#10 Both Vulnerable
North East South West
1♠ Pass 1NT Pass
3NT AP
North (dummy)
♠ A K Q 10 7 6
♥ A K
♦ 10 9 8
♣ K 4
West East
♠ ♠ 8 4 3
♥ ♥ Q 10 9
♦ ♦ K 6 3 2
♣ J ♣ A 9 7
South (declarer)
♠
♥
♦
♣
As East, considering clubs in isolation, your proper play is the ♣9 indicating a high honor in clubs and limiting declarer’s club tricks to one. However, before playing to the first trick, it is important to consider the entire hand before conceding a club trick to declarer. Dummy has 8 sure tricks and the ♣Q would be declarer’s 9th trick! Therefore, win the ♣A and switch to the ♦2. Four diamond tricks and the ♣A sets the contract!
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