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 Leads against 3NT by Matthias Huberschwiller

You need to lead against 3NT.
How to make best use of the bidding sequence and use the lead to try to beat the contract?

It's your lead!


Question 1

  Your Hand
 Q 9 6 2
 K 5
 Q 9 6 3
 9 4 3
 
Q: 1 - You are West. Your lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 No-trumpPass3 No-trumpPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: 2 - After the sequence 1NT-3NT, your opponents have few cards in the majors.
With two possible leads, you need to privilege your major and therefore chose the fourth best in Spades.


Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
 A 6 5 2
 J 6 3
 Q 6 2
 9 6 2
 
Q: 2 - You are West. Your lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
1Pass1Pass
1Pass2 *Pass
2 No-trumpPass3 No-trumpPass
PassPass

* 4th suit forcing.

 Your choice:
A: 9 - Your opponents indicated that they have three suits and South ask his partner about a Club stopper.
None of your suits is strong enough in order to lead in an opponents' suit, so you need to turn towards Clubs, the "white suit".
With the holding you have, you lead the nine, "top of nothing".

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
 7 2
 J 6 2
 9 6 2
 K Q 7 6 2
 
Q: 3 - You are West. Your lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 No-trumpPass3 No-trumpPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: 6 - The bidding sequence calls for a lead in a major, but there is little hope to create enough tricks in either Hearts or Spades.
Therefore, turn to the Club length.
With only K-Q (without the Jack or 10), you don't lead the King against No-trump. So, you lead fourth best.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
 J 8 6 2
 8
 9 6 5 4
 Q 6 3 2
 
Q: 4 - You are West. Your lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1Pass
1 No-trumpPass3 No-trumpPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: 2 - Often the answer of 1NT after the opening bid of One Diamond is made with a length in Clubs.
What you know for sure is that South does not have four cards in Spades, so Spades are more promising than Clubs.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
 A 6 5
 9 5
 Q 10 9 8
 J 4 3 2
 
Q: 5 - You are West. Your lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 No-trumpPass2Pass
2Pass3 No-trumpPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: 10 - Both your opponents have announced that they hold a four card major, but how will you chose which of your minors you will lead?
It's the quality of the intermediate cards that must guide you; as you have a broken sequence in Diamonds, this should make you lean towards them.
Thus, you lead the top of the inner sequence, the ten.


Your result so far:
Open Question

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