Correct contract bridge / by E.V. Shepard ; including the official Laws of contract bridge adopted by the Whist Club, New York, and by all the leading clubs in America.

100 CORRECT CONTRACT BRIDGE

4 Q 9 8 5 4
v A2
K93
0AQ

A7
V KQJ6
AJ65
0 KJ82

3
1 Io 8 7 5
842
0 O 7 6 4 3

z
4 AKJ6a
' 943
4 Q Io 7
0 95

If possible, shift partner's major suit declaration
that you cannot strongly support, or his doubled
minor make without regard to anything short of
game support, to any declaration offering better
game probabilities. In the first case shown below
shift partner's doubled i-Heart to 2-Spades. The
second hand calls for a shift of his i-Club to iHeart. The third hand suggests that you shift
partner's i-Spade to 2-No Trumps.

A Q o 9 6 2 2 4 2
K75 v KQIo86
82 v AJ7 4 K

4 K6
4 J74
Q9 5

0 A Io 5
Q7
AQ63

Unless your partner is a wholly unreliable bidder,
trust what he tells you and believe in the values
found in your own hand, rather than think that the
opposing double will prevent you from going game.
The hand given below shows the boldness with
which a player must sometimes back his convictions.