European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse And Omar sha1if neither North North West East akj095 d 01098 South kqji054 9veu oaqj4 the bidding North East South West pus 29 39 49 4nt 64 pass pus opening Lead Queen of South employed a mixture of cunning and technique to bring Home an impossible alarm on this Deal from the London segment of Philip Morris european after a weak two heart polish inter nationalist Janus showed his strength with a Cue bid of the opposing West tipped the level by and North indicated interest in the minor by bidding four no Over impressed with i South to ignore his partners suggestion and leaped to the Spade Sara the second Belt contract would have been a West led his top heart and Declarer he Law that be we net in the Best while the hand would make easily if East held the Jack of the fact that bait held ill hearts made it More Likely that Wei Thield dub and therefore the that gave Rise to the possibility of an if West could be stripped Down Toa three card ending where he had Aux of Declarer could make the hand by leading the King of dubs from his thereby holding West to one dub there waa just one problem West we marked with four and Declarer could not Ruff them All so he had to persuade West to part natural play would be to Eros to the Ace of Spades and Ruff a then later use the Diamond entry to Ruff but Declarer feared that this line of play would to the him to hold onto heart As an exit card when the Trumps were so Declarer imply played off three rounds of As if he had no thought of an West was reluctant to give Declarer any due about tie so he discarded a heart on the third the Ace Queen of Dia monds came followed by the Jack of diamonds overtaken by the a heart was and the four of diamonds to the seven was the entry for another heart now West Down to nothing but and the King of dubs from Declarer completed the no matter what West he could score Only one dub a you hold 4a4 9a8642 oj763 the bidding has proceeded North East South West pass int x4 pass 7 what action do you take to three part ners Spade rebid Over your no Trump response surely promises a six card you Are absolutely maximum for your initial and a in partners suit is a definite let partner know that there could be a game in the As South you hold 4852 9k94 oaj1973 4a7 the bidding has proceeded North East sooth West 1 4 pan 1 0 pan 10 pan what do you bid now have an awkward some strength showing bid is in but there Are flows to every you have the values to Tump to two no but that bid must be ruled out since you have no Spade if the fins contract is to be in no partner should the East of evils seems to be s jump to three that overstates the length and texture of your it at least gives partner an idea of your Overall As South you hold 472 okj9852 4954 partner opens the bidding with two no what do you respond you have a Rva sons ble six card suit and some outside values opposite a two no Trump opening you should consider the possibility of you could bid an immediate five that suggests a better we prefer an initial response of three hearts and if opener raises to four a rebid of five that makes it Clear to partner that we have no first round control in the Side if opener does not Rise give up on for there is a High likelihood that we have a Trump wer in addition to one on the both North North k62 oaqj1054 West cast q1083 063 ok87 ak6s4 4q92 South 092 the bidding North East South West 1 0 pus 1 2 0 2 it pus 39 pass 3 it pus pus pus opening Lead five of the Eastern regional held in new York annually at the end of is one of the oldest and most prestigious tournaments on the american con tract Bridge leagues Calen this hand is Beisinger knockout team final bid was a bit of a dictated by the South Felt with Spade he waa More Likely to find is partner with a awful card in than in it the Jack of Dobs we a most valuable at one West won the Queen of and re turned the Declarer covered and West won the he continued with the Ace and another Declarer won and lost the Dia mond but the rest of the tricks were the play started the same Way at the second Declarer went Down a trick and there nothing he could do about when East returned the nine of and Declarer covered with the West ducked he realised that he had no Ait reentry to and that the Only Hope of defeating the contract we if each held the King of this proved to be an accurate for Declarer had no Way of coming to nine without the Diamond when but won the King of he still had a club to now West could Cash three club tricks to Force Declarer to Bow the this play did risk giving Declarer an Over trick or and at duplicate pairs it is doubtful whether the de fenders could afford such a at team or at rubber Bridge for that mat it is Well Worth risking possible for a Chance of defeating a Vulner Able if the Chance is co la n n d of like Ipili Lla Wolfl Iku observe thai in each Sontag raw of the diagram above i is letter u thereby forming a Diagonal of 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