"GRAND SLAM" BID.
CULBERTSONS ON BRIDGE,
VANCOUVER, January 20.
Under the Culbertsons' latest system "slam" bids at contract bridge are made easy by the introduction of a four and five no-trump convention. After one partner has forced the bidding up the other bids "four no-trumps," indicating that two aces and the king of one of the suits bid are held.
An answer by the partner of "five notrumps" is indicative that the other two aces are held, and, according to the Culbertsons a grand slam bid follows naturally.
Mr. and Mrs. Ely Culbertson are regarded in most quarters as the foremost exponents of contract bridge in the world. They specialise in conventions, every bid indicating that certain cards are held. In January, 1932, they played a marathon game of 150 rubbers against Sidney Lenz and his partner, in which different bidding systems were tested. The Culbertsons won.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 7
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