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 Leads after a preempt (Part II) by Matthias Huberschwiller

Your side has made a preemptive bid.

How will this help you with your lead?

Good luck.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 7
♥ K J 9 8 7 3
♦ A 6 2
♣ 6 4 2 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
-2♥DoublePass
4♠PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: 4♣ - With no sequence in Hearts, it would be too dangerous to lead them, especially when the dummy is probably short in Hearts. The neutral Club lead will work better.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ Q J 10
♥ K J 9 6
♦ A J 10 6 2
♣ 7 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
---3♣
3♠Pass4♠Pass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: Q♠ - Your partner has good Clubs and you have Hearts and Diamonds.

Your opponents will have to take ruffs to make their contract, and you don't want to take a Club ruff since it would be at the expense of a natural trump trick. You need to lead a trump, to try and prevent a cross-ruff.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ A Q 6
♥ 6
♦ Q J 9 8 3
♣ J 9 6 2 		 
Q: 3 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
---2♥
2 NTPass3 NTPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: Q♦ - How will you set up the Hearts? Even if your opponents have only one Heart stopper, your partner may never be able to get back on lead.

When you win your Spade tricks, you will be on lead with no Hearts to play. A better plan is to set up your own suit - Diamonds, by leading the top of the broken sequence.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 9 6 2
♥ 8
♦ Q 9 6 3 2
♣ J 6 4 2 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
---2♥
2 NTPass3 NTPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: 8♥ - This time, how would you set up your Diamonds and get back on lead to cash them? It would be impossible.

Your only way of making tricks is to hope that your partner has good Hearts and that he can get back on lead. For instance, he may have the King-Queen-Ten of Hearts and an outside Ace, with the Jack of Hearts in Dummy.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ 9 6 2
♥ K 8 7 3 2
♦ 8 4 3 2
♣ 7 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
---3♣
3♠Pass6♣Pass
6♠PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: 3♥ - Why has North bid so quickly to the Slam and without using Blackwood? He must have a void in Clubs!

Therefore there is no point in leading them. You must instead hope to make two quick tricks, and Hearts are your best hope.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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