If you bid up, play up also

Khalil Gibran, a Lebanese artist, poet and writer, said, "The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind."

That is so true. At the bridge table, after bidding, you must apply your mind to winning the requisite number of tricks. In today's deal, South pushes into six hearts. West leads the spade 10 to South's ace. How should declarer continue?

In the auction, South's two-heart rebid was forcing, since North's two-over-one response guaranteed a rebid. When South heard about respectable heart support, he plunged into Black wood. He upgraded for his secondary club fit.