Posted 2016-March-28, 03:06
Classically, if you accept your own game try, you are showing a slam try.
In real life this sequence can a bit difficult because West could have a hand without slam interest but interested in playing in a Spade game rather than Heart Game, despite the 2H raise (which might be on 3 trumps with most humans if not apparently with GIB). That said, most humans would rebid 1S rather than 2H with 4-3 in the majors, although by no means universal.
But GIB claims that 2H raise shows 4 trumps anyway, so West is at fault and should just bid 4H over 2H, and reserve 2S followed by 4H as a slam try, in which case East is forgiven.
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