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(1) Hingley, p. 39, if your partner makes Diamonds of Clubs, always, move to a good an attacking declaration of any kind. (he major suit (except at the score), whether you

have support or not, in his call calls in a major suit) and you have four or

five of his suit and other good Bergholt, p. 83, you should overbid One should increase his call to two Club or Une Diamond with Heart, a Spade

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31.-If both Dealer and Second Player have a Spade,, or cirrers unless yest are weak in dealer's suit, or pared Third player shomli ali ONE tin trong in your ow

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(Chap. vii) The latter gives an instance of SUBSCRIBED AND PAIN UP... a successful pre-emptive raise in Yo-trumps, Bessaro FUND భ

when Third Player held a solid Club suit, as any fairly protected suit: hate Overbid a Heart or a Spade with fire in No-trump miky it he has a goal ait Clabs or Diamonds, if

well-guarded Diamonds, three small Spades, and no Hearts. Manning 'p. 30, the pre mund hand.

With the first half of Bergholts nivice emptive raise at no trumps to shut out Dalton, p. 57, says he may call One Falten (p. 48) is in agreement Mauning, sait call is a very valuable factor in bidding No-trump

nsiderably less strength

See als Bascule, p. 1 it is sound, than as dealer, Encule, p: 49, Dealer nay, don't take your partner out of

to back your warned him, that he has a poorish hand, major suit into the other injor suit, just upon a roper secasion, bat.. if there is a tolerably

because you have a big honour score in ther's (initial) bid of "be overcalled. wale call

Irwin (p. 45) sys third lami should And Work, į£93,

with watting for wound bikling fur Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, Madras, Colombo open to him. Third Bidder ought to make it i if only as a means of telling Dealer

round bu advanco what to should Fourth Players, unless he holds a better bid than his Third Hand on the first

learl

partner-one which will go game in fewer partner's No-trump become the decurrit tricks or which, holds "erestingly high (except of course when he has a Major suis! Third Player should unly No-trumps honours': p. 15, when the overchil is made bit) whenever he has four tricky for a

this frequently shuts out bid may be tendered on much the usal no help for the first suit. Emmet, p. 38, information stuff, Foster p. 118, Third hand should if Third holds four more cards of the other would, produce [from Second] the only never declare no-trumps unless he can win major suit than of his partner's major suit, lead that could prevent the No trump frota at least & tricks himself, but should invari able show any suit that might be, led to he should call his own wait, but not going game. So also in the majos, suits, altres, id est, the enges the (6) There is general agreement as to the In Hearts, or ipades that such strength

in he would contruct! nud (P

thing to strength take-out in maje suits. (tre) vance his partner's declaration of either CO., LTD, particularly avoided is any declaration that

is not defensive as well attacking

ILM In Auction Made. Fay he shy, pure the strength take-out' ia minor suita, wise of him to bid, two or more on the first

und the weakness take-out." in major Major-suit calls

be avoided should

Bergbult,, 87, holding a strong hand, unless the hand is at lenst atrick with one missing shit, you should take your stronger than would be orauit calls Partner take out' or 'reacus' is obligatory

by thin

nut only in the major svits, The dealer for free bid

Minor-suit may be freely made on any coinbination of in all suits, but the strength take out cards that would be a free bid

your only I want postal secondary hit, your weak in linear suit, the practice is only to partner have given an opportunity to make it.

Bergholt, 1.1. 83 if it is important that any uits. Irwin, p. 3, No-trump take-

if anil particular suit should be led to you,

in the minus suits are made from DUEN when Fourth gets the declaration, you weakness only (sire contracts this. must now call One in that suit. You should!

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No-trumps, you must have a stronger and than has been prescribed for the dealer-is hant reasonably for tive tricks. So

Manning, pp. 80, 90,

both from weakness and from strength.

Foster would (pp. 149-150) take out by a minor auit either for hopeless weakness or because the minor suit is very strung, say 7 or 8 cards; a take-out in a minor suit

Work, p. 15 When the first bid is unde absolutely dis any tricks in Spades by Third Fourth haul, is is not or Hearts. The rule for the partner, classed as "initial"

The he says (p. Jas) when holding a trickless player may be influenced by the knowledge hand is to call any five-eard suit, major or that his partner has passed, by the desire to minor, simply as a warning; and again indicate a lead, or by other conditions that (p. 154) never leave your partner in with a do not affect Dealer or Second Haul! So it of one

To bid & So-trump, despite his or spade no trump if you have five hearts whether they are only 9 partner's Pick

Third Hand should have at high, or headed by four honours unti least one

greater strength than would whether there are two or three tricks in he required for an initial. id. He may the rest of the hand, or none at all.', So.2 bid a suit that he desires his partner to Foster, p. al. Irwin, p. 69, would take out lead-should Fourth call

advisable on any five card suit that runs to a ten

spot.

pre-emptive bid is No-trump

whenever

never Thurd, Hand has suit of such length and strength that, with it the trump, a game seems probable even with

the bidding. partner too weak to 36. The hike-mit, (denial curreall, or rall). If Second Player has passed Drater drclaratum, int it stanil (ra perially he Ant called TWOJ untess

short in his suit (not

more than two

On this inst Dalton (p. 44) pours scorn. Dalton himself (p. 45) would not interfere with his partner's original call unless it does not suit my hand at all, or unless I have call which takes less tricks to win the game when, the third player has a really strong suit in Spades or Hearts he ought to call two in that suit, almost without regard to the rest of the

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(a) You are very and have a suit of mind.. With strong-Diamonds or Clubs and Chefoo your own which you would have declared as one other suit protected, it is better to leave Hairen Dealer or as Second Bidder;

the "One No-trump will have nothing

"call alone." With Hailst (b) You can make a sound declaration rescue from weakness in a suit of higher rank (even if you can to do.

him in his minor

guit);

Hingley, When he has declared No trunips, a certain these Diamonds rail than to risk (c) you have (1) a long-not less than six defeat in a No-trumper, but a band is better but weak sait, major or minor, and nothing played as "No Trumper when the de else; or (2) a long and strong major suit, clarer of "No Tramps" has only one or gone a missing sait; or (3) a long and of his partner's declared suit, and the rest of

three suits, is really.

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at all. issue, not mentioning ninor suita

Uwen, P

41, would, apparently in all suits, call two for weakness, and three te) He has called two in a minor suit, to show strength (So Berghol 58, you have acquiesced in either Foster and Foster, p. 132,-quoted above)er 10 and

"if you Minor suit Two-call convention, or in have re-entry cards, it is usually

declaration. Anthony's pressing invitation faces. leave Dealer in his no-trump

with

.

strong minor suit, with no curd of re-entry. his hand, the remni. 34, evades the

・

(In the last two cases, enll three);

(d) You are very stron

in his declara tion: when you any (but not necessarily should put him up one

*

16 for both), and can fulfil their respectivo but if you have a long suit without cards conlitions, when, of course, you call "Two of No-trumps."

Fun

entry,

call Dealer out every time.

P. 79, the Rescue should never

2

(a) Gillies, p. 80, always move your be made with a suit of less than five partner from his call if you have no cards. (So Irwin). He discusses the pros assistance in it, a reasonable call of your and cons, and concludes that in the lung own Bergholt, p. 84, if you hire a run the Rescue reduces the loss, and i dvice, whe singleton in Dealer's suit and have a good equally valuable as maying five card suit of your own, call if this does ther the take-out suit be a major or a misur not increase the contract (2. 2, one Spade But to distinguish a

a strength take-out over one Heart),

if you are void, call from a Rescue, he suggests the elimina T'w, if necessary?

y Irwin, p. 45, concurs tion of the Rescue with Major suits even when the new suit is a lower one than (80)

With

five-curd or longer Dealer holds; but, (p. 60) it must be `n Major suit including four

of over-call the first weak

suit should be suit-bid; p. 45, to your partner's don't feel called upon to "show" a lower three. So with a minor sait strength card than your partner's; show it only as take out' (p. 88); two in a minor suit. a danger signal. Manning, p. 91, the most indicates general weaknes, three, great dangerous

partners are those who will take strength with, almost invariably, a blank their

partner gut on the blea that they must show their suits.

Anthony, p. 48, zo take his partner out

perfeets good! suit: never make

honous

or

five

le

Isid

of

He points out (p. 91) how the state of the score alters the situation: when two odd, or even three odd, would win the game,

of n Spade or Heart bid is practically tanta it is generally wiser with a five card hold mount to saying that he cannot supporting to bid that suit than decline to over- him in the suis med. (So Irwin, p. 67) call the No-trump When one trick, p1:5, failing three small cards of whether in the suit-call or in the No-trumps dealers suit, or two one of which is as would win

the game,

me, it is generally foulish good as the Queen, partner should bid any to advance. The amount of the contract," that he would have declared as unless there is (a) a blank suit (b) a pro- a free bid, or perhaps a trifle weaker baile increase in the honour score, ur(e) a if there are 5 cards in it; p 136, desire to shut out Fourth Pinger.

it is equally

mportant t the minor suits.

either

suit

says

suit

Bluet, p. 78, objects to the weak rescue, bac you make it a rule never to make werk rescue with less than Mix the You-can- disadvantages tend to disappear.

Alanning, deny major suit for

5, would take out in elsewhere.

(p. 139)

weakness or for that a take-out of a major by a minor sult of great strength, could diested buy. The minimans (for it weakness take

July br calling three

not two (which last is a out) must be aix; sonus players say seven. denial on weakness) He em

emphasises this eup point in Auction Made Easy

Work, p. 97. if Third Hand with other

be both short and weak in strength

the Major declared by his partner, a pass is not Be that your. rescue is always | inexcusable.

In this caso not much from

but you can quarantee strength is needed to justify One No-trump it is either from length or stress that Sa take out into a major sait only when. 30). Third should bid Spades over Hearts, of rice-ters, when he has strength the number of honours is

than sufficient to justify an original bid in his the number of aces. own suit and

and distinct weakness in his part in major suit it

Yarborough, B. T. 23.10.21, with buren, in it is obligatory to call partner Janning, p. 83, Don't take your partner of independently of strength or weakness, out of a major into & minor suit just unless the

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because you cannot help him in his suit,one. 7 Fachaboper boun invulnerable

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p17, when the hand unless you can see your way to game. Don't contains an Ace in one suit and take him out from weakness in a suit call King or better in another the So Work p. 99, A rescue of a Major bid of take-out is unnecessary unless the five-card one should never be attempted. Taking it major suit is headed by King or Aca; bus

with six in the suit there is out shows strength,”

no doubt

Emmet, P (b) Bascule, p.51, an original bid of one the advantage of the take-out."

ava be taken out Diamond or one Club the Third Bidder ought 45, starter should

always to advance

to a higher valued suit, or no of a no-trump call with a call

spades or trumpe, if he can. Work, I 94When hearts if the suit consists of five

tive cards to the Dealer has bid one Ciaborone Diamond and Ace or King or six cards to the Jack or better.

17th, 1922):

it is Second Hand has passed, Third Hand if he Bergholt (Queen, June

into a has a strong Major suit should, of course, advisable to call off a No-trumper declare it; but when a Major bid is lacking Major suit, if you hold five to the 3, 10, or

of

he should bid No Trump if he has strength five to the Queen or better, irrespective of the

in two suits or defence in three. In the ex- rest of the hand, whenever there is a weak

- THE RED BUILDING (Oproste lez Havsr Sr. ceptional case in which game seems pro- spot in the No-trump call.' Dealer, he says,

bable, with the Minor declared by his has only himself to blame if (on the second

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