BIDDING A SLAM
| A BRIDGE CONVENTION VANCOUVJSB, 26th January. 1 Under the Culbertsons 1 latest system "slam" bids at contract bridge aie made easy by tho introduction of a four and five no-trump convention. After one partner has forced the bidding up the other bids "four jm>. i trumps," indicating that two aces and [the kmg of oae of the suits bid are neid. An answer-by the partner of "five I no-trumps" is indicative that the I other two aces are held,'-and, according to the Culberfcsons a grand slam jbid follows naturally. Mr. aud Mrs. Ely Culbcrtson are legarded in some quarters as the foremost exponents of contract bridiro in the world. They specialise in conventions, every bid indicating that cer- ™£ ar 1 ° held> « January ' 1032, they played a marathon game! ,of 150 rubbers against Sidney Lenzi i and his partner, in which different bidding systems were tested. The Culbertsons won...
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 30, 6 February 1933, Page 4
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151BIDDING A SLAM Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 30, 6 February 1933, Page 4
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