Contract Bridge By Josephine Culbertson I INEXCUSABLE BIDDING

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mg, is occasionally gouty of over- hidding or underbiduing .. that ,, human and oonsequently excus- able. The sort of bidding for which mere is no excuse is the "in and out" style indulged in by North. below.

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tract was beaten three tricks, 800 points.

This substantial penalty was ex- clusively North's fault. Consider the inoonsistency of North's be- havior. First, he elected to enter the suction over West's one heart; then. over his own partner's rebid of two diamonds. he "backed out." leaving South to his fate.

It is this sort of "get-in-aiid-get nut" bidding which destroys part- nership cooperation and confidence. North's first error. of course. was in making any free bid on a hold- mg of two queens, but. having made what error. it was little short of filnlllllil to pass the double of two diamonds. North's hand did not figure to be worth a single trick at a diamond contract. whereasi st spades North could count on taking several trumps. at least.

After the debacle North explain- ed that he had been afraid of find- ing a singleton spade or a void in South's hand, but this was a silly alibi. North knew that he had s singleton diamond, whereas south had not denied holding two spades. merely by rebidding diamonds.

It is true that South might have rescued himself by bidding two spades. but he was scarcely in a position to know that North was totally unprepared for diamonds and had a six-card spade suit.

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