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- Bridge Swindles
No. 19
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By The Four Aces West, knew that South was fine player and that he would make his contract by an end play unless he could be sidetracked:
+
South, Dealer Neither aide vulnerable
4 4 3
swindle sidetracked a successful play in favour of ari unsuccessful
one.
Yesterday you wore Merwin D. Maier's partner and, with neither side vulnerable you held:
Q 9 3 2 ♡ J. B
O AQ 86
7 4 3
The bidding:
Maler
Jacoky
1
Pang
10
You Schenken
Pas
1♡
(?)
Рана
ANSWER: Bid one spade. The suit is not a good one, but there is a faint chance that partner has good spade support. Also, this is the cheapest bid you can make —an important consideration since your hand is so weak.
Score 100% for one spade; 50% for one no-trump; 30% for two clubs.
Question No. 599
To-day
Howard
ate you Schenken's partner and, with nef- ther side vulnerable you hold:
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OFF. THE RECORD
Ev ED REED
3 months
H.K.$ 9.00.
♡ K 7 6 3
6 months
H.K.$18.00
◊ 8 3 2
12 months
H.K.$36.00
♣ AJ 98
QJ10
9 6
N
A 7 5 2
3 months
♡ J 8 6 2
H.K.$17.00
W
6 months
H.K.$34.00
♡ Q 9
0 8 7
12 months
H.K.$68.00
O KJ95
$
4 Q762
strictly
* 4 3
AAK 8
A 10 4
◊ A Q 10 4
KJ 9
♣ K 10 6
♡ J 5
The bidding:
◊ AQ653
South 10 INT 3NT
Wost
North East
4 Q 4 8
14
Pass
Pags
The bidding:
Ракв
2NT
Pass
Sebanken
Maler
You
Pass
Pass
Рана
14
Pass
10
Jacoby Pass
12=3_ang Trims Bymali
1♡
Раев
(?)
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West opened the Queen of spades, South
winning with the Declarer
1H CARD VALLE OF THE COUR-ACIE SYSTEM
́ ́ACE
KINGA QUEEN:1 JACK...
TOTAL VALANG IN PLAN ON
King. cashed the club King and led the club ten, fnessing to East's Queen. South Won the space return with the spade Ace and led a club towards dummy.
West could place all the high cards from the bidding and correctly assumed that South's plan was to cash the clubs and the two high hearts and then lead a spade to force a diamond lead up to the Ace-Queen. The only danger, for South, was that West might be able to blank the King of diamonds and win four instead of three tricks at the end. And West's
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was to make South think the diamond King had been blanked.
On the third round of clubs, therefore, West discarded the five of diamonds; and on dummy's last club West blandly dropped the Jack of diamonds. Now South looked worried. Had West blank- ed his King of diamonds? I 90, correct play was to play the diamond Ace rather than throw West in with a spade. Or wils West just pretending?
If so, the end-play would work after all.
As it happened, South guessed wrong, by playing for the King of diamonds to drop. So
West's
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SCHOOL TEACHER NEARLY FAILS HIS CLASS
THE BOYS WILL WEED 4 LOT MORE COACH-
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TERM
WHAT'S WRONG WITH
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IT'S PARTLY MY FAULT:
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SEE A
DOCTOR.
AT THE DOCTOR'S
EVEN
WAKE TIRED
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IN YOUR CASE ALSO THIS HAS
LED TO AN EXCESS OF ACID WASTE PRODUCTS IN THE BLOOD. RECENT TESTS HAVE PROVED THAT HORLICKS AT BEDTIME
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SIX WEEKS
LATER "(THINKS) THE BOYS HAVE|| MORE BRAINS THAN I GAVE THEM CREDIT FOR MUST HAVE! AN EVENING CLASS-FEELI COULD [WORK.
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NIGHT
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REC
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Take HORLICKS
THEN YO SLEEP SO
WAKE REE ANDERANIE ENERGY PAL