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 Majors or minor suit leads? by linda j green

What happens when you do not have a good sequence to lead and partner has not bid?

One is left to guess which suit to lead. Listening to the auction is the biggest clue.

Should we lead majors or minors? Prefer to lead majors than minors in certain situations. Let us see why?

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 8 7
♥ J 7 6 4
♦ K 8 6
♣ Q 9 5 3 		 
Q: 1 - As South what suit do you lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1 NT
Pass3NTPassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: 4♥. When the opponents did not use Stayman to look for a 4-card major, despite the minor suit being a better suit, lead that major. You know dummy will have no major longer than a 3-card suit.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 10 8 6 2
♥ 9 7 2
♦ A 3
♣ K J 8 4 		 
Q: 2 - As South what suit do you lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♦Pass1NT
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: 8♠. When responder denies a 4-card major they usually have the minors. Responder cannot have 4 hearts, nor 4 spades, and did not support diamonds, therefore probably long in clubs. Listening to the bidding will guide us what to do.
Remember: Do not lead a low card without an honor. Lead second highest to show no honor.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ A Q 7 6
♥ 9 8 3
♦ K J 6 2
♣ Q 7 		 
Q: 3 - As South what suit do you lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♥
Pass2♥Pass4♥
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: 2♦. One NEVER lead away from Aces in a suit contract. One does not lead unsupported Aces without the king. On this hand one does not lead from a doubleton honor unless partner bids the suit. Lead from what we have even though it is a minor.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 7 6
♥ K J 4 2
♦ J 8 7 4 2
♣ 10 2 		 
Q: 4 - As South what suit do you lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♠
Pass2♠Pass4♠
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: 2♥. Leading from the other major is far better than leading from a bad 5-card minor. Attacking leads are usually good leads when holding so few HCP. Timing is everything, to get quick tricks before declarer may get discards in other suits.
As said before, do not lead doubletons unless partner bids the suit.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ Q 6
♥ J 7
♦ A 5 4 2
♣ Q 7 6 3 2 		 
Q: 5 - As South what suit do you lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♦
Pass3♦PassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: 3♣. When holding long trumps, lead the longest suit expecting to shorten declarer hoping they lose control of the hand. One should NOT lead a Queen or Jack doubleton, without the Jack or Ten respectively, as this will help declarer locate the missing honors. Denying majors here really will entice you to lead them, but don't!

Your result so far:
Open Question

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