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TELEGRAPH. · THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1932.

There are overal systems for valuing hands at no trump, but, perhaps the most popular is the pitch count system which was ex- plained in our previous articles. An opening bid of one first hand shows a count of 13; second hand, n count of 12: third hand 14, and fourth hand 16. Partner should support to two no trump with combined count of 22, and to three no trump with a combined count of 24.

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LADIES' NIGHT AT THE Y.M.C.A.

ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME

ARRANGED.

The last of a series of entertaia- ments-entertainments that have proved the most popular of the different forms of recreation instituted some years ago by the Y.M.C.A takes place this oven- ing in the new theatre lounge of the Instituto at Kowloon.

These entertainments, known as "Ladies' Nighta" have permittel Y.M.C.A. Members to entertain their lady friends to dinner on the premises, the dinner usually fol. lowed by some novel recreation- a concert, a dramatic evening, or other form of diversion.

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The programme arranged for this evening is as usual of very

standard, comprised Under the straight forcing sya-high tem, however, it is not advisable vocal and instrumental itoms by to open harde with one no trump local artistes and two one-act that contain a biddable four-card plays, the one a comedy, the other suit, especially if the hand con-ja drama, by the Y.M.C.A. Drama- tic Players, The many patrons tains a werk doubleton. In other of these special evenings can look words, an opening bid of one no trump normally shows distributed forward to a strength and no biddable four- card suite. Four-card suits In or- der to be biddable must be at least is strong as ace, queen, nine, 10 or king, queen, nine, 10.

veritable treat, for it will be remembered that the Dramatic Players were extremely popular during the winter season of 1930/31 when they establishar themselves by producing the first plays of a series from their re- pertoire:

In addition to the count, a hand should contain at least two quick tricks to open with one no trump. while in suit bids you are required to hold two and one-half quick GEN. MA CHAN-SHAN.

tricks.

Original Suit Bids of One. Original suit bids of one are made when holding at least a bid- dable four-card suit and two and one-half hisch card tricks. All writera have their favourite high card trick tables. but the simplest one advocated by the writer is as

follow:

A K of same suit

A QJ of some suit

A of sanie suit

KQ of same suit

K of same suit

QJ of same sult

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You will notice that the last three valuations have restrictions. Only one J must be counted in a hand as one-half quick trick. When holding a hand containing two Q J's, the other is too suscep- tible to squeezes when being play- ed at a auit declaration, but on practically every hand that you would hold two and one-half tricks, if both Q J's were counted, you would have an original no trump bid. Q J's should not be counted in suit bids if the band does not contain an ace, but they must be counted in a ne trump hand.

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You will also, notice that the writer advocates an A as only one trick unless the suit is bit. If you hold a biddable suit hended by AQ and a side trick, you may count your A Q as one and one- half, or if your partner bids a suit and you hold A-Q in that suit, you may value it as two tricks. While if it was bid by your left-hand opponent, it should be counted as only one trick. If your right-hand opponent bid n suit in which you held the A Q. you would count that ALX two tricks.

The reason for not valuing an AQ when not bid as one and one- half tricks, is- because so many times you may be called upon to make the opening lead and as we do not like to lead away from an A 2, sometimes an opening lend very detrimental to the hand is minde in an endeavour to protest the A Q suit.

While opening bids of one are required to hold two and one-half high card tricks as a minimum, there are many hands containing as high as five to five and one- half quick tricks that must be opened with one due to a bad dis-: tribution. Opening bids of one. should not be passed by partner if his hand contains at least one and one-half tricks. This feature will be explained in our next ar ticle.

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