10 3
A
Monday.)
A J 10 6
AK 10 3
♣ KQ 6
192
West
RBS
North
East
20
Pass
30
57
FUNA Pass
30
Paga
Pass
Pass
is
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The bidding:
South
"As you can see, the band pretty cold for six hearts, but we stopped at five. South claims that
NISM.CARD VAALIE1
OF THE FOUR-ACES BYETEN
ACE
KING.. QUEEN 1
STVA, VĒNA,MË DY BLEN AVERASE teens –
North underbid all the way along the line. Nerth elamis that he hid hearts. twice and thus showed his hand adequately:
and
That South then knew enough to be able to bid the slam if he wanted do. In other words, North claims that he could have passed three diamonds if he had held less strength; SO that the bid of three hearts is a
Des Voeux Road, Central, real bid rather than just a forced
Hong Kong.
PUBLIC AUCTIONS
The Undersigned have received instructions from the Liquidators and Others to sell by Public Auction on
MONDAY, 23rd December, 1940 commencing at 10 am. at their Sales Room, No. 2, Con- naught Road, Central, Room No. 205, Second Floor.
A Selection of Household Electric Apparatus, Dakin Patont Medicine and Sundries.
comprising:
response. How about it?"
as
We agree with South. North's hand is too strong for a simple two clubs is a raise to two hearts to begin with; better response. Having bid only two hearts, it is then
up to North to bid strongly as he can thereafter to show his strength, The best response 10 three diamonds is four clubs. North thus shows the club Ace, together with encouragement of any slam airi- bitions South may entertain.
A pass of three diamonds would be just about unthinkable no mat- weak the North hand ter how was-unless, perhaps, he should have passed one heart. The return to three hearts is therefore just a
the
1 B & L (Micro Photographic) | forced response-showing.
Apparatus
1 Switchboard
1 Impringer Machine
1 Heating Apparatus
1 Stand for Theodolite
Samsons Electric Combination Sandwich Toasters and Waffle Makers, Electric Coffee Makers, Electric Cookers, Electric Hot! Pads Dakins Cod Liver Oil, │• Chemical Food, Carlsbad Salt, Halibut Oll, Tooth Brushes. Ty-' phoon Lamps, etc., etc.
also
very weakest kind of simple raise. Even a jump to four hearts over three diamonds would have been a slight underbid; and the bid of only three hearts was therefore. far worse.
Yesterday
Q
A..
you
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were Merwin
EVACUATION REPRESENTATION
A Quantity of Glass Dressing Syringes, Urethral Syringes, Eve COMMITTEE Baths, Beakers, Drop Bottles and Empty Ampoules
and
1. Rheinmetall Portable Type- writer (almost new).
1 Diathermy Machine
1 Small Water Bath, 200. V.
1 Incubator, 200 V.
On View from Saturday,
21st: December, 1940,
PUBLIC. MEETING
A public meeting of those inter- ested in the Evacuation Represen- tation: Committee will be held at the Peninsula Hotel on FRIDAY,"| December 27, at 6 p.m., to receive the a statement: from the Committee. in connection with the reply to the Petition submitted on Novem- ber 22.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
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Hong Kong, 18th Dec., 1940,
In the
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What do you bid? (Answer
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