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Your Hand
♠ 6 2
♥ J 10 6 2
♦ A 5 4 3
♣ J 10 5 |
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Q: 5 - You are South.
South | West | North | East |
- | - | - | 1NT |
Pass | 2♦ | Pass | 2♥ |
Pass | 3NT | Pass | Pass |
Pass | | | |
A typical transfer sequence followed by 3NT. What do you lead?
A: ♣J.
Both of the opponents' hands are balanced (dummy didn't bid a second suit). As dummy transferred to Hearts, that suit is automatically eliminated from our choice.
Spades are also out because it is our shortest suit so we're now down to a Diamond or a Club.
Lead away from an Ace is OK against a No-trump contract (just not against a suit contract). However, we don't have any texture in our Diamonds. Had our Diamond suit been ♦A 10 8 4, then we will have something going for it, but with only 543, this doesn't make a Diamond all that attractive of a lead.
Best choice here is the ♣J. It is a lead that is mixed between passive and aggressive. It's passive in that if it is the opponent's suit, the lead will not have given anything away. It's aggressive in that if Clubs is partner's suit, we will have got to a great start.
Your result so far: