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 Lead with Barry by Barry Rigal


Active or Passive leads?



Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 9 6
♥ K 4 2
♦ A 7 5
♣ 9 8 6 5 4 		 
Q: 1 - What do you chose to lead against 4♠?
SouthWestNorthEast
---2♠
Pass4♠PassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: ♥2: On this sort of auction dummy often has a long suit to set up for discards. Here you want to cash your hearts before declarer has set up diamonds or clubs. My second choice would be the diamond ace – but that is a very committal play, and there might be no way back from it.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ Q 10 3
♥ K 4 2
♦ 9 3
♣ J 10 8 3 2 		 
Q: 2 - Again, it is your lead against 4♠.
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♠
Pass1NTPass2♠
Pass3♠Pass4♠
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♣J: The cards do not appear to be lying all that well for your opponents – with the spade queen apparently offside for them. So since they clearly do not have any values to spare for this auction, I would opt for the most neutral lead available rather than risk opening up a red-suit. With the club seven instead of the eight I’d be neutral as to whether to lead a high or low club.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ K J 10 2
♥ Q 5 3
♦ 7 4
♣ Q J 9 8 		 
Q: 3 - You chose to pass your partner's take-out double. Now, what do you lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♦3♠
PassPassDblePass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♣Q: With natural trump tricks you do not want to take diamond ruffs (make your spade 10 the seven and you might feel differently). Here you should be happy to look for a safe lead, and the club queen looks your best bet.



Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ K 5
♥ Q 4
♦ J 9 7 5 4
♣ 6 3 2 		 
Q: 4 - What's your lead against 4♥?
SouthWestNorthEast
--Pass3♥
Pass4♥PassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: ♠K: Your situation is fairly desperate here, facing a passed partner. Your best bet to beat the game is surely to find partner with good spades, and cash out at once – a minor suit lead, even if successful in finding partner, will not get enough tricks set up.



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