This deal is interesting mainly in that it featured one of the longest constructive bidding sequences that I have seen.



E-W Game Pairs Dealer East

South	West	North	East
			Pass
1 (1)	Pass	1	Pass
1NT (2)	Pass	2 (3)	Pass
2	Pass	3	Pass
3 (4)	Pass	3NT (5)	Pass
4 (4)	Pass	4	Pass
4NT (6)	Pass	5 (7)	Pass
5 (8)	Pass	5 (9)	Pass
6	Pass	Pass	Pass

(1) Clubs or 17-19 balanced
(2) 17-19 balanced
(3) Game forcing checkback
(4) Control
(5) Serious slam try
(6) Roman Key Card Blackwood
(7) One or four key cards
(8) Trump queen?
(9) Yes and the spade king

By this time the opposition had moaned about not having enough green cards a few times.

The wrong contract of course, six notrump by South is better than six hearts, needing the hearts to behave or the ace of clubs onside.  How to know that North has those useful jacks probably needs a relay system and a longer sequence!