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Dlr: North 
Vul: Both 
IMPs








 North (dummy)
 Q
 K10864
 3
 KJ9754

South (you)
 A1084
 A5
 A76
 AQ82
                       N   E   S   W              
                       -   -   1C  -	
		       2H  -   2s  -	
		       4C  -   7C --

 
(1) Forcing - fit showing jump
(2) Super clubs - wildly distributional hand  
Opening lead:  Q 

Somehow you have arrived at a great contract. How do you play it? 




Solution


West
 KJ53
 72
 QJ104
 1063

 North 
 Q
 K10864
 3
 KJ9754

South 
 A1084
 A5
 A76
 AQ82
 
East
 9762
 QJ93
 K9852
 -

          Win the  A (nice play) and lead a LOW club to dummy's jack. 
It is important that you start clubs this way. You may have to trump 
two hearts in your hand and if West has two hearts and three trumps, 
the worst case scenario, you will need to trump two hearts with the 
queen and ace of clubs, eventually leading a club to the nine to draw 
trumps. 
          Even if both opponents follow when you lead a club to the jack
 at trick two, you should test the hearts by playing the ace-king. If both
 follow, draw the last trump. If hearts are 5-1, you may still be able to 
make the hand if the player with the five hearts has the odd trump. 


KEY POINTERS 
1. A jump- by a passed hand is NOT a point count showing bid ("I wanted 
to show you an almost opening bid, partner"), it is a fit-showing jump. 
Without going into detail, the jump shifter usually has 10 cards between 
the two suits. Some play a passed hand jump response to a major suit 
opening bid as a game force, but not as a game force after a minor suit 
opening. In any case, the jump is forcing for at least one round. 

2. When a contract looks too good to be true, ask yourself what can go
 wrong (three clubs with two hearts in the West hand), and then ask 
yourself what, if anything, you can do about it. 

3. With a plethora of high trump, save the high trump in the hand you 
plan to do your ruffing - as long as the trump in the other hand will 
be strong enough to eventually draw trump. 

4. A major concern when dealing with a side suit establishment is what
 is to become of you if the suit does not break evenly. Translation: how
 many trumps and or entries are you going to need to set up the suit? 

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