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 Should You Lead Your Singleton? by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you will have a singleton. Should you lead it?

Good luck!

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ K Q J 7
♥ 8 5 3
♦ 8
♣ 10 6 5 4 2 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♥
Pass2♥Pass4♥
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♦8 - There is no reason not to lead your singleton when you have three small trumps. You want to take ruffs before declarer can draw trumps.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 5
♥ J 10 9 6 2
♦ Q 5 2
♣ Q 6 4 2 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♠
Pass1 NTPass2♠
Pass3♠Pass4♠
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♥J - Your singleton is in the trump suit, so don't lead it. You won't be able to ruff anything, and a Spade lead could allow declarer to capture your partner's honor if he has J x x x, for instance.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ Q 9 6 5 2
♥ 8 6 4
♦ K 4 3 2
♣ 2 		 
Q: 3 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣1 NT
Pass3 NTPassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: ♠5 - Even though your partner has bid Clubs, he has not promised a long suit. Therefore, leading your singleton wouldn't be productive against No-trump.

Lead the fourth-best of your long Spade suit.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

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


 Your choice:
A: ♣2 - This time, your partner has shown a long Club suit. If he can set them up and he has an outside entry, you might be able to defeat the contract.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

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


 Your choice:
A: ♦Q - Don't lead your singleton when you have natural trump tricks. You don't want to ruff, rather you need to set up tricks. Lead your Diamond sequence.

You cannot lead a Heart, which might give away a trick. You need all the intermediate cards to lead from a trump sequence.

Your result so far:
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