It is good to "have the count."
East-West vulnerable.  South deals.
                              North
                              S: A 9          
                              H: J 10 3      
                              D: K 7 5 2     
                              C: 8 7 4 2 
            West                             East
            S: Void                          S: K 10 6   
            H: K 8 6 2                       H: A Q 7 5 4  
            D: 10 9 8                        D: J 6 4 3           
            C: A J 10 9 6 5                  C: K           
                              South                         
                              S: Q J 8 7 5 4 3 2 
                              H: 9          
                              D: A Q       
                              C: Q 3    
          The Bidding:  
                  South    West    North    East                  
                   1S      Pass     1NT      2H 
                   4S      Pass     Pass    Pass
	  Openingn Lead: 2H
     This hand came up during a duplicate game.  I held the South
cards.  My partner was Mort Pierce of Chagrin Falls.  Stan Jaffe
of Beachwood sat West and Billy Kane of Willoughby was East.  
     With a weak eight card spade suit, I wanted to make a pre-
emptive bid of four spades.  My problem was, in first seat,
opposite and unpassed partner, I didn't want to miss a possible
slam.  When partner could only bid one no trump, it was obvious
that there was no slam and I made the bid I should have started
with.
     The opening lead was the two of hearts.  Kane won the ace
and played the king of clubs.  I played small and Jaffe overtook
this trick with the ace to return the jack of clubs.  Kane
trumped.  I won the diamond return and played the queen of
spades.  Jaffe showed out and I had to concede a trick to the
king of spades for down one.
     I asked Jaffe how he knew to overtake the king of clubs and
he gave me a very good answer.  "When my partner led the king and
you played the three I could count twelve clubs.  The queen was
the only card not accounted for.  If partner had the lady, it
wouldn't matter what I did, but if you had it, partner might be
able to trump."
     It is interesting to note that the East-West cards can score
ten tricks in hearts, and without a diamond lead from South,
thirteen tricks are a good possibility.  Also, West led the two
of hearts after hearing his partner overcall the heart suit.  Had
I bid four spades at my first opportunity, there is a chance that
the opening lead would be the ten of diamonds, making the play at
four spades much easier.
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