. Auction bridge; containing the official laws of auction bridge as adopted and used by the leading clubs. ing to the rule just given, we find fivetrumps, two honors in trumps, one king andone ace in plain suits: a total of nine. Here is an example of a hand which is nota good red declaration if tested by the eightrule: 78 AUCTION BRIDGE Although there are five hearts, there is nogood honor among them,, and no aces and onlyone king in the plain suits; a total of six^which is too weak to bid oix When there is a very short or missing suit,,it is sometimes a better trump declaration onthat accoun
. Auction bridge; containing the official laws of auction bridge as adopted and used by the leading clubs. ing to the rule just given, we find fivetrumps, two honors in trumps, one king andone ace in plain suits: a total of nine. Here is an example of a hand which is nota good red declaration if tested by the eightrule: 78 AUCTION BRIDGE Although there are five hearts, there is nogood honor among them,, and no aces and onlyone king in the plain suits; a total of six^which is too weak to bid oix When there is a very short or missing suit,,it is sometimes a better trump declaration onthat account. Five or six trumps of any sizewith a strong five-card plain suit and a miss-ing suit, is very strong. As a rule, for every trick that one can countabove this eight-rule test, especially if theextra tricks are in plain suits, one can af¥ordto bid an extra trick. A player should haveno hesitation in bidding two by cards on theexample first given, which counted up to nine. Good red makes should always be carefullyconsidered when there is a choice betweenthem and a no-trumper. Take such cards asthese:. While this hand is above the average enoughfor no-trumps, it is a safer diamond at Auction AUCTION BRIDGE 79 Bridge, especially if you are something up onthe score. Reckoning six trumps, two highhonors in trumps, and three aces and kings inplain suits, the hand counts up to eleven, andshould be well worth a bid of three by cards,with the chance of going game. If the handis overbid, the suit named may be a guide asto the advisability of changing to no-trumps. Those who have played Bridge must getover any aversion they may have had to de-claring diamonds; because, although it is adifficult matter to win the game from zerowith a diamond, the player in Auction Bridgemust take every opportunity to advance hisscore surely and steadily, instead of over-reaching himself in an attempt to go game onone deal. The closer he gets to thirty points,the greater the chances the adversaries willta
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