Judge — September 1934 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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DEAL A Monthly Folio of Contract Bridge | Edited by Philip Hal Sims No, 2670 Vol. 107 FTER an opening no tru h respondin: xartner makes his immed ey slam try in terms of a suit by bid This detin announces tat least five cards 1¢ three he and least one that the hand tains at two and one half primary tricks ar re substantial values to make up trick, Three trick but the fp compensates for lack of a ralt pri ry trick, or allows one half trick in see- ondary form to for one half primary trick, Wher require- this lam try 1 major nece make te slam) try } ‘lof five and n four. goes one no trump, two two no trump, a hid by you of four in a major suit this point is merely a strain taking bid, ¢ your partner that you are fairly confident of n your suit and are tfraid to bid three, because that rebid is an emphatic sign-off which you fear he may pass. At the same time you are telling him that you do not hold two st ntries at no trump; otherwise your ud bi would be three no trump. A hand with these limit (too strong to play short of ¢. too bid three mp on the sec- id) mu have its attracti feature only in distribution typical hand of this kis und an outside king certainly. play ntl uit. I Mer hopes of slam if your hand is 1 ter than this, he ¢ make a but hardly without th four primary tricks plus For ul try in an the level ¢ move iree aces belated sla: be made reasons your must v trump. two JUDG -PTEMBER, 1934 Sims Theory of Opening No ia bl Trump Bid By Derrick J. Wernher moment suggest that no trump is at t » no trump, five ] i is two no fact that your partner's re trum) the not in form of a con- narantee to you that he type. An immediate jur has the high cards, Whereas you have fe responie the distribution. 1 1 These hands must really be rs suit safe at five odd in y suit ider incidental also Know t \ 1 1 the for partner Lof two no will indicate fora or we alrea o take it back to Ii the bidding g important that three ina suit, three rer: he knows ki responder’s hand did not justify vant ediate slam try. ex ntly he self has two aces, he should now bid should not trump to clear up this ace situa- stimate ar ne je opening Wi N the responder’s long suit is further. amir situation much no p. simpler f 1 hel: mitry. One no at suit, the mp. two diamonds, two no trump, is denying the third ace jour diamonds, plainly says, “Edo not (otherwise he would bid four no trur quite qualify for an ir diate slam try: or five in the suit), but i the hand is safe at four no trump or five — declining the slam try diamonds; the rest is up to you port for the suit, such as It is plain that a player making a bee four with one of the top honors, or lated slam try cannot have ais three including the jack and one to sequent natural otherwise honor, the raise of what is known to b for a five card. suit is informative than Whi must originally have had the stuff more in immediate Sam try: in other words, 1e sign-off bid of three no trumy es his hand within about tell your 1e really defi » you t half trick. Should the responder be — make his suit solid re t. two no trump, four no trump), fear no loser in bidder t will stimistically as he knows there his This ther you play the ha or at no trump, Th there the ¢ can acce ipply eventually ina st 10 finesse re- nits you to five card to work with in the — knowle: half tricks dummy and in all two and one or two orimary lated slam re the most 5 ry; for instance, asuit liate slam try in a suit is led by jack can indled bidder w justities qualify if the han aslam try. U immed no conditions must slam try with- h three aces now wer i that third deny the expec no trump you make an ed out an ace partner’s su but it does comicbooks.com