European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Charles Goren and Omar Sharif both vulnerable. North deals. North 1054 Ops 6 kq976west East kqj986 void32 1074 064 add South a7 oq1093 j5432 0 ak872 a108 the bidding North East pass pass 2 4 pass 4 4 pass pass pass pass pass opening Lead King of 4. South West 10 1 3 4 pass 54 5 it 54 pass a i i l dear Charlie i had a most pleasant stay in new York. The unexpected for me was an unusual Bridge game. I played in a commuter game on the 5 24 grand Central to Stamford train and i thought you might enjoy some of my experiences. I gather that this sort of bidding is not unusual on train Bridge. For my part i would have bid four Spades with the West cards immediately rather than give my opponents time to describe their hands at a Low level. As it was i became Declarer at a tenuous five no Trump con tract. West Lead the King of Spades and after Dummy appeared i realized that i would need the entire club suit for my contract. When East discarded a heart at trick one the danger of a bad club distribution became obvious. I decided to see what i could learn about the hands. I won the Ace of Spades and cashed the Ace King of diamonds. Next came the King of hearts and then the Queen of hearts overtaken by the Ace. When both opponents followed to All these tricks i knew twelve of West s cards he had started with eight Spades and at c 1977 the Chicago Tribune least two cards in each red suit. If West s thirteenth card was a club. 1 could insure the contract by cashing the King and if the Jack did not fall then take the marked finesse of the club ten. I could get Back to Dummy with the Jack of hearts to run the clubs for my contract. But what if West was void in clubs in that Case cashing a High club would Cost me the contract since i would not be Able to pick up East Jack. I decided to take the slightly risky play of immediately running the nine of clubs. If West did have a club it was 4 to 1 against it being the Jack. Of course if it turned out to be the Knave West would still be gleefully raking in tricks but virtue was rewarded when West showed out on the club. I was in Dummy and could re peat the finesse to bring in the suit and my contract. Yours Omar Emma mean q. Neither vulnerable As South you hold 474 9ak83 oaj6 49762 your right hand opponent opens the bidding with one Spade. What action do you take  a balanced 12 Points we Are reluctant to Force partner to bid at the two level by making takeout double. We would pass but we would not fault you greatly if you did elect to com Pete by doubling. Q. As South both Vulner Able and you have 60 on score you hold 4652 v6 oq10743 4j854 partner opens the bidding with one heart. What action do you take . We Are As keen a anyone to score up a rubber and in this situation we would Strain to keep the bidding open. But there is a limit to All rash Ness. The danger of responding with one no Trump is that the opponents might compete and partner expecting to find som useful values in your hand will bid too much in his eagerness to Complete the rubber. The result ing penalty could be catastrophic. Mattai Sowik ecu a Oraann a sow woj 9n a q. As South vulnerable you hold 4kj873 ok6 4aq7542 the bidding has proceeded South West North East 1 4 pass 1 3a4$ 9 j3mo Sij to s a bios a Deubl i 6uui �j9 Sis Moi score 10 Points for using All the letters in the word below to form two Complete words retainer then score 2 Points each for Al words of four letters or More found among the  to score at least 50 Points. Sunday september 4,1977 map Jisi ii Ira Kimg Fol of Floe hmm ii q Al i i act vlwi3lsioi2jmsisiqj-Inpieman average time of solution 65 minutes. 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