BRIDGE NOTES: Calculated risk pays rich dividend

There are occasions in duplicate bridge when the anchor pair of the team keeps a close watch on the score by sheer mental calculations with the performance at the table. In many cases it is not very difficult to assess the score on the basis of success and failure in getting the positive or negative score on each deal of the segment of the game. Hence the anchor pair tries hard to achieve its best to gain more points to offset shortfalls and get greater advantage over the opponent to post better score on the ultimate result of the round.
A similar situation was faced by the anchor pair of a team in a team event at social club in Karachi; some times back when the team of experienced players, struck with over confidence against weaker opposition found itself lagging behind by 10 victory points in the earlier round. Being conscious of the fact of setback the pair decided to take some risks to wipe out the deficit on the second last deal of the last segment of the game as given below.
The declarer in the South position defended his bid of six clubs as a calculated move to get an upper hand over the opponents.
(1) Reverse bid showing a strong hand
The South having heard his partner's rebid in hearts that showed a weak hand with no support for opener's suits. Despite knowing it he could not resist the temptation to bid six clubs, being void in diamond suit. Merely because there was, in his view, a glaring possibility of Small Slam in clubs with one ace held by his partner. And the opponent pair playing the same hand was bound to reach a game in clubs on this packed club suit. His partner's rebid in hearts might prove a good combination in that suit with three cards of the suit held by him. He thought that if he also had stopped at game level in clubs it would be a flat board with no gain to his side. With this optimistic assumption the South started to play the hand.
West led the diamond King
When the dummy came down, the South took a good look at it, and thought to himself that if the spade finesse worked and the heart breaking with 3-2 distribution with the opponents than the contract of Small Slam was bound to succeed.
With this frame of mind the South ruffed the King of diamonds in hand and played a small heart and won the trick with the King in the dummy and with no other option he played a spade from dummy and finessed the queen of spades, it worked as he thought.
The declarer then cashed the ace of spades and ruffed the third spade with the lone trump in the dummy and came back to hand by ruffing a small diamond. Next, after playing three rounds trumps and discarding the rest of diamonds from the dummy, the South then led the ten of hearts and ducked in the dummy. That gave him the good news of heart suit breaking 2-3, and only one heart trick was lost and made the rest of twelve trick for his adventurous contract of six clubs. Whereas the opponent at the other table bid only five clubs and made six with same line of play. Thus his team was better off in comparison of points against the opponent on this deal and his calculated risk paid good dividends.
The bidding:

Dealer South
Both sides vulnerable
North
S 65
H AK865
D J10642
C 4
West
S J843
H 93
D J1064
C 985
East
S K1072
H QJ2
D Q983
C 62
South
S AQ9
H 1074
D ---
C AKQJ1073
Golden Tips
One has to take a risk to gain over the opponents.