The bridge manual; An illustrated practical course of instruction and complete guide to the conventions of the game - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...about doubling Clubs. Though Clubs are sometimes declared faute de mieux, the declarer has an unpleasant habit of having six of them, and if your partner has nothing you will be redoubled and smashed. Four Clubs to the Ace, King and three other fairly certain tricks is about the smallest strength on which Clubs should be doubled. Do not trust your partner for more than one trick even when doubling Clubs. Spades may, and should, be doubled fairly freely. But never double on less than four unless you hold at least five certain tricks. Spades Hearts Diamonds-Clubs If you double Spades on--Queen, 10, 9. Ace, King, Queen, 4. King, Queen, Jack, 4, 2. Queen. you may be redoubled, and find your adversaries with six Spades on one side, six Clubs on the other, and the Ace of Diamonds, so that you will lose the Grand Slam. But the risk may be taken at certain stages of the score. The profit in redoubling Spades is small and there is an indefinite risk. It is true to a certain extent that as neither of the adversaries has a No Trump hand, you and your partner probably have each a better hand than they. But each of your adversaries, having only four probable tricks, may have cautiously gone for safety, and will drop on you if you double them. Do not double Spades therefore simply for the sake of filthy lucre. Double only, with an eye to the score, in order to reach a landmark. If you are 4 or 16 and the adversary goes Spades the odd trick will make you 6 or 18, 8 is not a whit better for you than 6 and 12 is very little better; to get to 18 or 30 you must make four by tricks. Do not therefore double Spades under these circumstances unless you are so strong that you hope to get four by tricks; that is, unless you have a moderate certainty of the odd trick. Double freely ...
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