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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
I have often heard beginners at contract remark, "Well, it only my partner and I wore in the bidding, we would get to the right contract, but I never know just what to do when the opponents put in a bid
or two."
The expert bidder will tell you that the opponents' bids often help him, rather than hinder him. The bidding at contract, you know, is an auction sale. Each side is try- Ing to buy the contract and it goes
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to the highest bidder. Therefore the more bids your opponents put in, the more you know about the product you are trying to buy.
Your partner offers one spade, the opponents two hearts. Now. If you bid two spaden, doesn't that carry a lot more weight than if the opponent had passed? Again, the opponent's heart bid lets you know where your probable Insers are located. It may even allow you, later in the bidding, to get in a cue bid, showing no losers in that auft and inviting a slam.
over
In today's hand. South is just!- fied in bidding four hearts East's three heart bld. Inviting the slam, because his partner's bid of two spades, over two hearts, ia highly constructive. North shows- where his side strength fa in his hid of five clubs. It costs South nothing to show his act of dia- monds, and North. having a fit in diamonde, is justified in going to ніх прадея..
The Play
The play is rather interesting. The opening heart lend is trumbed by the declarer. He takes two rounds of spades, picking up the outstanding trumps. The fuck of clubs then is finessed.
A diamond
la returned and won with the acc. When West dropped the ten the declarer could now see the poant ble chance of making his contract. He had located the king of clubs in West's hand. It now looked as if West held noly two amanda.
Today's Contract Problem
Hero's an interesting band to bid. When South arrives at a contract of six spades. -and-recdives ́ ́tha king of hearts opening, how should he play the band to make contract? if declarer lende a diamond from dummy, East in going up with the sen
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Another diamond was played, West played the jack and North
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