Subject:	Difficult auction
Date:	Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:54:25 -0800 (PST)

Matchpoints, none Vul. How would you bid this?

East (dealer)
AK7643
AK52
AK
T

West
T
T9
QJ984
AQJ85

My partner and I ended up in 6 NT, which was down 4.

Howard

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