#9 East West Vulnerable
South   West   North   East
 1NT       Pass    3NT       AP
                                                North
                                                ♠ 7 6 2
                                                ♥ A 8 7 2
                                                ♦ Q 5 3
                                                ♣ K J 5
                        West                                 East
                       ♠ J 10 9 6 4                       ♠ K 8
                       ♥ Q J 6                               ♥ 10 9 3
                       ♦ A 7 2                               ♦ K 4
                       ♣ 9 6                                  ♣ 10 8 7 4 3 2
                                                South (you)
                                                ♠ A Q 3
                                                ♥ K 5 4
                                                ♦ J 10 9 8 6
                                                ♣ A Q
 
As South, you have two stoppers in the suit they have led and two high cards to drive out ~ the ♦AK. You should hold up the first round and win the second spade with the ♠Q. If you win the first diamond, then East wins the first diamond and clears spades. When West gets in ♦A, all of West’s spades are good. If you win the second diamond, East has no spades to play when in with the ♦K.
 
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