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 Should You Lead Your Singleton (II)? by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you will have a singleton on lead to a suit contract.

Should you always lead it?

Good luck!

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 9 6 3
♥ 5
♦ K Q J 9
♣ 10 8 4 3 2 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♠
Pass2♠Pass4♠
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♥5 - The singleton lead is preferable to the Diamond sequence. You hope partner will be able to give you a ruff before declarer can draw trumps.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ Q 6 3
♥ 8 6 4 2
♦ 8
♣ 9 8 4 3 2 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♣1♠2♥
Pass4♥PassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: ♦8 - Even though your partner has bid Spades, you need to lead your singleton Diamond.

The Spades might be useful as transportation to get multiple ruffs.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ Q J 9 8
♥ 6
♦ J 10 8 5 2
♣ 10 6 3 		 
Q: 3 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1 NT
Pass2♣Pass2♠
Pass4♠PassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: ♦J - The purpose of leading a singleton is to get ruffs. Here, you have two natural trump tricks that you will lose if you ruff. Therefore, lead something else - your Diamond sequence.

The Spade sequence is not strong enough for a trump lead.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ A 3 2
♥ J 10 9 5 2
♦ 6
♣ 8 4 3 2 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♦Pass1♠
Pass2♠Pass4♠
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♦6 - Lead your singleton, even in West's suit.

The ♠A is good news. You will be able to get back on lead before declarer can draw trumps. You will then have to find a way to partner's hand.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ A K 6 3
♥ 7 5 3
♦ 8 6 5 4 2
♣ 9 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--Pass1♥
Pass3♥Pass4♥
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♠A - With an Ace-King and a singleton, it's better to lead the A K sequence and then, at the sight of dummy, decide if it's a good idea to play your singleton.

Don't put all your eggs in the same basket!

Your result so far:
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