FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE PEANUTS
ARLO AND JANIS FRANK AND ERNEST
DILBERT SOUP TO NUTZ
NON SEQUITUR PAJAMA DIARIES
HI AND LOIS BIG NATE
GARFIELD THE BORN LOSER
THE WIZARD OF ID LIO
HERMAN MODERATELY CONFUSED MR. BOFFO
PICKLES BEETLE BAILEY MARK TRAIL
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE REX MORGAN, M.D.
BLONDIE
MARY WORTH
LOLA
THE BUCKETS
SHOE LUANN
MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM
CURTIS
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Daily Bridge/If not simple, then with a jump LOOSE PARTS CLOSE TO HOME BY PHILLIP ALDER suit. The more cards he has in that suit, the higher he A month ago we looked at should go. simple overcalls in a suit. But In this deal, after North brave- what does it mean if you make a ly jumps to three clubs despite single jump overcall in a suit? being vulnerable, it could be In the old days, say 50 years right to bid five clubs. Here, ago, it showed a powerhouse though, that contract has no hand with a good six-card or chance. Three no-trump isn’t a longer suit and perhaps 17-19 certainty, because declarer high-card points. It came up might become locked out of the about once every 50 years! dummy, but it is a justifiable Now, the weak jump overcall gamble. rules the roost. Surprisingly, it Against three no-trump, West was invented by Oswald Jacoby leads the diamond six, trying in the 1930s, predating the weak a sneak attack. What should two-bid by nearly 30 years. But South do? each hand is the same: a decent Assuming the defender with six-card suit and some 6-10 high- the club ace can hold up for card points. one round, declarer will need a How does the advancer — the dummy entry, which can come intervenor’s partner — react? only from the diamonds. South For example, in this deal, what must win the first trick with his should South do after one heart combined strength of his part- diamond king. Then he drives - three clubs - pass? nership and pays particular out the club ace, and the defend- The advancer assesses the attention to his fit for partner’s ers cannot defeat the contract. Get more comics, fun and games online at GoErie.com/fun.