of such immense importance, every means must be utilised to'find out the number of cards distributed in the various hands. A most important—lead Which' has often been unobserved leven by advanced players, is. the lead of a two against a no-trump bid. "As a rule a two lead is from the longest suit. Consequently. as the fourth highest is generally' led, is obvious that the suit must be 8 four card suit, as the two is the lowest card in the pack. This will be a great help in card and" suit placing.
'The Play Although in many cases the statement that when the bidding is over, the hands could as well' be played on the table is a true one, there is no doubt that the clever player can often upset this theory by intelligent leading and play. Admittedly, "Culbertson's system, when bid correctly works out with ninety per cent. certainty, but this does not mean that the contract can be made unless the player has the ability to obtain the utmost value from his hand by playing: hix cords correctly. The' mediocre player can will win the game. when
the One who by Tatelligent. bid Kings, but. the winning' playes Behan to Bu its Acs a
and clever play, ment, Whi gathers the. critical the tricks. very rare to have ly the sane play repeated, there are nevertheless many' hands which are similar ina general way, and where. the game may be lost or won, by a certain - procedure, Many of these have been handed! down from the very earliest days for oard playing, and although they! remain more or lees the same, they Ihave been subject to certain slight alterations and improvements. during the years.
As soon as the opening lead has eon made snd dummy's cards are spread on the table, the good Bridge player takes stock of" the twenty-six cards he has to play and considers the most advantage-fous way to play them. A minute's Feflection will be of the utmost help, Do not play from dummy until you have considered—the situation. A plan must be formed to. reduce the losses to She minimum specified in the contract, and fo do so with the utmost safety possible. Success o¥ fail entirely upon limiting the possible losses in certain suits to a definite number of trieks—generally to one or two only—and it is often pos. sible to insure gaining the desired lend by a safety play.
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