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THE TWO-SUITER
COMPLEX
By The Four Aces
value of a two-suited hand. Every experienced player knows
Victoria, in the Colony of Hong the The First Bell will be rung at Kong at 11.15 o'clock in the fore-If one of the suits is trump. the
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HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY,
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ANSWER: Bid four spades. You thereby show that your suit will take care of itself with very little support. If that information enables your partner to try for a slam, you are satisfied; your bid- ding indicates that you
cannot make a slam try yourself.
Score 100% for four spades, 40% for three spades, 0 for any other bid,
Question No. 660
other can be made a valuable
To-day you are David Bruce auxiliary; and the shortness of the
partner and, with side suits reduces the outside loss Burnstone's
provided that the trump suit both sides vulnerable, you hold:
strong enough there is the weakness of the two-
pressure.
suiter if partner's hand neither suit, there may be lots of trouble. Ignoring this danger led South to a damaging penalty in the hand below:
A
East, Dealer North-South vulnerabla
AAJ 9 87 8
4
A 6 4 2 V KJ 96 06 3
10 962
fils
AK JD 7 3 V 5 2
0 8 4 2
J 6 5
The bidding: Burnstone Jacoby
10
Pass
You 1 A
Sebenken l'ass
2 NT
Pass
(7)
(Answef
What do you bid?
(Released By The Bell Syndi-
0 Q5
K Q7 4
To-morrow.)
N
A
K Q 10
Q 10 3
W
OAK J 9
cate, Inc.)
#J 8 3
3
A 5 7 6 2
◊ 10 8 7 4 3
♣ AB
The bidding:
Easi
South
West
North
INT
Pas
Pass
2A
Pax
3
Dbl.
3 A
Dbl. Dbl.
40
Разв
P&SH
Рана
Pasa
Pass
HION CARE VALUCE OF THE FOUR-AGES BYTTER
ACF
3
KING QUEEN.1 JACK...
2
West made the "killing" open- ing lead a trump and good defence set South three tricks for penalty of 800 points. South tried to excuse his bid- ding by showing that he would have made his contract against any other opening lead; but North rhowed that It would have taken good defence to defeat three spades enė trick. South had to admit that it was better to give the opponents 200 rather than 800 if they were keen enough to find the best defence.
TOTAL VALJAI GENER 200
EVERANS HAND SPA
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20 * *
★ K Q J 8 3
Q
◊ 8 4 2
♣ J G 5
The bidding:
Maler
Jacoby Pass
Του
10
1 A
2NT
Paas
(?)
Schenken
Pass
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