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.

TWO-NO TRUMP APPROACH 207

tricks, so he ended the contracting with 5-Clubs,
which Y just made.
We will assume that A and Y had their cards exchanged. The proper responsive declaration would
be 3-Spades, which Z would carry to 4-Spades, resulting in game.
Had the hands of Y and B been exchanged, the
hand would be played at 3-No Trumps, and game
must result.
As the cards were dealt in the hand shown below
Y bid 3-Diamonds over Z's opening bid of 2-No
Trumps. Z raised to 4-Diamonds and Y went 5 -Diamonds on his six card suit, going game.
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* J6
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4 K o 94 Y 7 3
K8 732 A B q A J 0 54
9 8 4 4* KIo32
08 Z J6
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* AQ75
0 A K o 7
A 4-4-4-I distribution and a major suit valued at
not less than three probable trump tricks, such as
Z has in the above hand, may often be used to advantage, to shift partner's response of three in case
that falls in your weakest suit and provided you are
able to bid only three in your own best suit. Such