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Bridge
South rebid 2S, apparently a game try, but in fact he was aiming to assess the slam prospects. When partner’s jump to 4H suggested a helpful holding, he advanced to the small slam via Blackwood. How would you play six hearts when West leads the queen of diamonds? Suppose you win with the diamond ace, cross to the king of trumps and cash the ace and king of spades. The key moment has been reached. If you ruff a spade with the six, East will overruff and return a trump. You will have no way to dispose of your other spade loser and will go one down. Australian expert, Tim Bourke, made no mistake on the deal, which comes from the National Open Teams in Canberra. He took the first spade ruff with the ace and returned to the South hand to ruff his last spade with the six. Whether or not East overruffed at this stage, declarer would have only one loser. A response of 2C would be constructive but not forcing in most systems and you cannot risk 2C being passed out when you have primary spade support. A bid of 1NT or 2NT would not be appropriate with only one heart stopper and such good spade support. A response of 2S or 3S would suggest a pre-emptive hand. You actually hold a sound raise and should tell partner this with a cue-bid in the enemy suit. AWARD:2H-10, 3S-6, 2S-5, 2C/1NT-4, 2NT-2.
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