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After partner opens 1
 and raises your 2
 response to 3, cuebids 4 after you try 4
, youth and exuberance take over and you wind up in 7.
West leads the 
K and hearts are 3-1, West having the singleton. Plan the play.
| The idea is to give yourself two chances in the play. After drawing trumps, test the spades. If spades are 3-3, you will be able to discard two clubs on established spades and not have to worry about 4-1 clubs. If spades do not break 3-3, you do have to worry about 4-1 clubs. Unless West is short in both hearts and spades, your best is to start clubs with the ace, unblocking the 10, and then over to the queen and if West shows out, low to the eight. However, If West started with two spades and one heart, a good case could be made for cashing the club ace and then leading low to the 10. This play wins whenever West has fewer than 7 diamonds. At the prevailing vulnerability, he might have bid with 7 diamonds. In any case, the key to the play is testing spades before attacking clubs. Hand played by Phil Pecsok aka ‘birdyman’ on OKbridge. Dlr: North Vul: North-South
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