Costs Nothing

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ 9 8 6 4
  2. heartJ 9 8 5
  3. diamondK 7 6 3
  4. club—
  1. spadeJ 5 3
  2. heart6 4 2
  3. diamond9
  4. clubA K Q J 8 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 1 - - -
S - 1 - - -
E 6 - 3 2 4
W 6 - 3 2 4
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K 7 2
  2. heartA Q 7 3
  3. diamondA 5 4
  4. club9 6

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: East
Lead: diamondQ
  1. spade10
  2. heartK 10
  3. diamondQ J 10 8 2
  4. club10 5 4 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1heart Pass
2club Pass 2NT Pass
3NT End
First things first! The clubs may appear to be a banker for six tricks, but unless you took the precaution of leading the nine initially then you will be going down in your contract because the clubs are blocked. It's an easy-to-miss position that would have much more significance if it occurred unannounced at the table. After all, we would all pick this cost-nothing play when presented as a problem, wouldn't we?
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