| 19.1 |
With good pupils you can ask the following
question: "in your opinion will the opponents say 3
over 3 ?"
Show them that one can deduce from the information in one's possession:
- that the opposing camp has 20 H points and a nine card fit in Hearts,
- that they have at least 2 D points in Diamonds and 1 D point in
Clubs.
East-West therefore also possess at least 24 DH points which allows
them to bid 3
for certain (the same small risk as for North-South). |
| 19.2 |
Don't make your young protégés feel
guilty by talking about a "good defence" as in books. |
| 19.3 |
Such a situation (or a similar one)
may have been met by your pupils in the free deals. All the better
if they remember! |
| 19.4 |
Always honours from the "short side
first", but here it is more difficult to see … |
| 19.5 |
Those who know other card games will
often use the word "call". But don't forget to explain it to the others.
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| 19.6 |
In the deal of he lesson East therefore
had two ways of showing his interest in Hearts:
- calling for Hearts by discarding the 9 of Hearts,
- refusing Clubs by discarding the 2 of Clubs.
Explain on this occasion that, often, one cannot give away high cards
of a suit that one wants and that the refusal of another suit is just
as explicit. |
