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May 31, 1934
Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
E.V.'s bridge column describes a hand with a two-suited forcing bid over an opening. South opens 1-Club, West overcalls 2-Spades. Play leads to West making 11 tricks in hearts. A hypothetical swap of North and East holdings changes bidding and play strategy.
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CONTRACT BRIDGE WRITTEN FOR THE FAMOUS BRIDGE COLUMN BY E. V.
KEEPING BIDDING OPEN A SOUND OPENING
A sound opening bid, overcalled by a two-suited forcing bid, so uses up the high honors that it makes little or no difference whether or not partner has passed. He rarely holds much of anything.
If the one making the forcing bid does so on two 5-card suits, he should hold not fewer than 8 probable tricks, as his partner cannot be counted upon to do anything except express his preference.
Within the last few weeks I have twice encountered good examples of two-suiters, each of 5 cards, obligating forcing bids over opening calls. The first of these hands is shown below. The other one will be given tomorrow.
Bidding went: South, 1-Club; West, 2-Spades; East, the negative 2-No Trumps; West, 3-Hearts, asking partner to choose between them; East, 4-Hearts.
The opening lead was the 6 of clubs. West ruffed and pulled down all opposing trumps in 3 leads. He had hoped to do this in 2 leads, so that dummy might ruff 2 diamonds, if spades broke. Five rounds of winning spades followed, the declarer being fortunate enough to find the 6 missing spades divided 3-3. Dummy discarded 3 diamonds. West won his tenth trick with the Ace of diamonds. Dummy ruffed a diamond for the eleventh trick, and West made by trumping a club, finally having a small slam to give his opponents a diamond trick.
Suppose the holdings of North and East had been exchanged.
Bidding there would have gone: South, 1-Club; West, 2-Spades; East, 2-No Trumps; West, 3-Hearts; East, 3-Spades; West, 4-Spades, as he was not vulnerable.
West will have to ruff the first club led, as he did when the hand was actually played. Next he should lead his Ace of hearts. Ruff if North covers with the K, when he makes a second lead of the Q. In case North declines to cover with the K, either when the Q or the J is led, West will lead a fourth heart, and ruff with the J.
As soon as dummy ruffs a heart the J of diamonds will be led and South must cover. The Ace will win, and declarer will pull trumps. Then he will take his good heart and his last trump tricks. He can make 5-odd, as the cards lie, but careful opponents should win 8 diamond tricks.
AJ94 7 J 10 6 3 8 J 9 8 6 3
AKQ7 065 3 N. KS53 975 AQ J 10 6 M 1075 S. A84 None
club led
KEEPING BIDDING OPEN A SOUND OPENING
A sound opening bid, overcalled by a two-suited forcing bid, so uses up the high honors that it makes little or no difference whether or not partner has passed. He rarely holds much of anything.
If the one making the forcing bid does so on two 5-card suits, he should hold not fewer than 8 probable tricks, as his partner cannot be counted upon to do anything except express his preference.
Within the last few weeks I have twice encountered good examples of two-suiters, each of 5 cards, obligating forcing bids over opening calls. The first of these hands is shown below. The other one will be given tomorrow.
Bidding went: South, 1-Club; West, 2-Spades; East, the negative 2-No Trumps; West, 3-Hearts, asking partner to choose between them; East, 4-Hearts.
The opening lead was the 6 of clubs. West ruffed and pulled down all opposing trumps in 3 leads. He had hoped to do this in 2 leads, so that dummy might ruff 2 diamonds, if spades broke. Five rounds of winning spades followed, the declarer being fortunate enough to find the 6 missing spades divided 3-3. Dummy discarded 3 diamonds. West won his tenth trick with the Ace of diamonds. Dummy ruffed a diamond for the eleventh trick, and West made by trumping a club, finally having a small slam to give his opponents a diamond trick.
Suppose the holdings of North and East had been exchanged.
Bidding there would have gone: South, 1-Club; West, 2-Spades; East, 2-No Trumps; West, 3-Hearts; East, 3-Spades; West, 4-Spades, as he was not vulnerable.
West will have to ruff the first club led, as he did when the hand was actually played. Next he should lead his Ace of hearts. Ruff if North covers with the K, when he makes a second lead of the Q. In case North declines to cover with the K, either when the Q or the J is led, West will lead a fourth heart, and ruff with the J.
As soon as dummy ruffs a heart the J of diamonds will be led and South must cover. The Ace will win, and declarer will pull trumps. Then he will take his good heart and his last trump tricks. He can make 5-odd, as the cards lie, but careful opponents should win 8 diamond tricks.
AJ94 7 J 10 6 3 8 J 9 8 6 3
AKQ7 065 3 N. KS53 975 AQ J 10 6 M 1075 S. A84 None
club led
What sub-type of article is it?
Bridge Hand Analysis
Card Game Example
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Contract Bridge
Forcing Bid
Two Suited Hand
Bidding Sequence
Trump Control
Diamond Tricks
What entities or persons were involved?
E. V.
South
West
East
North
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E. V.
South
West
East
North
Story Details
West uses a two-suited forcing bid in spades and hearts to make 11 tricks in a heart contract after ruffing clubs and drawing trumps. In a hypothetical with holdings swapped, West adjusts play to make 5-odd in spades.