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 Choice of No-Trump Leads by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you will have to lead against No-Trump contracts.

You'll have to determine which lead is best by the looks of the bidding sequence and your hand.

Good luck.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ J 6 2
♥ K 10 9 8
♦ K 10 9 8
♣ 5 2 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass3 NTPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: 10♥ - This one should be easy. Your opponents did not try to find a major fit, so they have the minors.

Therefore a major lead will probably work better. Holding a broken sequence, you need to lead the top of the sequence, the 10.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 6 2
♥ K 9 8 7 5
♦ 7 5 3 2
♣ A 3 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣Pass
1 NTPassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: 7♥ - You are going to lead from your long Heart suit, but which card?

9-8-7 is NOT a sequence. You need at least the 10 and touching cards for it to be a sequence. Therefore you need to lead your fourth-best, the 7 of Hearts.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ 8 7 6 5 2
♥ Q 7 2
♦ 8 6 2
♣ 7 2 		 
Q: 3 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣1♥
3 NTPassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: 2♥ - With 3 cards in your partner's suit, you need to lead the lowest one to show him your count. It does not say anything about an honor in the suit.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 7 3
♥ A K 6 5 2
♦ 8 4 2
♣ 9 4 2 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass3 NTPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: 5♥ - Two touching cards are not enough to make a sequence to lead against No-Trumps. You need to lead your fourth-best. It will help to unblock the suit.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ J 5 2
♥ J 10 9 8
♦ A 5 4 2
♣ 7 2 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♣Pass1♥Pass
1♠Pass2♦Pass
2♥Pass3♦Pass
4♣Pass5♣Pass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: A♦ - You did not want to lead the Ace of Diamonds? That's a good reflex. Unsupported Aces usually make for bad leads. But look at the bidding: After 4th-suit-forcing, your opponents failed to stop in 3NT. Why?

Because they have no Diamond stoppers. Therefore your partner has the King of Diamonds, and you need to cash your winners as soon as possible.

Your result so far:
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