Give Yourself A Chance

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA 10 6 5
  2. heart10 5
  3. diamondA K Q 5 2
  4. club9 6
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 9
  2. heartA K Q 9 2
  3. diamond10 8 6 3
  4. clubQ 5

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: West
Lead: spade4
West North East South
2spade* 3heart Pass
3NT Pass Pass Pass

* 7-11 HCP, 5+ spade, 5+ minor

Obviously, if either red suit breaks favourably then it's an easy make. The only hand that could hold four diamonds is your RHO and, if this is the case, then you can actually pick them up (try it with a pack of cards, as they say). Firstly, you will need an extra entry to the dummy, which spadeQ should provide. Sure enough spadeQ holds and South follows with the eight.
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