Leads When Your Partner Has Doubled the Final Contract by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you will be leading after your partner has doubled the final contract.

This might be a Lightner double, meaning he is asking for a specific lead in order to beat the contract.

Partner will usually have a side-suit void, but it also applies in other spots.

Will you find the right lead?

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ 8 3
♥ 8 6 2
♦ Q 9 7 6 5 4
♣ 4 2

Q: 1 - What do you lead as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♥
Pass	2♣	Pass	3♥
Pass	4 NT	Pass	5♠
Pass	6♥	Double	Pass
Pass	Pass

A: ♦6 - Look at your hand! Your partner must have a Diamond void to double 6♥.

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ 8 3
♥ 9 6 2
♦ J 9 6 4 3 2
♣ A 2

Q: 2 - What do you lead as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♠
Pass	2♦	Pass	3♠
Pass	4 NT	Pass	5♠
Pass	6♠	Double	Pass
Pass	Pass

A: ♦2 - Your partner probably has a Diamond void to double 6♠. Which card should you lead? The ♦2, as a suit preference signal for a Club return, to be able to give him two ruffs.

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ J 8 7 6 5
♥ 9
♦ J 10 9 8
♣ 7 6 5

Q: 3 - What do you lead as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1 NT
Pass	2♣	Pass	2♠
Pass	3 NT	Double	Pass
Pass	Pass

A: ♥9 - Why did your partner double? To ask you for a specific lead. Usually, the Lightner double of a No-Trump game asks for the lead of dummy's first-bid suit.

Here, dummy has shown four Hearts. Lead your Heart.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ 8 3
♥ 9 6 4 2
♦ A Q 6 3
♣ A Q J

Q: 4 - What do you lead as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♥	1♠
2♠	4♠	Double	Pass
Pass	Pass

A: ♠3 - This is not a Lightner double. Your opponents have sacrificed.

How are they going to make tricks? By ruffing. Lead a trump.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ 8
♥ J 9 6 3 2
♦ 8 6 2
♣ 9 8 4 3

Q: 5 - What do you lead as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1 NT
Pass	3 NT	Double	Pass
Pass	Pass

A: ♠8 - This is a sequence where the double is a Lightner double, but no suit has been bid. Some people play it as "I have a long suit, find it", while others play it as "lead a Spade". Here, in both cases, you are going to lead a Spade. Discuss this with your favorite partner.

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