CONTRACT CONVENTIONS
BIDDING A GRAND SLAM CULBERTSON METHOD VANCOUVER, Jan. 22 Under the Culberstons' 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 Culberstons a grand slam bid follows naturally. Mr. and Mrs. Ely Culberston 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 Culberstons won.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21404, 31 January 1933, Page 9
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