	NORTH QT9632 K5 K6 732
AJ854 T9 QT KJ84		K7 A72 J53 AQ965
	QJ8643 A98742 T

Dealer: South Vul: Both MP Scoring

West

2
Pass
Pass

North

3
5

East

3
Pass

South
2
5 1
Pass

Weak Two Comes Alive

1
This board rotated to make declarer South: original board number: 4

South had subscribed to "Rule of Twenty" magazine and counted High Card Points and length of two longest suits no less than 3 times:
"6 cards in hearts, 6 cards in diamonds and 7 points is....is...is..."
Repression of the 1 point shortfall somehow suggested recountings.
"Nah...it's only 19....can't even add it wrong once to justify opening this 1 heart" was the silent resignation.
Little resignation it was!
First 2

was opened and then after North's simple, in no way invitational, raise to 3

, the idea that the opponents could be missing 4

was impetus enough for a lead directing (could it really be either a slam try or an offer to play in a new suit???) 5

bid.against a possible 5

anticipated (sacrifice???) competition.

West started the defence with the A and dummy's spades weren't a welcome sight.
"They'd never be making 4 on this one" mused aloud dummy.

Hmmm...took stock South. No requisite third heart and not enough points to really have a chance of a good shot at making 3. Perhaps there are liberties all round this table, with East clearly having raised on no more than two cards...or is it West that bid the 4 card spade suit at the two level?

Rather than ditching a surely losing club to cut communications, declarer ruffed, cashed K, then A and overruffed West's 9.
A heart was played towards hand and declarer won West's last heart, the T with the Q.
A heart continuation was won by East's A and the A cashed.

Declarer ruffed the next club, drew the last trump and prompted a quick change of boards, making 5.