CONTRACT BRIDGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 296, 15 December 1938, Page 8

CONTRACT BRIDGE.

HOW TO GET TO THE SLAM. (By THE FOUR ACES.) A great deal of our mail consists of letter* from readers asking how they should have lii<l or played pnme particular liand. \N liile in most instances, when yon wee all fiftytwo card*, the .bidding and plav i« fairly simple, nevertheless, when considered as abstract ] ir<>7>lt'. tlioy are generally very interesting and instructive. Accordingly, we intend to use some of these hands on which to base a number of our articles. For instance, here is one:

Accordingly, in 11i«- actual bidding. South made the first mi.-t.iki> when lip hid only three Diamonds on the <-<•<-«>n<l round. Now North ina<l(> the second mistake—ho should have bid throe Vpadenot three Hearts, whereupon South would probably have jumped to five Spades, fullowinjr which North could have bid tho slam. However, in the actual bidding North bid throe Hearts, and then, when hi* partner went to three Spades, raided to four. We niu*t now place tho principal blame with South because li hand is certainly strong enough to continue to live even on th>> bidding jmt up by his partner. Accordingly, he made the and the la*t mistake. It will Ih> noted that although tho hands produce a grand slam, six is all that should 1)0 bid. since ymi rci|Uire a trump break to fulfill your contract. — (Copyright by The Four Aces.) •