Bridge

BY HEATHER DHONDY

Before reading on, cover the East and West hands on the deal below.

NORTH-SOUTH GAME; DEALER SOUTH

Playing teams, South opens one heart (playing five-card majors), and West overcalls two diamonds. What call do you make with the North cards?

Cue bid three diamonds, showing a sound raise in hearts (since you know partner has at least five), and South cue bids three spades. North’s four diamond cue-bid is doubled by East, and after using Blackwood, South settles for five hearts.

West leads the jack of diamonds, won with the ace, and a heart to the ace drops West’s singleton queen. How