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BIDDING
IN TRUMPS
Explain that to play a contract
in Trumps you must have a eighth fit and to know that you have got it
you obviously need to know the hand of your partner. So we are going to
learn a new way of bidding.
Nothing has changed for the
dealer who says:"I open" with 12 or more honours points.
Two possibilities for the responder:
| a. |
He has at least 8 honours
points (advice
7.1) : he fills in the little paper (advice
7.2) and gives it to the opener who adds up the DH
points of the two hands and asks for a contract according to the Decision
Table. |
| b. |
He has less than 8
points : he then says: "I have …. Points. The opener then adds
up the honours points and, if the total is 20 or more he asks his
partner to fill in the little paper as in case 'a', - if the total
is less than 20 points he says: "I pass" and it is then the opponent
to the right of the opener who give the little paper to his
partner (advice 7.3) |
You write the following hands
on he board and get them to mime the "scene" (advice
7.4):
 K
8 5 2 |
 A
9 5 |
 Q
7 4 3 |
 10
8 |
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A 9 6 4 3 |
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7 2 |
| K
J 9 5 |
| A
Q |
South: "I open";
North hands over the little paper on which he has written : 4 Spades -
3 Hearts - 4 Diamonds - 2 Clubs - 9 honours points (advice
7.5 & 7.6).
South counts the honours points of the two hands : 14 + 9 = 23
He adds the distribution points : 2 in hand (1 + 1) + 1 in partner's hand
= 3
He adds one point for the ninth Spade and finds: 23 + 3 + 1 = 27
He bids a contract of 4.
Do an immediate correction on the board after checking the result on all
the tables (advice 7.7). If necessary
( if they've all got it wrong) start the exercise again with a different
deal (advice 7.8).
Now is the moment to move
on to the deal of the day to illustrate all that.
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