THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 4 1933.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
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How to handle the situation when an opponent opens with pre-emptive bid and you hold an
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Mrs. Edmund Neil and her pärtner, Mr. Porter Walley," met the situation with a very fine bid -a bid that is a fine weapon when properly used: However you must be very careful not te abuse the bid.
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The Bidding
Both sides were vulnerable and South, the dealer, who held eight apades, started the contracting with a bid of four spades.
This is a pre-emptive bid and does not invite a response from partner on the contrary, it is u Belimite attempt to anut out not only the opponents, but your part. ner as well.
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Informatory double you would interpret it a 1 business double. This over calling of a pre-emptive bid with. 20 trump is a natural bidding Onvention that was introduce ast year and is now generally used in all systems.
Mr. M. Porter Walley, sitting in the West, after his partner over- called with four no trump, bið five diamonds. North passed.
"Mrs. Neil now knew, that her partner held at least four dia monds." She holds glx, and even though he holds only four dia monds to the eight spot it would be necessary to find three dia monds to the queca in the South hand in order for her to lose diamond trick.
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It looked as though the only trick that Mrs. Neil had to losc was a heart. If her partner holds three clubs, the fourth club can be ruffed in dummy, while if her partner holds four clubs, it is only natural to expect the club suit to break. Therefore, Mrs. Neil now bid six diamonds.
"The hand is a spread, as only one heart trick must be lost.
After the pre-emptive bid', of four spades by South it is indeed rather difficult for East and Weat to get into a six diamond contrae: with any other bid than the over- while this overcall of no trump call of four no trump. However, worked very well. be sure that you hold the proper type of hand before making that declaration.
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make any bid that will deamtely shut out my partner. However,} the bid of four apades. was made: and that is the situation wn:ch confronted Mrs. Neil, who sat in the East, when it was her turn to bid.
If she doubled four spades, her Partner would naturally take it to mean a business double, therefore a double was nut or the question.
Mrs. Neil well realized that South had made the bid of four spades because he held ofte ex- tremely weak suit and was en- deavouring to keep his opponent from bidding that suit,
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Generally a pre-emptive bid in one major is made to shut ou. the other major, therefore Mrs. Neil telt that perhaps she and he partner had a heart bid. How ever Mrs. Neil could not be ex pected to bid five hearts with only a three-card heart, suit over a four-spade bid.
She held two strong miner suits. A natural evercall woufa be to bid five diamonds-but re- member, with her hand she coulo support hearts, or play the hand at clubs or diamonde."Mrs. Neil now made use of a very fine bid - she overcalled with four no trump
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