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I totally agree with Kenberg and Jdgalt. The first few posters who said bidding 4H is automatic, left me feeling that I was missing something. But like Jdgalt says, if partner really has a strong hand without strong spades, why on earth did he or she pass 1S? It must be that partner is taking a chance for contract to go down and swinging for the fences as it is the last hand of the match. Plus my own strong hand makes our prospects look rather good. My own shortness in S also supports the idea that partner has long S (4 carder). Maybe partner has KQ10x of S, and as partner (South) is over long S hand (East), he or she expects to make 3 S tricks, and is hoping for a couple more tricks in other suits.