EASY AUCTION BRIDGE
LESSON NO. 7 To be even an average bridge player you must practise by dealing hands and playing with all the cards face up. This is called “double dummy,” and gives excellent practise in dealing, sorting the cards, bidding and assisting. leading and play. If you have dealt hands as advised in the lessens. you have no doubt found hands which are very strong but no use for a suit bid. Spades and Hearts are called “A” Class bids, No Trumps “B” Class and Diamonds and Clubs “C ’ Class. If the hand contains a biddable major suit (Snades or Hearts) it should be bid in preference to No Trumps, but when the hand contains a biddable Minor suit (Diamonds or Clubs) but is suitable for No Trumps, do not bld the minor suit. A “B” Class bid offers a better chance for game than a C Class bid. At No Trump, only 3 over are required for game, but 5 over are necessary with a Minor suit and a love score. The object should always be game, 30 points. In only about one game in twelve does a partial score help in making game. For "a 'bid of 1 No Trump, three suits must be “stopped.” A suit is “stopped” when you hold high cards which will take one trick in the suit if it is led originally. The following cards will “stop” a suit: Ace, King and one other, MQueen, Jack and one other, Queen and three others, Jack Ten and two others. The last two are weak “stoppers.”
For No Trump bidding, the high cards are valued as follows: —Ace, 4; King, 3; Queen, 2; Jack 1; and the count of the high cards must be at least 12 for an initial bid by first or second player, and 14 to 16 for an initial bid by third or fourth player. The ideal No Trump hand has the suits distributed as follows: —4.3.3;3, and stoppers in all suits. Of course, such a hand is rare, but you should not bid No Trump originally if your hand contains a Singleton (An Ace is the only exception, and even that is risky) or a worthless doubleton such as Queen, Jack, or lower. If you only nold one or two low cards of a suit and partner is short, your opponents wili make five or more tricks, in that suit before, you take a trick. In such cases, make a suit bid and try and discover who holds your weak suit. As East, holding A.K.Q.J.X.X.X. of j a minor suit against a No Trump call by South, I would not bid. With such a holding, game for me would be homeless, hut the contract would be defeated. Remember, No Trump hands are the most difficult ones to play. ■
When a suit has been bid ovex - partner’s No Trump, you must have the opponent’s suits stopped at least once before you can consider raising. When it is' stopped, double the Quick Trick values of all your high cards, and if the'count is four, you can raise once, more if it exceeds four. Blank siiits, singletons, and doubletons are of course not counted. What are “A,” “B.” and “C” Class bids? Which suits are Major and which are Minor?
When is a suit “stopped.” How are the high cards valued for No Trump bidding? When your hand contains a singleton or a weak doubleton, should you bid 1 No Trump originally? (Copyright by S. N. Lythgo, Box 401, G.P.0., Melbourne),
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1930, Page 10
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