ANY QUESTIONS ? ·- Will the experts say if South should bid again, and if so, what, after the following auction :- East South West North No No 1.. No 1\) ~X 2.. South's band was :- • 10964 \) AK83 0 783 .. A9 See what the Experts say on page 22.

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100 JOUR AL ut the match. One mu t f I t-We t :­ e mpath ith th wedi h Wet pair over the f II win hand :- KQJI03 J9 I j 5 KQJ 0 Q 4 0 KJ K KJ K74 2 \) 10 0 7 4 3 4 Q 1065 52 0743 0 J952 10 s J6 K62 0 106 QJ73 KQ 3 bidding made it clear that 0 J9654 had a topper in hearts. 10 010763 made the well-judged lead tayman bad little choice to go up with the ace and try dub fin . ben th · went the defence bad a field &UAJuu5 four diamonds. four and a club. to record a of 500. At the other table played as . onh in four low diamond w and he was naturally care­ allow We t•s queen to hold trick. fter this the con- could not be defeated and in he made an overtrick. CO R BRIDGE JOUR L ngland' lead limb d to 29 during thi period, but the Wei h then began a teady reco ery. Their m t pe tacular gain occurred n ard 51 : + J 97 5 \) 32 0 765 • 10 4 + 43 + K0 1086 V KO J \) 6 0 J92 0 K3 07 3 6 AJ92 + 2 \) 109754 0 01084 K65 nh dealt at game to outh. r ngland, uire opened a Ea t with one pade. Tarlo might ha e f reed, but he preferred a imple re pon e { two diamond . uire rebid tw n -trump . and Tarl rai ed t thr~ imply. The two no-trump rebtd wa by way of b ing a ma imum, but W twa worth a lam tr} of f ur no-trump . I f llowed the board to r m 2 e pe ting ~ l of 500, but r~~oned wtthout the Wei bmen' pmt. arter ( a t) and McAlli - ter (We t) bid a follow : Wet

+ J9 102 \1 04 J76 0 Q 73 0 J9 • 5 3 JlO

10 TR CT BRIDG J B ard 9 wa level. and on board 100 Rivlin and t ne bid an auda iou three n -trump which c uld n t b defeated. That gained them 5 point • and thi wa b ard • the Ia hand to be wa played in .R 10m 2 : \} 6 4 0 K 7 54 .. 1095 • KJ 64 • , K 52 0 0 QJ 2 .. .. 82 ~ 7 52 v 10 7 0 10 .. 7643

11 • Slow but Sure? by GORDO

Th narling f t urnament dire t r and the tutting f P • nenl are in parable while a I w play r plough hi ( r her) lie urely way thr ugh _me peculi r ontract. Even the Edtt r la h ut n thi ubject when tu k r r a p ragr ph t c mplete hi rmon of the month. Per n- lly. I have ever ympathy f r the di tple f such cia ic ample f tall life a Plum er dtth and i s Dorothy ha­ n han. H ne tly and openly, they it and think. • one of th e nauseating hyp ri ie we all J...now and hear o often- " Oh, it' my call. l was waiting for y u, dear. how illy of me," r " Did I win that trick ? I th ueht tt h d been ruffed.' Just playing for time. the liar ! I'm all for a nice 1 ng and l~nguid bidding quence. One mght I dropped in after dinner t ha e a word with ndrew w. lfeld .. He .w pl ying rubber bndge wtth ht P li h pta mate and thi hand had ju t b n dealt : • Qx \) J 10 X 0 4 KJ X

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14 n. BRIDGI J R AL J32 0 K, and dummy ruff d n ther •~ J 2 I club with hi la t trump. while 0 e t parked hi heart . .. 5 e I rer tried t get bac with 5 a heart. which We l uncere­ 73 m ni u ly ruffed t brea the 74 3 2 c ntract. h general plan wa right, but \} n t the entr · detail . fter th • fir t club ruff in dummy uth h uld return via a he rt, n t a diam nd. Thi pre en We t fr m di ardin heart f r a heart ruff. bile de Jarer i cuffing club , a defender rna get in a di ard ; o it i etter t u e y ur longer ide uit entr} fir t bef re the enem} can di ard and pike it. Droitwich

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quen e. ortlr outh 10 I 2 .T. 3 3 .T. 40 4 .T. 5\7 5 .T. 6 60 Pa nd Pat rd n r, int r- Well, even three no-trumps can have thin to commend it. It · true that there i no diam nd t pper, but then diamond may not be led, and even if they are they may be no wo th n 4-4 in which c a ful bean fine would land the contr with th possibility f blan a. make eight. Our final pair were r. and Mr . R. . orwen, of Yor hire. Mr. orwen i th chairman of the p werful Yor hire · tj n and Mrs. rwen member of the team now boldina the Hubert Phillips Bowl. They made light work of thi hand follow :- outh orth I I\) 3 I3.\7 4\)

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BlliDG J UR L taken by dummy' king. Dummy n w ca hed hi club and t w done. He wa squeezed between th red uits, thr w away h' heart hoping t had the nine. but uth made it for the win­ ning trick. uth made three lub . three hearts, tw diamonds and ne pade. The ontract c uld be made nl becau e of a t' eager The deci ive mi take was the ca hing f the fourth pade by t. By thi trick the finaJ m t c mic l atuati n i sque ze wa timed up perfeCtly. pl er in hi e erne a t harpened the dagger. which him elf! kilt d him ! Without c bing the • 10 4 fourth pade. but returning a bean K43 r club. declarer never could haw 0 I - mad m re then hi lay-down • QJ5 trick . · t w uld have a heart + KQJ 9 and a pade I ! ! ! !/ di rd on the QJ 106 club.. and w uld have made a 0 QJ 9 h an plus a diamond tric t • K4 making alt gether two pad and • 3 one in each ther uit. \} 92 0 K54 an · u di cern the border 10 9 3 2 b l ween und. appetite and glut­ t n in bridge ? Ye ! ? Y u are eith r ulner ble the bidding a fine pla)er ! • • • •

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f the e hand n t m nth. The one given here i a good iUu tra­ ti n f the uperi r bidding of the Briti h team in the match again t Philadelphia. L ve 11- Dealer East. • AK9 \) 642 0 A 72 • A102 . J65 42 K \) J 10973 0 KJ 10 6 0 09 .. KQ74 . 8653 • 010873 \} Q 5 0 54 3 .. 19 t a particularly good game ontract in an) den mination but th Ameri an a orth- uth f und the really impo ible one of 4 and n t urpri ingly were two d wn . M . William and rs. an bid the ever p pular three n -trump and m de 10 trick on a pade lead. the match w n ggregate. the board gave us 1.1 0 point in II.

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+ O Q 0 K 10 • QJ 10 CO TR Cf BRIDGil JOUR AL

K J 10 · A KJ X X 0 K QIO \) X X 0 K X • QJ X KJ \) Q Tw pair ag in found their way 0 J int i pade . t ne table the \)7 wa led and the declarer could n t face the ignomny of lo ing the ir t tw trick . He therefore won with the ace, cleared the trumps tub . t made th trig er in tw r und • played three d ubi and led a h art. We t t k r und f club , di arding a heart tw hear and played king and fr m hi own hand and ran the an ther pade. third pad wa · Q. It wa perhap unjust that ruffed and We t a hed tw dia­ thi pia hould ucceed ince it m nd bef re pia ing a third depended n the po ition of the heart to pr m te a trump in hi · 'K, th O A and a 2-2 divi ion partner' hand. r the pade wherea the other nd here are me of the lam lin f pia) depended oly on a h nd : h art fine e. But ucceed it did. and the ther declarer who played •V KQJ on the h art fine wa fifteen 0 QJ hundred th poorer for it. here wa an ther poor reward • for irtue on thi hand :- •I

uth hid one diam nd and ' rth rai. d to three diamon pr ·umabl_ a gr t sq~e inte~rc­ ation f th Baron Jump an uth not unnaturally bid gam . e ·t with no uitable lead le ted a heart. inc t held · KJ and 0 K l 09 the reader will . ce that a heart i the only lead n which the contract can succeea. 31

No-Tru idding by EDMU D PHILLIP gant for me ; ru ttle any day for a y tern that will give me j ne perfect way of bidding any hand. all th· und very theoretical ? Then let ta e hand and e where the diffic ari 074 \) K J 10 2 0 K6 K9

33 and v r tw n ·trump (n· l TR IIDG J AL I ha e dealt in th · article only with opening bi : I hope to produc a uel on respo . The I t time I ventured to criti i col th ri in this Journal I w uitably put in my place by a leading e ponent of tbe y tern, once again the invita- ti n i open to any colyte to m where I am wrong.

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3 gr ter n~ m be r than for t ~ math matt ; we are faced a di repan f a tr nomical pr rti ns. The e planati n lie in the imperfecti n f the huffie. which d n t under ordinary con· diti n pr due a random arrangement of the card . Ju t as certain face of die tend to appear mor often over a large numb r f thr w • the cards tend t f rm p ttern . Thi ha I ng b en umed, and ha given ri to the -called Law of ymm try, a ' law" which ome e perts ign r and ther follow t a limued e. tent. Mr. Macleod write th t " th r i n mathe· mati at ba i whatever for the theory ." On the ther hand the late . J. im n. with nine card to the ce King, mi ing the Qu n, fa ured a c nd round fine e when the Law of mme­ try ug ted an unbalanced di tributi n, a practice which con­ ftic with the rdinary mathema­ tical probabilitie . omprehensive rule . howe er, would have to be ba d n tati tic re ulting from prolonged b er ation. It would be intere ting to e to what extent u b rule . if they could be formulated, w uld modify the pro ability percentages on which many player rely. Incidentally Duplicate w uld pre umably differ t .a rn rked degre from Rubber ~ndge owing t the different way tn whi h the ard are gathered. If the pre nt huffle badly up t the the reti al dd , and analy · f the behavi ur of the ard i uch a wearisome busine • i ther any other way in whi h the game can be c nducted that play r may have a fair hough I fancy t ppre iation f the chanc ? The to ba e a shuflle in tum 37 ITI

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part with a diamond. K follow (a expected Q d e n't fall). Dummy then leads \1 I 0. won by Ea t with \} J. uth di carding a pade and , wh ha completely let the cat out of the bag by her double i hope· guinea prize. Je ly queez d. The full hands: • 9x •\} \:) 109x 0 0 -' K tit AK8 • 010 J \;' . \} KQ 0 010 0 K J 6 0 J 10 • KJ The bidding : KQ utlz We I ast 0 K J 1 .T. • J 109 te that: (i) If either club or hearts br ak -3. there are II tric on t p and the end-play i a imple thr w-in . (ii) What an e c e II en t bid rth' wa - alth ugh he w full f apol gie at the end f the h nd b au ... . P . Unfortunate). that •• Blind· in Ia h " nlv truck me wh n I wa · n my wa: h me in the bus - in a tual fact I muffed it and w nt one d wn! • • • W mu t apol gi t reade f r publi hing a •• The Hand '' f r December a hand nt in b> r. . ullivan of d )aide. u tralia. r. uUiv n in nding it in. tated that it nt with •• n t a little diffidence a h wa per nally invol ed. nf rtunately r. ullivan omit· ted t · ) he wa nding the band t th uropean Bridge Revie and al o t the Bridge agazinc. own Your W Y This Month's Competition The 0 TRA T BRIDGE one prize in any one month. JOUR AL offer a prize of TWO An wer to J. C. H. MARX, Com­ I E for the best set of olu- petition Editor, Contract Brlll,. tions to the following problems. Half JourfUl/, 63, Bedford Gardena. LoDdoa. a guinea wiii go to the sec:ond best W. • not later than March 14th, set. There will be a further prize of 1953. lution will appear in the next half a guinea for the be I et ent in by i ue, and name of pnze-winnen will an c mpetit r who ince bruary be publi bed in April. 1951, ba not occupi d 1 t or 2nd very entry must have contestaot'a place in a .B.J. ompetition. In the nam and addr (J 111..0a U!lTDS). e nt of two or more of olution and the competition voucher on pqe being of equal merit, the monthly 3 of cover must be attached. Failure to prize will be divided. observe these rules mates the eatry o competitor can take more than void.

Probl m Room I uth' Obi Obi .8. + 0109, .8. .B. .8 . 20 . 8. .8. t made trick . t·We t. Ea t outh Room II ( ) .8. ') .8 . Obi .8. (b) I+ ., .B. Redl .B. .B. () .8. ? I+ 2\.? orth I . . Obi 6 A led. We t mad 8 tric bl m o. l (12 poin ) 47 to t-We t. uth' h nd i :- + AKQ6. AKQ6, ¢ K85, 6 6. ortb i the d aler and the cor Ortb· uth ame. What hould uth y (a) after two pa ( ) after a p b orth and a bid of on heart by Ea t.

o. 3 (24 pomt In a team-of-four match c .med y occurr d in th r mtra on·­ th1 hand, where t wa th d ler at the ore orth- uth +A 1092 \.? A 73 ¢ AQ97 A 176 10 9 52 \)+ QJ 6 o. 4 (I pomt l 643 ¢ KJ 5 Q 10 l, 9 • Q J 10 6 Q54 re \.? 4 ¢ 102 6 K 432 41 BRIDGE J blm West orth F.o t 011111 1¢ Th h (a . B .B. ar :- I .B. 1¢ .,l ~b) .8. ¢ 4 c:) 1¢ \) 6432 ¢ 6 KQIO 4

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1 to CONTRACT BRIDG lOUR AL Problem o. 4 (18 point ) Wet' hand i :- 5 ~AK9753 ~K10532,, . Void. Wh~t hould ~ h1 I) t b1d 1n each of the followiq auct1on '! Wet (a) I ~ 2¢ '1 (b) I~ 2¢ ? (c) I~ 2¢ ? Eat 26 2 T I 3¢ 3 Probl m • o. 3 (I poi nt ) (a) . WER : Four heart , Thr h rts- 3. Four diamond 2. t' hand i :- + S, ~ KJ53, Thi hand mu 1 not be bid ¢42, • AJI05. What hould be hi though it were a w ak two- uiter for ne t b1d in ach f the following wit~ .the a ~ranee of me dear~e of auction ? fit 1t 1 n thmg of th kind: three di - e 1 mond must accordingly be ruled out (a) 10 -• ?(b) I 0 36 . (c I 0 2 ? It i n I politic to appear to be eivin I equ I weight to the two ui 'nee ,. • • 2¢ 3¢ t+ -0 an elev n trick contract hould ~ot be . ought wh n orne part of t' hand Tbre 6. 2. i certain to be wa ted. (b) wu : Three hearts Four club - 3. Th re might ry cone ivabl\' be lam n thi hand, but it i · t to mark time and let t pontaneously iv hi opinion on the value of hi holding. If he hould rai heart or re at p de . the club void might then be h wn. If he jump to five d" • mond , We t might r a nab! • bid · (c) . w R : F ur heart - 6. Four diamonds- . o bid- 1. It i not vcrv likely. in pite of r jump, that the hand will fit w II enough for a lam. in ( ), equal treatm nt of the two ui h uld be avoid d and emph plac d n th i. ·card major.

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" One point on which I must re­ mark i that the hands were pia ed in gr up of instead gr up f 4. a i the usual practice in Camrose Cup mate Pia ing in ts of ma m better match both for players nd pe tat r ." We ha,·e canvas ed vertll p/aJ· r on thi point and they oil • as:ree with Ree e. Authoriti< had a ni e crack please note. . England match.

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