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||BY SIR WILLIAM WILKINSON. |
CONVENTIONS IN CALLING,
N. TOL
The origins! ("frée ") Lid:
1.Calling ore in Clubs, as an invitation your arter to go Na-trumps. (e) Now generally discred any suit to show
discredited.
length without high curls (ees, Discredited nowadays by alust every writer.
3-Calling in a minor suit, 'ns un invita tion to
to your partner to learn two No trumps (S1) Detended by Bergholt as being a natural, and not a conventional, invitation.
a five-cand suit' Ho explains (p 243) that when the informatory No-trump double was first devised, it was thought advisable for the partner of Decisrer to pass when weak, because it was presund that the partner of the Doubler must take out the hable. Now everyone knows that
passing the double, when strong is recognised as sound and profitable part of the Disabler Auction tactics on the He is sapt to have a hand ..
strength to
to pass gather in a
has a bust. To avoid when the
partner of the bidder of a by ste card suit this dangerous po
No-trump hillity, the wenk partner
Wich
it
has been doubled,
Strength it
it pays him to pass and if panish the doubler: So the character of the takemont should not be misunderstood. With a very long (six or seven gards) suit so weak that it is useless. for a No-trump
clever hidder takes out by billing three, "4-The" "dfine-mit, Tevodi Omenzija.
In the case where Dealer has called Qas (den. 16). Calling tes in a ninor quit, trump and Seemd has overbid, with informs your partner that you hold a No Work deprestes an in- trump in the other three suits. If he cusatory double by Third: Third had stop the suit wien he bids Strange better either bid two No-trumps, or double eve if he has not another trick in the for tusiness purposes with the expectation hand: if he cannot, he is forced to bid and desire tint the double will stand." his longest suit, no matter how poor it is.
wish your partner
Conversely If you
to nine his longest suit, and not to SV No-trump you can use this convention provided that you hoki the sure tricks in thesmit itself." (Foster, 5)
The second tilder.
5-Calling om in a minor suit over one in a major, means that you can assist the other major suit, ornre willing to have your partner go No tragis if he can stop the denler's it. Wees. 23, and Foster,
'6.--Doubling a "muit-hid is a conventional way
of asking your partner if he can stop that suit. If he can, he may safely bid No-trunip If he auicet, he must bid his best suit. au matter what that, i Finder no circumstances should he leave the double in. (Forter, p. are
7-Doulding a' No-terang asks your park. Her to
sit. The partner may see more in pegalties by
by letting ปีน doubl No-trumper stand-and therefor is not
to make a call. (5 4. 23),
Nos. 1, 5, 6, ani are the modern or American conventions, explained und illustrated by Foster. He vote a whole sertion
1 (11% 74-85) to "Two-trick Bids in Minor Suits, and a second (pp. 204-241) to
Conventional Doubles,"
The latter section (which anttaturs these calls should study in its entirety) gives the must approved methods for the four players: (A)-the double of a one-trick suit-bid:4
Dealer bids ms (Spade or Heart).
Second, Payer doubles (but only if he has at least seven tricks at attacking values').
Third, either (a) says nothing, and waits to hear Fourth's response to the double, or (b) makes a bid. If he has sepport in Denler's suit, he calls trea (though he ang pas); if he has nothing in the suit, but excellent support outside, he redoubles.
Fourth, in case (n), cally No-trumps if he can stop Dealer's suit, or if he cannot stop it, bids his own best suit. In case (b) lo. river not bid at all if he has nothing but a anderete founward suit: hut if he has any suit of e, he must hit.
On the secund rocud, if Second Phyer "feels strong enough to insist on bring shown any snit of four 'cards (held by Fourth), however weak,' he doubles again. (D)--the double of a No-trumper:
Dealer bids one No-trump.
Second Player doubles (with at least five sure tricks)
Third, if he has more than average assistance for the No-tramper ratioubles (if weak, bids any five suit).
Fourthi then must bid his best suit.
The Conventional Double (i) is not restricted to Second Player, but may be employed, at any stage of the biddings, by any one of the other three players, includ ing the Dealer (ii) is not limited to one call,- tio or a thore call, if in fron id, may be doubled conventionally.
For (1) Foster, p. 213, gives an example. (Game No. 67) where Dealer goes No- trumps without a Heart: Second and Third HandsFourth Whids two Dealer doubles to compel Third either to bultwo No-trumps" if
Hearts can stop
once or
to cail his best suit. For (ii) he, in Game No. (p. 221) makes Dealer pass and Secondl call three Spades' on seven to Ace, 10 and Ace of Diamonds. Third, with four Hearts to A, K, R, six Clubs to A, Q. two Diamonds (6) and a singleton Queen of Spades, doubles, whereupon Dealer calls three No-trumps
Work deals with "Informatory Doubles' on pp. 121-132. He says they are limited to the double of adverse bids of one or two, and to cases in which the partner has not al- ready lid. A double of three or more is what lic calla
The expects the dosis doubles
doubler's partner to over- fatter neither expects, nor desires,
4
2
Tork interprets Second Player's
I double of nip' to mean "I have!
a land with
I would have bid No- trgmp
bod Dealer not done so first. I wish
you to take me out by bidding two No-trumps, or two of your best suit, as you. may prefer, unless you are so strong that you are satisfied that, by allowing the double to stand, we shall cure & penalty worth more than the game." But such a double should never be made unless the doubler has at least five euro tricks.' (IE Second is initial bidder, Third should not double without unusual strength/j
A
· Doubling an initial suit bid of one or two 'means that the doubler has strength in the ther three suits, but canast stop the suit just bid.. It enables (elsewhere he
if
says, forces') 'partner to bio stone. F
This
have the declared suit safely. not, le can bid his long suit double should not be made without real strength in each of the three suits, and it should guarantee five tricks for the par 1er's declaration, whatever it may be.'
Work, p. 218, goes on to discuss the plan advanced as a defence against these doubles, redouble by the partner of the initial bidder, when he has better than averige strength. He thinks that it is much more effective for the partner to mask
His
trength and await developmech be
however, is is a hand with
hc
intela, sader or later, to advance the initial bil, u should do so at once. makes any other bid (when Second bas doubled one No-trump') than two No- trumps, that lid is a lescue: it is wise for the partner to interpose a rescuing bid whenever he has of band which cannot help the So-trump and which contains
Bergholt and Irwin's condenariation of the 'modern' Conventions has been noted. Manning, p. 59, says 'it must be obvious that any code or convention which is not universally recognised is unfair:' p. GI, I hold that there should be no con- ventions in the call, of a band. Prehabo, p. 151, by wine people' can hing tolerate.
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