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[Event "8/02/11  Stratified"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "5"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:K852.5.AKJ965.96 AQ4.AJT987.3.Q75 JT73.643.Q742.K8 96.KQ2.T8.AJT432"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
[Result ""]
{\n
Board 5 from this week featured a battle between hearts and spades, and was
further evidence for calling hearts "the third minor." East has a clear 1\D
opening and South a healthy 1\H overcall. West has just enough to double
(showing exactly 4 \S), and at our table North made an overly conservative
single raise to 2\H. East now had an easy 2\S call, and South bid a good
aggressive vulnerable game. With West's pass, South probably felt like she had
won the auction, but East correctly decided 4\H would make and took an obvious
4\S sacrifice having already limited his values with 2\S on the previous
round. N/S forgot to double, but +500 vs. +150 was only half a matchpoint
difference where N/S could make +680 in \H. 

East's sacrifice wasn't foolproof; after all, if partner has a singleton \D
and the A\S, they might take a quick 4 tricks against 4\H versus an almost
certain minus in 4\S. However, East's call was probably odds on and if the
game is making, East only needs to make 7 tricks in spades to show a profit. 

If N/S had stayed out of the auction (and West had bid 1\S), a 4\D rebid in
standard shows a picture bid with 4 spades and six solid diamonds (\SQxxx \HA
\DAKQxxx \CKx). Perhaps 4\D in a competitive auction should show similar shape
with less high card strength to help W make a decision over a likely 4\H bid
by N/S. On this hand, E holding \DQxxx could judge that the partnership was a
huge underdog to have enough defense to beat 4\H opposite long diamonds and
take the push to 4\S despite holding an anemic 4-3-4-2 hand. 

North has a similar problem as East on this hand. North is worth a limit raise
in hearts but would also like to show his clubs in preparation for a high
level partnership decision. A 2\C bid followed by a heart bid would be nice,
but that pesky spade suit the opponents hold combined with the adverse
vulnerability might make the level to show hearts uncomfortably high on the
next round. A 2\D limit raise right away shows heart support but leaves the
club situation a mystery. Pete last week offered a nice option to play <i>fit
showing jump shifts</i> where 3\C by N over x would show length in clubs, limit
raise values and at least 3 card heart support. This hand fits that
description to a T. That seems like the best shot for our South to find the
winning 5\H call today even if \CQxx doesn't make that a crystal clear
decision. The degree of a secondary fit in a minor often is the key
information toward making a winning high level decision. }
[Auction "E"]
1D 1H X 2H
2S 4H Pass Pass
4S Pass Pass Pass
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N  S  6
N  H 12
N  D  5
N  C 12
N NT  7
E  S  7
E  H  0
E  D  7
E  C  0
E NT  0
S  S  6
S  H 12
S  D  5
S  C 12
S NT  7
W  S  7
W  H  0
W  D  7
W  C  0
W NT  0
