Sheffield Bridge Club	Established 1936

THE  PIG  TRADER  PICKS  UP  A  COUPLE  OF  POINTS

(From Sheffield Bridge Club Newsletter No 67, March 1992. The board was originally played at Sheffield University Bridge Club in 1982, and reported in the newsletter of that club. The board is the earliest board that I have played of which I can still recall any details.)

The Pig Trader was sitting South at Game All when he picked up:

He was more interested in his two voids than his two points! North had dealt and he opened 1¨ and East bid 2§. At this point, West asked the Pig Trader the meaning of the 1¨ opening bid, and the Pig Trader told him that it was natural.

The Pig Trader suspected that West made the enquiry because he had long diamonds himself and thought that North’s opening may have been artificial. It seemed that the Phantom Goulasher had dealt everyone a two-suiter. North and West had the diamonds, he and East had the clubs. Who had the spades and hearts? He passed to observe developments. West jumped to 3ª, North passed and East jumped to 5ª! This was looking good!

The Pig Trader waded in with 6©. West bid 6ª, and with North and East passing, his next bid of 7© was marked! This was immediately doubled!

Dummy had everything: a void in clubs and all the remaining trumps, and remarkably had not seen fit to bid 7© himself!

The ¨A was superfluous when the Pig Trader could simply cross-ruff all 13 tricks!

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