European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse A orc Bridge blvd East West but North 4 js41 ok843 West East 4km8s Kyj oa10976 02 73 South a7 743 of qts 4akqj9s the bidding East South West North pan 1 10 pan in 3 pail pan pan opening Lead King of bidding and faulty defense helped Tram form an bait weal plus into a minus on this we Are not enamoured of Weata despite the fact that he held Only three cards in each major we feel that a double would show Bis Overall values far better than did the despite the Vulner ability and the fact that his partner had passed original not to raise hearts competitively weft such Tine Trump when part Ner is marked with a five card is Craven at three Declarer would Only have to take the right position in the Spade to bring Home his con tract with an West led his top heart and eager to get a Diamond discouraged hearts by following with his lowest heedless of his partners West continued with the Queen of hearts and East again played weat persevered with and the defence had Tome to the end of its Declarer Drew Trumps and conceded a trick in diamonds and one in Spades to make his there is so much emphasis these Days on Doit yourself that we Are surprised that East failed to come up with the winning West almost surely held the Queen of heart Shad he started with a double ton Declarer would have had a jux and might have bid some number of no Trump rather than jump in rather than Hope that his partner would read his discouraging signal in East should have overtaken the King of hearts with the Ace and returned a Ace of diamonds and a a heart to the Queen and another Ruff would have meant Down for the de fenders still had a Spade trick even after failing to Over take the first East could still have beaten the contract one trick by Over taking the Queen of hearts and shifting to a his actual defense stood to gain nothing and lose a lot if partner failed to q East West As South you Boh 9kf 4kum the bidding has proceeded West North but 10 19 As you hold on the bidding has proceeded nerf a East Sewik 1 0 t what action do you take foe there is do need to let the double interfere with your Normal eating of action of this we would limply bid one spide and let nature Tike in what do Yon bid now one even though Bhave dose to a opening and you pasted at your Flat Tali hand u not Worth a jump a jump thin by a passed hand describes one of two types of hands either has a hand with support Lor partners or he nil a Eusuf fluent this hand meets neither u a tree bid of one Spade is All we can Beth a South you hold 4km52 94 oa83 41074 the bidding has proceeded East weat North int Page pass t what action do you take two had part double been la the direct immediately behind the no Trump you would have been delighted to pus for penal ties in the expectation of a sub Stantial in the Ballad no partners double does not Promise More than an opening which makes it too to play for sped ally since partners values Are in front of the no Trump North South South North West East of Jim Oaks South a Ems the bidding sooth weat North East pass s4 of pass pan 44 Para Page opening Lead two of what do you Lead from three worthless cards in a suit partner has bid the usual Choice is top of Noth but a convincing argument can be made for select ing the consider this South became Declarer at four Spades after a routine West led his lowest won by the Ace in Declarer Drew in three then ran Queen of in with the King of East surveyed the defensive it waa reasonable to a aume that both High Osmond would and that Wood the it pm obvious that heist near when waa the setting trick coming from had the opening Lead been the top of East would have had a insoluble he would have had no Way of knowing whether weat had started with two or three so he might have tried to cast the King of hear with devastating the actual opening Lead of the two of hearts meant that West had to have either one or three since East could a that Declarer held a minimum in High it was More than Likely that Declarer held some distributional values for his decision to go on to four what could be More probable than that rather than held the Singleton heart the de Fradera had to rely on the Diamond to produce three tricks in order to beat the if West held the the contract was always but there waa the possibility that West held the to East shifted to a Low Diamond Dee Law decided that the King Jack of Macejack of King of clubs and a Singleton Spade were enough for an so he opted to finesse the West waa surprised to win but to toured Stuffl Denully to continue the suit and defeat the Pas us place three glasses on the table in the manner shown it Glass outer glosses upside pick up the two outer glasses and turn them All three Are upright in just one but that int the begin As be with Center up outer glasses in not but three Tara ing any two at a and without turning the same two cons ecu see that ill stand How its done 1st turn second and Bird from next turn tint and third third turn second and can Vou Trust your eyes there Are at Taal a to details Belton top Toom quickly you find Iheme Check answers with my i tumm is Suimui n pump my t jump n i
