Judge — January 1934 — page 35: what you’re looking at

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ou Make These Mistakes in Contract Bridge? A discussion of some popular miscon- ceptions about contract bridge . . . for the forgotten ‘‘average’’ bridge player. ET’S suppose you’re playing Contract with some friends. You are Vulnerable. You pick up a hand which has 6 tricks. Do you say to yourself, “That's strong enough for an_ opening Two Demand Forcing Bid’? That's one of the most common mistakes in bridge. Stop to think about it for a moment. Suppose you bid Two Spades. According to convention, your partner has to keep the bidding open for you. You then rebid and lose anywhere from 200 to 900 points. But suppose you open the same hand with a One bid. If your partner hasn't a normal raise, you can't make game anyhow, can you? He will pass and you will play the hand in a bid of one, with much less chance of being doubled. That’s where the bid belongs. You may have 4 Aces and 2 but they will take only 6 tri IT’S DISTRIBUTION THAT COUNTS. Another Example Or perhaps during the game you keep in mind an idea something like thi “I need only 2% tricks to open the bid- ding if I'm First or Second Hand. But Third and Fourth Hand should be pro- gressively stronger to open.” ow if the Dealer who sa: himself would forget such a minute, he would realize should PASS hands like thes furthermore, that Third and hands should actually not require SO MUCH to bid! And here is why: If Dealer passes borderline bids he'll have the comfortable feeling of knowing that he has reserve strength that his op- ponents don't know anything about. He'll open the bidding third hand, Then he'll never find himself caught between two powerful hands. But he d his ‘tner will often catch an un- wary opponent that way! Isn't that common sense? These may not be your particular errors. Yet they are only two of many other mistakes which are being made, evening after evening, by bridge play- ers all over the country. Thousands are Losing—and Don’t Know Why! day and everywhere, thou- losing at bridge when they s that to ules” for that he Every sands are P. HAL SIMS might be winning—playing with taut nerves and st they might be enjoy And why? Because they have been bewildered y a host of wooden “conventions.” Be- cause the ccept a lot of routine rules which ider “laws.” Because they do not realize that the most im- portant. single factor in Contract Bridge is COMMON SENSE! Common Sense! That's the basic principle which has Je P. Hal Sims the champion of champions. He has won more major bridge tournaments than any bridge player that ever lived. He has walked away with precisely twenty-three national championships! Independently wealthy, P. Hal Sims never needed nor desired to exploit his playing and teaching ability. But his mazin; successful _ brid, career couldn’t help but focus attention on his method. Gradually the word spread that the SIMS method was the most inevitably successful method, yet the simplest to master, that the game had ever known. More and more players began to take it up, until today over 80% of the major tournaments of the t three years have been won by ims or by players of his system. Contract ned faci ng them- And Now—“Money Contract” Do You simple the S method is? PI auction Un- thod of conceal y for many hus But now you can easily judge for yourself method can do for your own » tell peop! to employ the ers. result is his already famous book—new, different. as practical as its EY CONTRACT.” But Mr. Sims wi ly that this is not So he has told his definite system whieh h The . ot absolutely convinced it has improved their game.” “MONEY CONTRACT*—sol double guarantee described become a national be calls it “Undoubtedly a masterpi card games. But it is also the m: the most original and the most informing.” Send for 5 Days’ Examination This is no dull treatise on card mathematics, It's a friendly book that contains “expert” it tells you, in simple, everyday ze about things like Contract’s Gold tard — Aggressive | Hands — Defensive s—The Right Way Forcing Hi The One. -One—The Si Timid and Hardy —Overbidde Blind with * hundreds of other pointers which have P. Hal Sims the greatest bridge player | world. It has no inflexible system to sell, be- cause it teaches the «imple fundamentals of great game. It can never get * because it teaches so basic: grounded in fundamental card patterns and plain common sense. Examine the book at Double-Guarantee. coupon, only $2, FIRST, rend “Money, Contract vinced that it ean better your the book in & funded. SECOND—If our risk—on_ this Send no money with the When book reaches you. If not con cores—return days and your $2 will be re- you decide to keep Contract” and within a month you, as an av- erage player, are not satisfied that your & has improved 1000 points per bridge evening for 500 points if alr a good player) AC you may return the book and your money will be refunded. Send no money now. Mail coupon at once. 3711, 386 me Pot jeney Contract. je with latest When postman 1 will’ pay comicbooks.com