Judge — April 1934 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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trick, are you not going to make a at least three times with the lead coming up to your hand and the opponents knowing nothing of your five card suit? et us take a stronger opening hand: Spades, K J arts, K J 9 Diamonds, A J 10 Clubs, A K Jx x The bid as before is no trump: two spades. Plainly, you next bid two no trump, as there is no need to seek a sign-off in clubs. If now your partner bids three spades, the hand does not look hopeful, and I think you should pass. In bidding two no trump you hoped very much that your partner could next bid three hearts, In that event the hand is surely safe in at least five hearts, and your partner need only hold an ace to take the bidding to slam. The slam try would be made by a bid of five hearts over three, plainly calling for a slam. The responder to this try for small slam needs only an ace in either of the suits he has bid. There is then no mo- tive for mentioning the club suit. If the partner’s response has been two no trump, bid three no trump, and hope that if he does not afford you any pro- tection in the spade suit, the values on which he has raised will enable you to run nine tricks as soon as you get in, with at worst a finesse in diamonds. With, ame Spades, K x x Hearts, K x Diamonds, A Q x Clubs, A K x x x if the bidding has gone to one no trump, two spades, two no trump, three spades, the opening bidder should now take the decision and bid four spades. Increase his club holding to A K Q x x, and I think he should bid three no trump rather than four spades, because he m hope to lose no club tricks, and with heart lead coming up to his hand it is probably easier to make nine tricks at no trump than ten in spades where an opening heart lead would be through the king. Should the opponent not open a heart, declarer may never make his king of hearts, but he will probably be saved a guess in some other suit which will enable him to run nine tricks with- out making the king of hearts; or it may still become possible to make that king by means of an end-play. Remem- ber that when you can lead out a five card suit, your opponents may discard unwisely and enable you to make a game that could have been defeated had all the hands been exposed. In general, when your partner’s re- sponse is two no trump there is no reason for you to show a concealed suit. T do not wish to go on record that such rebid should never be made, but I think you can rule it out unless your hand is so strong that you wish to make a sec- ond round slam try by giving a jump bid of four in your suit. Actual Playing Problem No. 12 ByW b. MeKenney North @ Ags 109 @AKS 64 South @K 107 AK 653 K2 eoss The contract is six spades by North, Can you reconstruct the hands so t orth will make his contract? FE. shes his ace of diamonds, therefore t must not make a spade trick. Solution to March Problem North @KQIS4 254 765 @A43 West @A109 279876 98 @ KOs 10 8765 South @32 KOJ1032 A432 &2 Last month the complete North and South hands were shown, You were told that the contract was four hearts by South and that West's opening lead was the king of clubs, and were instructed to distribute the cards in the East and West hands so as to combine two hold-ups, one on the part of the declarer as the only strategic play that might allow him to make his contract, but this must be offset by a hold-up on the part of one of the opponents which defeats his con- tract. The complete East and West hands are now shown, The opening lead is the king of clubs which is won in dummy with the ace. A small heart is returned, East winning with the ace. East returns the king of diamonds. South, the declarer, must hold-up and refuse to win, East con- tinues with the queen of diamonds and South wins the second round with the ace. He now swings three rounds of trumps, picking up. the outstanding trumps from West. The three of spades is then led and West must hold up his 20 idge Pastimes e¢ and refuse to win this first trick This hold-up prevents the declarer from establishing the spade suit, and he must lose a spade, a heart and three diamonds, If West had not employed the hold-up. but had won the first spade trick, the losing diamonds could have been dis- carded on the spades. Double Dummy Problem No. 12 Russell Roosen North @ 864 V43 KQ64 & 1096 WW Sasi @ 109 75 K J 105 J 10983 752 &O8T42 ess South @AKQOI Q9652 A AK South is the declarer. Hearts are trump. West leads the Jack of diamonds. South must win 12 tricks without trump- ing one of his own spades in the North hand, Solution to March Problem North @ 853 2 Ji4 74 &O109 West East 8 J A Q @ OJ 1062 @ko7T4 8632 K 109 102 KQJ6 mos eis Son oA V9AQS 9853 @AKI83 South is the declarer. Clubs are trump. West leads the queen of spades. South must take 11 tricks 4 inst any defense. Solution Trick West North East Somth 1 Q¢ a4 ad A¢ 2 14 94 sé 34 3 2¢ s¢ 7¢@ Ae 4 64 ws ca 9 sé s 10 @ om 9¢ Ke 6 06 40 69 39 7 2 49 9 Qo? ® 2 76 4 5 9 3 Ao KO RO 10 J¢ oO Ke je wn 26 *At trick 11 the opponents are squeezed. comicbooks.com