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teven Wright a stand up comedian said ,f it s a penny for your thoughts and you put in your t o cents orth then someone some here is making a penny. ,f each defender puts in a penny and they in the pot by defeating the contract they are ell ahead of the game. o should (ast West defeat four spades in today s deal after West leads the diamond ace o not let your partner ignore the bidding! When North makes a takeout double over one dia mond he is ondering both hich of the three unbid suits outh prefers and the strength of his partner s hand. When outh umps to t o spades he sho s points. simple advance indicates points and a cue bid of the opener s suit here t o diamonds promises points or more. es outh ould prefer to have a fifth spade because North promised only three but outh has no choice he must describe his hand as accurately as he can and hope it all orks out ell. North has an easy raise to four spades. he key play comes at trick one. 8nder the diamond ace (ast must signal ith his Tueen sho ing the Tueen and the ack. ,t is so unlikely that the Tueen is a singleton. No West must sit on his free hand to slo do n his play and avoid a fatal knee erk reaction. t trick t o West must shift to his singleton heart. hen after he umps in ith his spade ace he under leads his diamond king. (ast ins ith the ack and gives West a heart ruff for the setting trick. Brilliant!