No-trumps

When in doubt, under such conditions, as to the advisability of either bidding two No-trumps or some suit, the latter policy is generally the safer.

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If the Dealer have five tricks, that is enough to save game, but is three tricks short of making two No-trumps.

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Three Clubs, however, should not be declared without due consideration, as that declaration is recognized as demanding two No-trumps from the partner if he have the adverse suit stopped.

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If four No-trumps be doubled, the figures are 90 to 50 with the option given to the Declarer to increase them to 220 to

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There is little danger of the adversaries going game in No-trumps, but they may easily do so in Hearts or Royals.

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No-trumps, whereas a No-trump bid by the Second Hand, with the same cards, might fail to produce game, because the position of the opening lead would then be reversed.

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No-trumps, or the No-trump bidder is a player who considers it the part of weakness to allow his declaration to be easily taken away, and can, therefore, be forced to dangerous heights.

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Another situation that arises more frequently than would be supposed, and the advantage of which it is most important for the Third Hand to grasp, is when the Dealer has bid No-trump; the Second Hand, two of a suit; and the Third Hand, without the adverse suit stopped, holds great strength in Clubs, with such a hand that he desires his partner to go to two No-trumps; provided he have the adversaries 'suit stopped.

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The bid of two No-trumps over one No-trump is a more or less spectacular performance, that appeals to those fond of the theatrical.

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The theory of the bid is that either the original No-trump declarer or his partner, having the suit securely stopped, will bid two No-trumps and that the double can then be effectively produced.

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