BRIDGE NOTES

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21708, 15 February 1936, Page 11

BRIDGE NOTES

A NEW GAME

(*MCIALLT *UtTM SO* TH» FKISS.) (By WILLI All BRAOKLS.I

Many attempts have been invent or evolve a good card game for three but gamijut have mad© tiieiF appearance eaeh Ma lived for a very abort period only. The main reason for 4hei# ;ea«y depute Has been that each has relied too much upon luck and too little upon jenuine skill At last; however, a realiy good game Se|ttis to have been ovdlved from contract bridge, and, it already has a large number of adherents, or perhaps as it is bridge orifi Should iaV devotees, in the United, States of America. l ',. nw.- , • The new game has been hamed “nocon" contract dhd aS thd, term suggests, it goeß 4 long-ww to solving the evet-irtcreasing difficulty pi Conventions and new systems. Though either three or four players can play it, it is really, a better game for three than four, because actually only three players, are allowed to. bid, where four players cut in the dealer stands out each time so that one stands out every fourth deal ■ . / . 1 The procedure iS as foUOWS!“--After the hands have been dealt the dealer sorts his own hand and places it faceup on the table immediately in front of himself and then the bidding proceeds, the first bid being made by dealer’s opposite number.. When there are only three players, the dealer sorts and places the dummy hand upon the table, face-up and he himself opens the bidding. . ' . The highest bidder plays the hand and has the hand upon the table as his dummy, in order to avoid _the cards being moved, the one who gets the declaration changes places with the dealer (or in the ease of four players, with the dealers natural partner).' - The bidding proceeds till there have been two consecutive no bids, but no suit is named as trumps before all bidding has ceased and the player on the left of declarer is ready to make, his initial lead. Declarer then names his trump suit or no trumps as the case may be. Each player in turn declares the number of points he is prepared to make with the exposed hafld as his partner. .The suite count as at contract, e.g., clubs and diamonds 20 , points, hearts and spades SO points, and no trumps 40 points. Each trick at no trumps counts 40, not 40—30—80, etc., as in contract. Little slaift bOttuS is 300' and grand slam 500, There are no game Scores so one is never vulnerable. There are neither over nor under trick bonuses or .penalties, so one either wins or loses the number of points named in the declaration. Doubles are allowed, but no redoubles. A minimum bid is 40 points. Slam points are included so that if one wished to bid grand slam in no trumps, the bid would be 180 (280 for seven tricks of 40, plus 300 for slam). Naturally, each player keeps a, Separate scdre sheet as partners are liable to change each deal, but when there are four players, the dealer, who is of course sitting out, counts as declarer’s partner and stands or falls accordTry out a few hands and the game will be found to be much more intriguing than it may appear from the above instructions. There are many subtleties in the bidding, tool ,