1 NT Pass 3 NT Pass Pass Pass West leads the spade king. Plan the play. This duck is good technique, but does not affect the result with the cards as shown in the diagram. After taking the ace of spades, South should start diamonds by cashing the ace and leading the queen. When West plays the nine and ten on the first two leads, declarer can make sure of the contract by overtaking the diamond queen with dummy's king and leading the seven or eight from dummy.
Good defense can defeat all other lines of play.
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