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Your Hand
♠ 10 9 3
♥ Q 8 7 5
♦ Q 8 7 5
♣ 5 2 |
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Q: 3 - You are South.
South | West | North | East |
- | - | - | 2NT |
Pass | 3♥ | Pass | 3♠ |
Pass | 6♣ | Pass | 6♠ |
Pass | Pass | | |
A wild board here! East opens a strong 2NT and West transfers via 3
♥. East accepts the transfer to which West now LEAPS to 6
♣. We don't know what West has, but he surely will have a good hand with at least ten or eleven cards in Spades and Clubs! East prefers Spades and corrects to 6
♠, and that is that.
What do you lead? (Take your time!)
A: ♦5 (with ♥5 a very close second choice).
Whatever you lead, you must lead a red suit! East has a strong hand, and West also has a good hand with Spades and Clubs. We must therefore take/establish our red suit trick(s) before declarer can discard them on dummy's Clubs.
With equal holding in both red suits, it is purely a guess as to which suit to lead. The only small and very minute clue is that partner did not double the 3♥ transfer bid, so at least that tells us that partner does not have length AND strength in Hearts. Although it's not much, but it is still better than nothing.
Give yourself full marks if you chose to lead the ♥5 as well. As East and West both have strong hands, it could well be that no lead will defeat the contract! Maybe we can hope that the opponents have missed out on a grand slam!
Your result so far: