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. BARCLAY ON BRIDGE By Shepard Barclay "The Authority oil Authorities’’ >■ -- iVHEN NOT TO D01RI.K : ORDINARILY an inionnatr'e takeout double :>• the v. ry best device to use \ r. >ou are pre pared to support a bid of my suit except the one c-iiled by ; :r op j. orient.'.. The i ire less th nker t WOUld tell yi U off. . fail length and strength u the liter three suits 1; trie : Y.u ill tef such a double But * i always c t. r one r r Would you lx pie u . if part ner made a "bix.ri^o pa ..ie by some a "pen « n a band of fair strei of it an i n; •. t’.v m the oppe-r.? '•* a a j: i * j ♦ A 1 9 0 ' A K 6 4 # 6 3 t-v—I * * , f a£4 i -> 4 K v J s W E ♦ * 5 I S **■-- = 4 9 J 7 i> 1-1 A K l" :• ' * K lo 9 7 C ♦ None A A 9 S 5 /{Dealer: Eas*. North-Sot :h vul nerable ) East v South \V.. : X : th ; 1. Pass „-v !' • S :♦ If Pass ■ Dbl. S. Pass Pass l ♦ ra?< ; a Pass 't 2# Pa A fc Pass 4 A ® Th.s hand occurred x. a te.. n of , four* match with reguliT total : point scoring. And it produced one of the "swings' which helped j be uecide the result. Where Sc ith doubled, his part ner delightedly pas-ed, being sure ne coma give v\ests contract A licking. He did, with the aid of h s partner, taking 'wo tricks in spaacs. two in hearts three in dia : intiils and two in cliihs. a total "f l ine. That left West only four tricks so he was down three in.:! w-'!. c ring North and Spoilth A score T 500. H h cleverer was S ith a: the second table. Knowing that . i of 'he opponent's am! could vc;-v well mislead his paitser into thinking he had a power use. since lie had passed on his first turn, he made the picture tal clear North knew front the ml that S uth was ready for any suit V l 1 of four by him in •us shades would have been be yond special criticism, but he nut ie the ltmdest strength shower of just three and South did the rest This produced a game for the side, better for vulnerable peo ple than a mere 500 which wrs scored at the first table. * * ♦ Tomorrow's Problem A 8 ¥ A 0 1 4 A K Q J 9 6 c A l a 4 f. 4 3 2 v ♦ 10 9 ¥ 10 p ¥ K Q9T5 4 11 > S _ 2 14 5 4 At 0 4 J S A K P ” 2 4 A K Q J T 5 ¥ ' s2 4 X one A A Q 10 Dealer: East. Neither side vul nerable.) In the wrong contract of 6 Spades. what n South's soundest brie of play after West leads the heart lu? • ! \.v Kin* F - a' <3 Svnuivate. Inc. BARCLAY ON BRIDGE By Shepard Barclay "The Authority on Authorttlee" » r\\ VK THE BEST ( HAM E WHEN YOU are up against a j .ake-a-ehance question am! must choo.se one risk as against an oilier, sound bridge dictates that you should select the one which gives you the best chance for gain. In many situations, you find play ers not taking that into account and attempting one method when another would have been more in their favor. The average player seems to prefer trying i*>r an even break of the hidden six cards of a tuit than trying an unmarked hnesse, though the ou Is against the first are about 3 to '3, whereas 'he second is about 50-50. A 8 ♦ A 6 4 4 V K Q J 9 6 3 A J5 * 6 4 3 2 v 4 10 9 ♦ 10 • . ♦ K Q 9 7 5 4 10 8 7 2 v1 4 5 4 *5643 A K 9 7 2 A VKQJ75 ♦ ■! 8 i 2 ♦ Non J. V Q 10 jjealer- Ear* Nm'lmr si !•?■ vul nerable i East <?' ith West North Pass 4 A P 4 7Jass A Pass 6 * pass 0 A Talk about rotten bidding. 5 /Ob’s hand was far too r,ow-rfu! for i ; .r>r--m.p' bid, >r, ! he- was i ky ;.•• didn't miss a slam con iract by it. H- should h ive called 2-.Spade ami the grand slam *li-n should have be .n -asily reachable by good bidders n-mg any sound slam convention, even good natura'* bidding -1 .is eu-'-bi is. There are lift®'!) consecutive 1 neks available at either diamonds iv No Trumps. t Maybe South was properly pun shed for his bad bidding, for lie 'ailed to make the small slam in -•pados which was there for him. hie heart 10 lead was won by lummy's A. knocking out the only ?ntry at the start. South then de rided to stake all on discarding osing hearts on the diamonds. The A and K accounted for two of his hearts, but when he led the dia* 1 mend Q, East ruffed with thq spade 9. South was beaten now. j He over-ruffed and took out the rest of the trumps, but then had to load clubs from his own hand, so lost a club and a heart, going down one. After discarding two hearts or diamonds. South's sound play was to lead the club J. prepared tc finesse. That would have worked, preventing any club losers, and he v ould have lost only a heart a! the finish. But h- favored a los ing chance over an even one * * * Tomorrow's Problettt ♦ A K S ¥ Q 1 o 9 -1 3 ♦ 963 ♦ 10 S A J 10 -t 2 ♦ Q & 3 ♦ A 7 6 ¥ K i 5 3 ♦ A Q 10 ♦ K J 8 5 A A 6 .1 ♦ Q * ♦ 7 63 ¥ J ♦ 7-1 2 A K J 9 7 5 4 iDealer: West. Both sides vul nerable. ) What bidding would you recom mend on tliis d'-al0 What wo-uK j be done st the average rufetott 1 ri lee table" ALL WORKING TOGETHER JiKSL'L T.-' • b l a i: ■• | < . ,m, | hands ild be possible t xcj through bar nious co-operation of all four pilyers it the table j 'There may be" -p. ts with glaring i ;l!-uns t..• • •• lenders just what to do to b< at the dec 1 tr< r, but thi y «on et m< find way !•) ignore lie all and. occasionally. •) ,fo< *]y < *r ». >• to the clearly marked A declarer v.It.# takes advantage ,-.f sutli wild driving un cash in plenty. 4 A K 8 4 Q 10 0 I 3 4 9 0 d 410 8 #J!0'12 N ♦ Q 9 5 *A76 lr p 4X832 ♦ A Q 10 W h 4 K j 8 5 4 A ti 3 S 4 Q 2 4702 4 J •4742 4 K J 9 7 o 4 - (Dealer; West. Both sides vul nerable.) West North East South 1 NT -24 2 NT 34 " Much of the bidding you actu ally find at the rubber bridge table is about like that tabulated —something no bridge book would ever recommend. There sits North sticking his vulnerable neck out over an opening No Trump. Then East, able to make a free bid after that overcall, refrains from doub ling it, though he knows his part ner has a substantial hand. On top of that. South pokes his hand into the fire of No Trump bidders at his right and left, and escapes without a double, let alone a No Trump game bid by his op ponents. But the play ? Oh, yes, the play. 1 West took the heart A and ' •switi I:.',! to hi ^ spa.;, J The K w*>r. an it.- i.-art .'. as led Fast held up his K, o a diamond was ’ 1 ir*i"ti i v i For r,me weird reason, he ip ogam when the In ill lo i '.we along, and a sec* o.' ii liamond .as chucked. Then the club 10 ,s finessed to the A, the diamond A won and Die Q nr -I hark. That was ruffed, three clubs were run, the spade A was an entry for the heart 9 to dis card the spade 7. and the last trick was a club, producing an extra trick. West should have reckoned East was not well fixed in spades, or he would have bid them over North's 2-Hearts instead of No Trump, He could not have clubs, since .South bid them and East did not double. He must have had dia month strength of some kind. So West, after his heart A',. should have switched to a diamond, pre ferably the A. Had he done so, -the pair would have taken three tricks in diamonds, one in hearts and one in clubs, setting the con tract, possibly also one in spades, depending on what developed along the way. •’ . * * * Tomorrow's Problem ♦ Q J 10 6 1 V 10 5 ♦ A 6 5 ♦ J 9 1 ♦ A 8 7 ♦ K 5 f A 9ti y K J 8 3 ♦ KQJ10 ♦ 9 7 84 *Q8 7 52 + K ♦ 932 ♦ Q74 2 ♦ 32 ♦ A 10 6 3 (Dealer: West. East-West vul nerable.) j After West bids 1-Diamond here, what should North do, wnd why? 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