Neither side vulnerable.  
South deals.
                              NORTH
                              S: Q 10             
                              H: A J 6 3     
                              D: J 5 4       
                              C: A K J 2 


                              SOUTH                         
                              S: A K 9 8
                              H: Q 7 4      
                              D: A K 8 3   
                              C: 8 6      
                  SOUTH    WEST    NORTH    EAST                  
                   1NT     Pass     2C      Pass
                   2H      Pass     6NT   (All Pass)
     The opening lead is the four of clubs.  Try to determine how
you would plan the play of this hand as declarer before reading
further.
     North was obviously pleased with his hand after partner
opened one no trump.  When South showed a four card spade suit in
response to North's Stayman bid, North decided to not make any
further inquiries and just bid the small slam.  I would have
preferred another two or three points for this bid, but you don't
always have everything you want.
     Meanwhile, the hand must be played at six no trump.  Your
partner has shown great confidence in you and you should try your
best to live up to it.  You decide to delay the club finesse and
you play the ace to trick one.  East follows with the ten and you
play the six.  The ten is a curious card.  If West has led fourth
best and East has played his lowest club, then the failure of the
three to appear is very telling.  West must have five clubs to
the nine and East must have the doubleton queen-ten.  
     A small diamond is led from dummy. East plays the two, South
the king, and West contributes the ten!  Why so big?  Oh well,
everything will clear up shortly.  The four of hearts is led to
the jack in dummy.  West plays the two and East wins the king. 
The six of diamonds is tabled by East and it is time to do some
counting.  Declarer can see three spade tricks (four if the jack
falls in the first three plays of the suit), two heart tricks
(three if the outstanding hearts divide evenly), two diamond
tricks (three if the queen is doubleton), and two club tricks
(three if the queen is doubleton).  That works out to ten tricks
if nothing works and twelve tricks with a lot of luck.
     There is no reason to believe that East is underleading the
queen at this point so South plays the ace and the queen does
drop. A small heart to the queen and a heart back to the ace
reveals the count in that suit.  Three rounds of spades brings
the jack to the table making the fourth spade good in declarers
hand (a heart is pitched from dummy). The eight of clubs is led
toward the king-jack and when West follows low it is time for the
final decision.  East has shown up with three spades, four
hearts, four diamonds, and therefore, two clubs.  He played the
ten at trick one.  What card will you play from dummy?
     When this hand actually came up, Lil Seigel of Beachwood
called for the king and when the queen fell doubleton she scored
up her small slam and a top on the board.  Here is the entire
deal. 
                              NORTH
                              S: Q 10             
                              H: A J 6 3     
                              D: J 5 4       
                              C: A K J 2 
            WEST                             EAST
            S: 6 4 3 2                       S: J 7 5        
            H: 9 2                           H: K 10 8 5   
            D: Q 10                          D: 9 7 6 2           
            C: 9 7 5 4 3                     C: Q 10        
                              SOUTH                         
                              S: A K 9 8
                              H: Q 7 4      
                              D: A K 8 3   
                              C: 8 6      
     Congratulations to the following American Contract Bridge
League (ACBL) members who have achieved new masterpoint
milestones.  George Wolf of Cuyahoga Falls has passed 2,500
masterpoints to reach the gold life master level.  Frank Aquila
of Solon and Keith Sechler of Brookpark have become silver life
masters (1,000 points).  Raelene Kirkbride of Solon and Richard
Sanders of Copley have become bronze life masters (500 point). 
Doug Becker of Cleveland and Eileen Kless of University Heights
have fulfilled the various requirements and are Unit 125's newest
life masters.
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