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 Leads when your partner has bid by Matthias Huberschwiller

Your partner has intervened in the bidding and the opponents have bid further.

Now it is your lead. Do you have to lead your partner’s suit? What are the reasons that can push you to choosing another suit?

It is your lead!


Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 10 2
♥ 8 7 6 3 2
♦ 10 5 2
♣ 8 6 2 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♦1♠
3 NTPassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♠10 – Two suits can be interesting for your side: Spades and Hearts.

With a hand as week as yours, you need to lead partner’s suit: Spades. Even if you managed establishing Hearts, you could never get back on lead to take them!


Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ Q J 10 8 2
♥ 7 2
♦ A 3
♣ 8 7 6 5 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣1♥
3 NTPassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♠Q – This time, your Spade suit is good AND you have an entry to your hand so that you can get your tricks once they are established.

Your partner might make a face, but at the end of the deal he will realize and say “well played”!


Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ A 6 4 2
♥ 4 3 2
♦ 7 6 4 3 2
♣ 7 		 
Q: 3 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣1♥
1♠2♥2♠Pass
4♠PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♣7 – With a singleton in another suit, you must not lead your partner’s suit.

The Hearts might serve as entry to his hand so that you can get ruffs.


Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 6 2
♥ K 5 2
♦ 10 9 8 5 2
♣ 9 6 2 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♠Pass2♠3♥
4♠PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♥2 – In this deal, you have no reason not to lead partner’s suit, no other lead is attractive.

But which card should you lead? With a doubleton honour, you would have led the honour, but with three cards, you need to show the number of your cards and lead the ♥2.


Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ J 10 9 6 2
♥ 6 3 2
♦ J 2
♣ Q 7 2 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♦2 NT*
3 NTPassPassPass


2 NT - Unusual 2 NT - Shows 5 Hearts and 5 Clubs

 Your choice:
A: ♣2- Your partner has described a two-suiter with a 5-5, your Spades and your hand are too weak to lead in a different suit.

How can you choose between the Hearts and the Clubs? The suit that has better chances to be established is the one in which you have help! Therefore you need to lead the ♣2.


Your result so far:
Open Question

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