Board : 1 SET HAND 3 September 2009
Back Responses to Michaels
 Next Hand
Dealer:  N North
Vulnerable: Nil S A  J  9  8  7
H 7  6
D 5
C A  9  8  7  6
West East
S 6  2 S T
H Q  J  3 H A  K  8  5  4  2
D J  T  3  2 D A  9  4
C K  4  3  2 C Q  J  5
S K  Q  5  4  3
H T  9
D K  Q  8  7  6
C T
Lead: QH South
Bidding
N E S W
P 1H 2H P
4S P P P

Bidding and Play
East opens the bidding with 1 Heart which South overcalls two hearts showing  5 Spades and 5 of a minor.  Wests best bid is to double which says to partner "They have pinched my bid" and if South had passed I would have bid two Hearts. North with five card support for partner's 5 spades and only 7 losers silences the opposition by bidding four spades. It makes easily losing only to the Ace and King of Hearts and the Ace  of Diamonds.
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