1. Nice to have a Strong Two in the armoury.
2. Christopher Clarke correctly shows his
    5+♥ - 5 ♣ shape, in the hope of eliciting a
   preference.
3. However Richard Pollitzer sensibly opts
   to play the slam in notrumps. 6 would
   have stood no chance on East’s likely ace of
   diamonds lead.
   [At the other table North did declare 6 ♥
   and, surprisingly, East did not lead his ace.
   On the spade lead, declarer cashed a second
   spade and disposed of his diamond. He
   could now have made, by gambling on a 3-3
   club split and picking up trumps for one
   loser by running the jack [♥ J, ♥ Q, ♥ K,
   ♥ 8, then leading low back to the nine and
   ten, able then to draw West’s ♥ 64 with his
   ♥ A7]. Declarer followed the odds by playing
   to ruff third club in dummy and relying
   on a 3-2 trump split: unlucky – down one.

6 NT by South