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The Deal                      The Auction 

         North                                 Vulnerable: None
          -                                  Dealer: East
          A 10 8 5 4 3
          8 7 3                    South     West      North     East
          Q 10 6 4                                               1 
                                     Dbl       1 NT *    2       3 
West                East             Dbl       3       4       Pass
 J 10 2            K 9 8 7 6     Pass      Dbl       Pass      Pass
 K J 9 6           Q 2           4 NT      Dbl       5       Dbl
 4                 K Q J 10 5    Pass      Pass      5  **   Pass
 J 9 8 7 2         A             Pass      Dbl       Pass      Pass
                                     5  ***  Dbl       Pass      Pass
         South                       Pass
          A Q 5 4 3
          7                        *    Forcing one round
          A 9 6 2                  **   North said, "I have another bid...
          K 5 3                         Five hearts."
                                     ***  West said to South, "You have one   
                                          more bid..."  So South said,
                                          "Five spades."

                                     Opening lead: 4
                                     Result: down 5, minus 1100

This was in a Swiss Teams game at the Ft. Wayne Regional, Sept. 28, 1994.
East was Kiran Gulati.  West was Subhash (Posh) Gulati.

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