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By W. E. McKenney
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1933.
The expert contract player must have many weapons at his com- mand. While the bidding is in progress, Imagination and logical inference are probably his mat valuable attribtutes, but once the play has started, success may de- pend upon a knowledge of mathe- matical probabilities,
The average player makes many playa which have leas than an even Chance of winning, and overlooks which would add to his any chance of success.
To-day's hand was played by a leading woman player who has pent years studying and teaching Lidding methods. Like many an- other she has developed a high de- gree of skill in hidding, but has Tot brought her play up to the same level,
The Bidding
Both sides were vulnerable and South opened the bidding with one club. West passed and. North re- sponded with one diamond-a one- over-one force,
Encouraged by North's construc- tive bid, South considered Ham
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ed with two no trumpa game de- nund force. North carried the bidding to three no trump which he- came the final contract,
The Play
West opened the jack of spudes which declarer won with the uce. The declarer realized that the suc cess of her contract depended upon
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establishing her diamonds before the opponents could establish their Japades.
Accordingly she led the king of diamonds and then a small diamond to dummy's ace, but when Enat did rot follow to the second diamond, all hope of making the contract was lost. The adversaries were two dia- eventually able to take nionds, two hearts and two spades, defeating the contract two tricks.
When the hand was over, the de- clarer remarked, "Well, all I needed was a break in diatnonds, and with only five out, they ought to be di- vided three-two."
the If this lady had studied mathematics of distribution, she would know that ve outstanding cards will be distributed three-two 68 per cast, of the time, four-one 28 per cent. of the time and re- nothing 4 per cent.
By playing for the three-two split, she would be successful in more than two-thirds of the cases. However, a complete application of mathematical principles would have increased that percentage consider. ably.
To play the diamonds. for maxi- should lay mum results, declarer down the king to the first trick, then play the eight and if West fails to cover, declarer should play low from dummy. This would in- Kurc establishing the diamond suit with ly onç loser, except in the case where East held originally QJ xx, or QJ xxx.
Those possibilities comprise only about 10 por cent, of the total, so the declarer could have increased Per chance of success to about 90 14. cent.
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