A cotrespondeht asks whether a bid such as South's four-club bid in the hand just cited should be regarded as conventionally showing an ace. He has, he says, been unable to find such an" interpretation in books on any popular system. It is true that no strictly conventional meaning may be given to such a bid, but when a major suit has been strongly supported a bid in any other suit is probably not an attempt io find a better trump suit and may therefore be interpreted as a control-showing bid. The following deal is from expert play 9763
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