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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1933.
CONTRACT KEEP UPKEEP DOWN CONSIGNEES NOTICES. P & O BRITISH-INDIA APCAR AND
BRIDGE
By W. E.I
McKenney
Any good card player will tell you that some of the prettier and most difficult plays are defensive plays.
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The Bidding
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South was the dealer and either side was vulnerable. South open- ed the contracting with one heart. Many players might analyze the South hand for its high card
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way to analyze the hand to deter- mine whether or not South has a bid is to reason in the following
manner.
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If South bids a heart and his partner denies with a no trump, he is willing to have the hand played at no trump. H North bids
To pay a dividend of 40
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either clubs or diamonds, this To carry forward to new can be supported by South, while if North overcalls with a spade bil, South is in a position to make a constructive two no trump bid, and that is exactly what happen- ed on the hand.
After South's bid of one heart West passed, North bid one spade. East, passed. South then bid two no trump.
38.773.40
$ 438,773.40
47.024.43
3. 486.797.53
The above proposed allocation for the year under review has been in corporated in the accounts.
Directors Mr. Allan Cameron retires by rotation, but being eligible, offers, himself for re-election.
Auditors.The accounts for the year under review have been audited This bid of two no trump does by Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming, who are eligible and offer not necessarily deny spade supthemselves for re-election. port rather it shows an honour
in partner's suit. After the bid
of two no trump, North bid three
apades, announcing that he held a declarer, if he held the king, to five card spade suit and signing cash it immediately.
the hand off. However, South Therefore, instead of playing who had every suit stopped, now the are of diamonds, she went in decided to try for a game and bid with the queen. Now you can three no trump.
see South's predicament-if he refuses to take the diamond trick,- The Play
he is afraid' that East will lead through his king of diamonds, West's opening lead was his and that his contract will be im- fourth best diamond-the seven mediately last. He can also see The four was played from dumthat if West does not hold five my, and now what would you play diamonds he may still make his from the East hand?
contract even though the king of spades lies on the wrong side..
There is an old rule in bridge which says "Never finesse your
However, if he can find the partner's lead." However, the word "never" has no place in king of spades in the West hand it is immaterial whether or not bridge and there are times when Vest holds five diamonde-he can every convention must be broken. still make his game.
Erst reasoned that the spade
All that South can do is to cush suit would set for South on one his king of diamonds. He then lead. She further reasoned that leads the queen of spades, takes with all the strength that ber the finesse, and East wins the hand contained, undoubtedly trick with the king. Now all she West's hand did not have a rehas to do is to play her ace of entry card.
diamonds and then lead her five of diamonds.
If she went in with her ace of diamonds, South would stay of the diamonds until the third round and would then block the suit Her only hope was to force the
This allows West, her partner, to run off three good diamond tricks which defeats the declarer's contract one trick.
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