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AT A RECENT tournament I held this hand:
 AKJ865
 A93
 Void
 9875
I opened 1 spade and the auction proceeded:
1S (2D) 4D* (5D). Partners 4D bid was a splinter bid, promising 1 or no D with 4+ card support and about an opening hand! This was the first time a partner showed a singleton or void to me when I had a void in the same suit!! Over opponents 5D I bid 5H showing that ace and partner bid 6S. All passed and after the Queen of Diamonds was lead partner put down:
10972
KJ104
J
AK103
Pretty skinny, seems pard had said it all with the 4D bid, but it looked like all I would need was hold my club losers to 1 and guess the Queen of Hearts. I ruffed the Diamond lead and laid down the Spade Ace upon which my RHO discarded a diamond!! 3 spades Q behind me so I had a trump loser as well. I saw a possibility, if I could eliminate the other side suits
from LHO's hand I could throw him in with the trump Q and he would have
to give a ruff and discard! Who to play for the Queen of Hearts? Since
RHO had no spades, there was more room in their hand to have Queen of
Hearts. I cashed Spade King, the Ace King of Clubs and led the Heart
Jack from dummy playing low from hand. It held the trick. Another Heart
to my 9, then the heart Ace was cashed all following, the Queen
dropping on my right. So LHO was 3-3-5-2. I now played a trump to LHO
who had nothing but diamonds left. On the Diamond, lead I ruffed in
dummy discarding one club loser from hand and the other club went on
dummy's King of hearts!!!
BY CAREFUL THOUGHT EVEN HOPELESS LOOKING CONTRACTS CAN SOMETIMES BE MADE…NEVER GIVE UP.
The complete hand:
In future columns I will cater more to the normal hand types so that my readers can improve their game. 
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