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 Leads with a Strong Hand by Matthias Huberschwiller

You're on lead with nearly all the HCPs your side has.

Try and work out a good lead, knowing you can't count on too much help from your partner.

Good luck.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ K Q 4 2
♥ J 6
♦ K Q 4 2
♣ Q 9 4 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass3 NTPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: 2♠ - This sequence yells for a major-suit lead, so you're going to lead a Spade, but you don't have enough honors to lead the King. You need to lead your 4th-best. You hope your partner has the Jack, or even the 10 could be enough.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ A 8 2
♥ K Q 9 6
♦ A J 7 4 2
♣ 7 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass2♣Pass
2♠Pass4♠Pass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: K♥ - Your singleton looks good, but let's think about it for a minute. You have 14 points. This means your partner will have a maximum of 1 or 2 points. Leading a Club could blow away his Queen and you'll never get a ruff, since your partner will never get the lead.

Lead from your sequence and set up some Heart tricks.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ 7 4 2
♥ K J 5
♦ A 10 6
♣ Q 10 9 8 		 
Q: 3 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣Pass
1♠Pass2♠Pass
4♠PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: 2♠ - All the side suit leads look bad. You must not blow away a trick by underleading an honor. Lead a trump, and wait for the tricks to come to you.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ K J 8 6 2
♥ Q 6
♦ J 10 6
♣ A Q 3 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass3 NTPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: 6♠ - Even if your partner has nearly nothing, you need to lead a Spade to set up your long suit.

In No-Trumps you need to set up your tricks before your opponents establish theirs. A neutral Diamond lead will get you nowhere.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ 8
♥ A 9 6 2
♦ K J 8 2
♣ A J 6 2 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♠Double3♠Pass
4♠PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: 8♠ - All of the side-suit leads look really bad, and could easily give away a trick.

A singleton trump lead is not a good idea, but it's the least bad lead. Declarer already knows from the bidding that you are short in Spades anyway. He has 9 trumps, so if he has a finesse to take, he will finesse through partner anyway.

Your result so far:
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