Board 34 South Deals E-W Vul	♠ A 3 2 ♥ 8 7 5 ♦ 8 2 ♣ A K Q 4 2
♠ K Q 10 6 5 4 ♥ A Q 2 ♦ 10 9 4 ♣ 3	N W E S	♠ J 9 ♥ 9 6 3 ♦ J 7 6 5 3 ♣ J 10 8
	♠ 8 7 ♥ K J 10 4 ♦ A K Q ♣ 9 7 6 5

 

South opens 1NT, and West overcalls 2♠. North then bids 3NT on the strength of the ♣, but this is ambitious. The ♠K is led and ducked in dummy, East playing the J. Undaunted West continued with ♠Q and now its your turn. can you make 9 tricks ?

 

Well if ♣s were 2-2 in the opponents hand there is no problem, but they break 3-1 so the suit is blocked. The solution is to duck the ♠ lead again, and then use the ♠A to discard a ♣ from hand , so allowing 5 winners in the ♣ suit from dummy so making the contract