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If South had passed you would have bid 2H, of course. Now you have to decide between the apparent overbid of 3H and a cautions pass, which will not allow partner to compete further (or bid game) when he is strong. It is easily best to show your heart support.
David Bird — Knight Features
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Expecting strong hearts opposite, North decided to raise the suit immediately. With hearts agreed as trumps, the next three bids were cue-bids that showed the ace or king of the suit bid. North then bid Roman Key-card Blackwood, South’s 5S response showing two ‘aces’ (where the king of trumps counts as an ‘ace’) along with the trump queen. How would you play the small slam in hearts when West leads the six of spades? East cannot beat dummy’s ten of spades but you should overtake with the ace anyway, retaining an entry to dummy in the spade suit. If clubs break no worse than 4-2, that suit will bring you the tricks that you need. You will be able to score six trumps, four clubs and the two top spades. You cross to the ace of clubs at Trick 2 and ruff a club. When both defenders follows suit, you cross to dummy with the ace of trumps and ruff another club (unless trumps are 5-0, when you will have to draw trumps and hope that clubs are 3-3). You can then draw trumps and return to dummy with the king of spades, to discard three diamonds on the good clubs.
