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 When should I lead away from a king? by linda j green

How many times are you in a dilemma as to whether to lead away from a king?

How many times have you heard from your partners: Do not lead away from a king! Well, here are a few examples as to when you should lead away from a king.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 3
♥ K 6 5 4
♦ K 8 5
♣ A 6 5 4 2 		 
Q: 1 - As South what suit do you lead and why?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♠
Pass2♠Pass4♠
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: 5♦. Which king do we lead away from? Our shorter suit. If we lead from the longer suit we may never see our king again.

Leading from a shorter suit still gives us a chance to make a trick if declarer is not short in the suit. Unsupported Aces is a no-no. We do NOT lead singleton trumps in case it gives away a bad trump division. Should declarer have 9 trumps, he may play the A-K for a 2/2 break.

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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 9 7 6 4
♥ Q J 10
♦ 5 3
♣ K J 4 2 		 
Q: 2 - As South which suit do you lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♠
Pass2♥Pass3♦
Pass3♥Pass4♦
Pass4♠PassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: 2♣. The bidding suggests the unbid suit as they never bid a no trump having bid 3 suits. We know of at least 10 cards by opener and responder has a 6-card heart suit. Listening to the bidding gives us a very good idea what to lead.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ K J 5 3
♥ K 8 7 6
♦ 7 3
♣ Q 10 2 		 
Q: 3 - As south what suit do you lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1NT
Pass2♣Pass2♠
Pass4♠PassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: 6♥. When you hold 4 trumps it is best to lead from your longest suit to try and shorten declarer. We need to get declarer to lose control of a hand so as to have more trumps than them. Never short suits.
Remember: Long trumps, lead long suits!

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ K 6 5
♥ K Q 10
♦ J 10 7 6
♣ 8 7 5 		 
Q: 4 - As south what suit do you lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1NT
Pass3NTPassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: K♥. When they did not look for a 4-card major we need to lead from a major suit. Leading form a sequence takes precedence over a broken suit. It is always a good idea to tell partner we have the card behind it.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ K J 3
♥ A J 7 6 5
♦ 10 8
♣ 10 8 4 		 
Q: 5 - As South what suit do you lead?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♦
Pass1♥Pass3NT*
PassPassPass


* Shows a long running minor

 Your choice:
A: 3♠.There are two unbid suits. Lead from what you have rather than from what you do not hold. A low card shows an honor and interest.

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