4. CREATING ENTRY FOR PARTNER'S HAND BY SACRIFICING A HIGH HONOR
                         DESCAPELLES COUP

(1)
           NORTH                    3 NT by S: Lead H
        S:Kxx                       -----------------
        H:Kx                        E takes HAQ. Natural lead for him is to 
        D:AJ                        lead back S, but E is controlling C and
        C:AKJxxx                    if W has SA, he can be given entry next
        --------------              time. But if W is holding DQ, his entry
  WEST  ||||||||||||||    EAST      can be crated now. Therefore E plays DK and 
S:Jx    ||||||||||||||  S:xxxx      when he gets in by CQ, he plays back D,
H:Jxxxxx||||||||||||||  H:AQ        W having signalled high on DK.
D:Qxx   ||||||||||||||  D:Kxxx 
C:10x   ||||||||||||||  C:Qxx        
        --------------
          SOUTH (D)
        S:AQxx        
        H:xxx         
        D:xxxx         
        C:xx         

(2)
           NORTH                  3 NT by S: Lead S10
        S:xxx                     -------------------
        H:Ax                      S had bid 1 D on N's 1C and 3 NT on N's 2 C.
        D:AJx                     E covers with K, S ducks and takes SA on
        C:AJ10xx                  second round. He then finesses C's and E
        --------------            wins. E can now see that W cannot have more
  WEST  ||||||||||||||    EAST    than 4 points and S has atleast 1 S, 1H, 3C
S:QT98xx||||||||||||||  S:Kx      and 4D tricks. His only hope is for W to have
H:Qxxx  ||||||||||||||  H:Kxxx    HQ. He therefore plays HK creating an entry
D:xx    ||||||||||||||  D:xxxx    for W.
C:x     ||||||||||||||  C:KQx         
        --------------
          SOUTH (D)
        S:AJ            
        H:J109        
        D:KQ109       
        C:9xxx        

(3)
           NORTH                   3 NT by S: Lead H
        S:Ax                       -----------------
        H:Jxx                      E puts H10, S ducks. E's Q is overtaken
        D:xxx                      with HK and another H played back. S takes
        C:AQ109x                   HA and finnesses Cs, E wins with the J.
        --------------             E has one more C control as W is placed
  WEST  ||||||||||||||    EAST     with singleton D, S having and rebid D.
S:Qxxx  ||||||||||||||  S:Kxxx     E should therefore try to create an entry
H:Kxxxx ||||||||||||||  H:Q10      with W by leading SK.
D:x     ||||||||||||||  D:xxxx 
C:xxx   ||||||||||||||  C:KJx         
        --------------
          SOUTH (D)
        S:J109            
        H:A9x         
        D:AKQJx       
        C:xx          

(4)
           NORTH                     3 NT by S: Lead SJ
        S:Qx                         ------------------
        H:AJ                         N's Q wins and S plays a C. E wins
        D:A109xx                     with the A and backing a S which is ducked
        C:Qxxx                       by S, W wins and plays another S. S now
        --------------               finnesses D, E gets the Q. The only 
  WEST  ||||||||||||||    EAST       possible entry with W, as E can see is HK.
S:KJ10xx||||||||||||||  S:xxx        He should therefore play HQ.If he plays low
H:Kxx   ||||||||||||||  H:Qxxxx      W's K will be taken by A, Cs run and E put
D:xxx   ||||||||||||||  D:KQx        in by HQ, forced to lead to DA10.
C:xx    ||||||||||||||  C:Ax          
        --------------
          SOUTH (D)
        S:Axx         
        H:xxx         
        D:J8          
        C:KJxxx