East-West vulnerable.  
West deals.
                              North
                              S: Q 7 5 4 3        
                              H: Void        
                              D: 10 4      
                              C: Q J 10 8 6 3
            West                             East
            S: J 9 2                         S: A 10       
            H: J 5                           H: 9 3        
            D: K Q J 9 8 5 2                 D: A 7 6 3           
            C: K                             C: A 9 7 4 2   
                              South                         
                              S: K 8 6
                              H: A K Q 10 8 7 6 4 2
                              D: Void      
                              C: 5        
          The Bidding:  
                   West   North     East   South                  
                    3D     Pass      5D     5H  
                   Pass    Pass     Pass
          Opening lead:  DK
     Bridge can be a very cruel game.  I was directing a game
recently and one player was held up in traffic so I sat down to
play the first hand until she arrived.  Of course, I picked up
the South hand.  The defender's didn't throw any cards away that
were important and I went down one for minus fifty.  
     As scores came in during the game, I kept my eye on the
results for this hand.  None of us have a lot of experience with
good nine card suits and it turned out that minus fifty was an
average score.
     The best result for North-South was at a table where West
opened one diamond.  North passed and East bid three no-trump. 
South doubled and neither East nor West thought twice about
bidding again.  South decided that this was not the hand for a
fourth-best lead and played his hearts from the top.  Down five,
doubled and vulnerable, was worth 1400.
     The worst score for North-South was at the table where West
opened two diamonds.  North passed and East bid four diamonds. 
South bid four hearts.  West bid five diamonds.  South bid five
hearts.  When this went around to East he just had to bid six
diamonds.  It turns out that each side thought that the other
side could make their bid.  South, unfortunately, could not
accept his gift at this point and bid six hearts.  This was
doubled and went down two tricks for minus three hundred.
     It is very exciting to pick up a good nine card suit.  Be
careful what you wish for.