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In contract bridge the rarest successful bid is a pre-emptive bid. A pre-emptive bid is made to shut out the opponents, there fore if you are going to pre-empt, do so high enough to make it hard for the opponents to arrive. their correct declaration.
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The Bidding.
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This unusual hand was dealt in duplicate contract match, South was the dealer. He cannot bid one, as he does not hold two and one-half tricks. A two bid is a forcing bid and is out of the ques- tion, A three bid asks partner to go to game with one ineard-this is not the type of hand with which be an opening bid of three can made. The only bid left is a pre- emptive bid of four.
An original four bid in a major i suit advises partner that with the suit you name as trump you ex- pect to take eight tricks and South, holding eight trump and a side ace, has the right to figure that he will lose one heart which would give him seven, trump tricks and the ace of diamonds. When South bid four hearts, West, who has au unusual hand-only one card in it not being an honour card, and that one backed up with 100 honours--most naturally hesitates to bid five clubs. His proper de- claration is a double. North passes and while East's hand is not very strong, he knows that the declarer has advertised unusual length in hearts and has also said that he has little or no defensive strength, therefore East should assume that" the strength all lies with his part. ter and the double should be taken as an informatory double.
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of France's security of treaty rights and contractual Akree- ments.
do
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The Government, however, IR ready to discuss any projecta tending to 'greater world, stability (which may be construed as a Paris, June 7.
hand extended to Germany). The ministerial declaration As regards disarmament, Franco
which If East had bid four spades, read in the Chamber of Deputies favours all solutions South and West would pass and to-day, is entirely in general not compromise national security.
the There will be an immediate North, holding one trick only. terms and does not clarify
the French military would have a right to carry his European situation which wholly duction in partner to five hearts as partner dependa na France's attitude to-budget.
The statement offers help, in as- has said that he expects to go wurds reparations and disarman- down only two tricks with four ment. International peace and suciation with other countries, to hearts, even though North does goodwill is the keynote of the the people's distress and also to not have trick. Accordingly, statement, with a compromise on an "enlarged system of interna with the are of clubs, Norih reparations
disarmament, tional exchanges and agreement." should rightfully figure that his hot coupled with the insistence-Renter. · Partner will only go down twe
tricks at a five contract. IL So happened when the hand was play- ed that Eust passed the double of four hearts,
The Play.
There is not much to the play of the hund. West opened the king of clubs and the declarer must lose two hearts, two dia- mands and one club, but it was a good sacrifice as the contract was only defeated two tricks at four, while East and West van easily make five spades.
At one table, West bought the rontract at clubs. North opened a heart which West was forced to trump in the dummy. A small spade was returned which South trumped with a club and im- mediately returned a club which North won with the ace and re- turned his last club. In this man- ner North and South took three tricks against the five club con- tract.
Remember when making-n pre- emptive bid, pre-empt high enough to shut out your opponents.
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