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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 103, 28 October 1933, Page 19

THE GAME OF BRIDGE Weekly Chat on Contract Specially Written for "The Post" by "Approach Bid" DISTRIBUTIONAL COUNT In making a suit "birl of one, the open- four spades, if necessary, as he -has ing bidder counts honour tricks in the s hown at least three playing tricks, band with the trump strength neces- fcin ton tricks bet ween you. Vo sary for an opening bid ot one in a ° • , '• ~" suit. The long suit tricks in the open- "ot count rufiing. tricks in .the.opening ing hand are counted for rebids and bidder's hand. raises in the event of further bidding, When valuing the hand in support of: but are not counted for the opening partnol .» s bid suit the responding hand bid. To arrive at the total number r . . , * • i , of playing trieks'in the hand you must counts houour tricks> trum? tncks> lo"S count not only .the honour tricks but suit tricks, and ruffing tricks. When also the long suit tricks in the hand, supporting partner's trump bid, tha and add them together. • This will trump length and honours are valued:—. give you the number ot tricks you may expect your hand to make out of the' trump lexgth thirteen tricks. In revaluing your Thrpe trumps or less - :0" tricks • hand after partner's response, the play- Tour small trumps ■ \i to 1 trick* ing strength, of your trump suit, will bo Flvo trumps . , 1 trick determined by your partner's raise in blx trunips ■ •• — trlcb" the suit, or his refusal to support it; *J.x.x.x. or 10.9.x.x. in trumps counts 1 trlclj If he refuses, the value of your trump fo.r lengtn. _ suit is lessened (unless it is practically HONOUR VALUE. solid) as his failure to support points a. of partner's bid suit 1 trick to unfavourable distribution' of' the K. of partner's bid suit 1 trlclc trumps. .In ,this case, if the ppening «;J^ t >~ T..:::::::V W bid was made on a four-card suit, there would be no chance of establishing the Side suits arc valued the same as ia low cards of the suit. If, on the other tllc O p en i n g hand. Trump tricks aro hand, partner has supported the trump . douW ■ h va]uo o£ si(]e ' suit bid, showing either three to the queen s ; or four small trumps, the opening bidder tricks. even with a four-card trump suit may Table ot Ruffing Tricks'ln Supporting Tartner'J expect to establish one long suit trick Bid Suit, in it. . With 3i With 4 or Valuation of Openlnd Bidder's Long Suit Tricks. ' Tn.mps. . more Trumps, ' (if supported by partner). . A dniiblcton counts %tr <-l> . 1 Irid £^l Ku!—. \%L n trick" , Costing the responding hand at it* A six-card length is worth 3 tricks 2 tricks full playing trick value after partner* ... " ~ ~ ~, , h opening bid of one spade. Illustration:—• *A four-card side suit not headed by an x =>. *■ rsTreTlSSSr'^enT^pafc^S'" 11 * <%' «-»'^ '^> ,j« a " : ; ■'.'•:■• M (1) A. (-) for a singleton with four Counting a hand at its full playing trumps trick value when partner has raised your opening bid of one spade. Illus- J an honour, tration: — ~ . ~ ■. 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