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Application for return of gold
M. VI. D'Atton, instructed
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notes on the Nathan Roat
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bid either of his three-carders BOME BIDS IMPOSSIBLE YOU GET into such Jams dur- So he jumped with his clubs to ing the bidding that sometimes show he had a hand of opener it seems impossible to find the strength and a rebiddable suli.
East yearned for the ability to correct bid. In fact, the situa tion is so bad thai anything you bid 3-No Trumps, but couldn't
you Think
have He would definitely
over 4-Clubs. wrong. Sometimes your own previous bid 4-No Trumps in its natural bid or bids can
Into such pul you
sense but West would surely have dilemmp. Sometimes nction considered a Blackwood slam
Invitation by your partner does I.
Some-
following his own times the opponents cause
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JOSEPH COTTEN
VALLI
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TREVOR HOWARD
East. Both sides vuli
among evils, despite the weak- ness of the sult, or cise 3-No Trumps without diamonds stop- ped. But East vetoed all those and decided to bid hearts a third
lime, making his suit sound like at least a six-carder.
Now West had his troubles. Nothing he could think of seem- od right, so
he passed. Résult— down five, us the defenders took. the first eight tricks, due to ruffa that developed when Eust finess- ed the spade 2 lead and later a diamond lead,
Funniest thing about this deal is that 3-No Trumps could be made easily, despite the freakish distribution.
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Enst felt that, with his card major and éight cards all told in the major suits, he ought to open the bidding, so did. He had
no trouble at all with hts C 2 second call, merely rebidding hie hearts.
Then
both partners.
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West feared that a simple re- bid of clubs would make his goort
hand sound weak. Ho didn't
like 2-No Trumps with no cards
(Denter; vulnerable),
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