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What will you say now on the West cards?
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Some players rebid 2D without giving the matter further thought. It is not a good bid. If partner held three spades, he might well have raised the spades instead of bidding 1NT. So, it is unlikely that you have a 5-3 spade fit. If you rebid 2D, you are gambling that partner has four cards in the suit. Otherwise you are likely to end in a contract that will be worse than 1NT. The best idea is to pass. Remember that partner does not guarantee a balanced hand. When he is weak, he might have 1-4-2-6 shape, for example. David Bird — Knight Features
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North left his diamond unmentioned, preferring to show a strong hand with long clubs. When South cuebid a heart control, North bid Blackwood and leapt to 6NT. How would you play this when West leads the king of spades? The original declarer assumed that the clubs would provide six tricks. In that case he had eleven easy tricks and one more from the spades would bring the total to twelve. At Trick 2 he led the jack of spades, throwing a heart from dummy. West won and returned another spade, declarer throwing a diamond from dummy. When the club suit misbehaved, there was no way to recover. Declarer had already thrown two potentially useful red-suit cards from the dummy. The best he could do was to go one down by giving East a club trick. A better line is to test clubs first, playing the king and the ace.When you play the spade jack next, you are better placed. You know you can afford to throw two clubs from dummy. Diamonds break 3-3 and the heart king is onside! You can therefore bump your total to twelve tricks.
