♥ A 9 8 3
♦ K 6
♣ Q 7
| WEST | NORTH | EAST | SOUTH |
| 1♠ | pass | 2♣ | |
| pass | 2♥ | pass | 3♦ |
| pass | 3NT | pass | pass |
| pass |
North opens 1♠, his 5-card Major.
South, with 14 points, responds 2♣, a 2/1 force to game.
North next bids 2♥, showing the other Major suit.
South assumes North to be 5-4 in the Majors, so she cannot support either. She cannot bid 2NT without a stopper in ♦s. So South bids the fourth suit, 3♦, telling North she knows she must make a bid, but can't find anything appropriate.
North now must find a bid. His choices include rebidding the 5-card ♠s, supporting South's ♣s with a doubleton Queen, or bidding 3NT with the ♦ K 6 as a stopper. He chooses this last option. It appears that 3NT is the best game for these two hands.
Deal 10
♥ J 10 7
♦ 9 7 5
♣ A K J 6 2