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Contract : (W) 3NT     Lead : 4♦

Trick 5 North
2♦
 
Declarer (W)
♠ - - -
♥ A J 9
♦ - Q 10

♣ A J 7 -
4♣     Q♠ Dummy (E)
♠ - - - -
♥ 10 8 6 2
♦ 6 -

♣ 10 5 3
    5♦
South
  Won = 5
Lost = 0

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Endplay
Declarer now has won 5 of the 9 tricks required to make his contract. He has 3 more sure winners : A♣, A♥ and Q♦.
He needs to find one more trick to secure his 3NT contract.
There are finesse situations in all three remaining suits.
By throwing in North by means of a double finesse in , North then has to play directly into one of Declarer's tenaces, producing a certain 9th trick for the contract.