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[Event "EMBA 2011-04-09_1"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "20"]
[West "Dick Lee"]
[North "Ms. Hospitality"]
[East "Pete Matthews"]
[South "Ms. Hospitality (not)"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:98532.T.AT85.J87 JT.KJ7654.J74.43 Q76.AQ3.32.AKT62 AK4.982.KQ96.Q95"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result ""]
{South lead the \D6 - diabolical!  I naturally ducked, hoping to get a ruff in
hand.  After the \DJ won, the tournament hospitality committee chair made a
nasty switch to the \SJ.  I might have survived by covering the first round,
but I tried the second.  South drew the third round of trump and played the
\DK.  I can still come home by finessing in hearts, but a successful club hook
would take the rest of the tricks.  That's what I did, down 1.

In hindsight, it might have been correct to finesse in hearts (not just
because we can see it in the North hand).  On a more normal lead of the \DK, I
would have time to get a ruff in hand - unless South cleared trumps, which
would also cost a trick.  So a winning club finesse cannot produce a good
board - compared to other 2\S contracts. So the apparently inferior heart
finesse, or playing for the drop in clubs (unblocking the \CJ), is indicated.

On the other hand, many Norths would open 2\H.  That's what happened when I
asked the GIB program to bid the hand.  The final contract then would probably
be 2NT (overcall) or 3\S (via transfer), or 3NT (GIB's bidding is not so hot).
 So our result may have been OK.

- Pete Matthews}
[Auction "W"]
Pass {No suitable call -- 11- HCP; 12- total points}
Pass 1NT {15-17 balanced}
Pass {No suitable call --}
2H {teansfer}
Pass {No suitable call -- 1-4 C; 1-4 D; 1-3 S; 10- HCP; twice rebiddable H; 9+ total points}
2S AP
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N  S  5
N  H  7
N  D  6
N  C  5
N NT  6
E  S  8
E  H  6
E  D  7
E  C  8
E NT  7
S  S  4
S  H  7
S  D  6
S  C  5
S NT  6
W  S  8
W  H  5
W  D  6
W  C  8
W NT  7