Judge — February 28, 1931 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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000 Bridge Contest, to- n. In following issues the two remaining problems scoring is completed, prizes will be awarded and names nts will be published. Mr. Lenz’ first nine problems of the contest have appeared in earlier issues, Below is reprinted the tenth problem in the gether with Mr. Lenz’ soluti will be shown, Whe of successful contest. solutions of the Problem No. 10 ] The opening lead of the four of i CARD READING AND RECON. Clubs, with the three and two in si | STRUCTION designates a suit of but four ea @AQ1095 South's play of the ten of Clubs under 9106 the Jack, althou rked with five seas Clubs, can only ounted for by a _ sequential holding from the six to the ten. If South were able to beat the ck, he could have no good object in holding off. The missing card in the Spade suit should be placed in the ‘ South hand as, without at least one - card of suit bid by partner, a No S Trump declaration is usually bad ; | The Bidding: strategy. Too many cards of re-entry || sovTu WEST NORTHEAST are required to set up the suit and 1Spade | Pass | [Pass | bring it in. When void of partner's suit, it is better to bid another suit, if unable to rebid the originai declara- tion. With South holding the Spade, West must have held a five-card suit, notwithstanding that the opening lead was from a suit of but four cards. | Heart Pass . - AE) |1No Trump | Pass _ | Pass First Trick: | | West opens the four of Clubs, North | plays the three, East the Jack, and South the ten. How MANY CARDS OF EACH SUIT WERE ORIGINALLY HELD IN T! SOUTH HAND, AND I HAND? NAME AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE ane CARDS ORIGINALLY HELD BY It would be bad policy to lead up to the declarant the suit originally bid him, so if West holds a five-card it must be Hearts, the suit bid by South on the first round. With but four Hearts, South may be marked with the best missing cards in the suit and to justify the original bid South must have the Ace of Dia- Mr. Lenz’ Solution The Deal Complete: @AQ1095 9106 monds. The bidding would also tend © K1063 to show that South was more likely $A3 than West to hold the better of the other Diamonds. It should be noted that the open- ing bid of a four-card suit, in pre ence to a five-card suit, was justifiabl because the longer suit was not hes by a sufficiently high honor to m: a biddable suit. The three indifferent cards held by South in Hearts and Diamonds are not essential to obtain the maximum score, OAQE #109876 (Mazimum score, 14 points) 29 You never caught a bass with a bent pin HE wise angler uses the best tackle he can get. Wise card | players use the best cards. They refuse to sacrifice a dollar's worth of patience and skill for the few pennies’ difference between good cards and poor quality cards. Naturally most of them prefer the distinguished Aristocrat Cards . .. 80 easy to shuffle, deal, fan, and pick up that you will be delighted ...so superb in surface that they stay fresh much longer than others . . . so white and so beautifully printed that annoy- ing errors are avoided. High lus- trous finish as well as linen finish. You can always tell Aristocrats - by their bank-note backs — ex- clusive in this brand. PLAYING CARDS RUSSELL PLAYING CARD CO. NEW YORK, U.S. A. Bridge and Poker Packs Manufacturers alsa “Regal Multi-Color comicbooks.com