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 Leads after a Double by Matthias Huberschwiller

Your partner has doubled the final contract.

How will this affect your lead?

Good luck.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 8 6 5 2
♥ 5
♦ J 10 9 8 6
♣ 7 6 2 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass2♣Pass
2♠Pass3 NTDouble
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♥5 - This is a Ligthner Double. Your partner is asking you to find an unsual lead.

It's often the lead in dummy's first suit. Here dummy showed four Hearts, so you need to lead the 5 of Hearts to set your partner's suit.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 6 3
♥ 8 6 4
♦ 8 6 5 4
♣ 5 4 3 2 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣1♠
2♦Pass2♠Pass
2 NTPass3 NTDouble
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♥6 - Your partner does not want you to lead a Spade.

With four Clubs in your hand, he won't have Clubs behind dummy either. Your best shot is to lead a Heart, hoping to set partner's second suit.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ 8 2
♥ K 6 2
♦ 7 6 2
♣ 9 6 5 4 2 		 
Q: 3 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♠Pass2♣2♥
2♠Pass3♠Pass
4♣Pass4♠Pass
4 NTPass5♦Pass
6♠PassPassDouble
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♣6 - Your partner has made a Ligthner double. He does not want you to lead a Heart.

He might be void in Clubs, and trying to get a ruff before declarer draws trumps.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 7
♥ A 4
♦ 8 3 2
♣ 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♠Pass2 NTPass
3♠Pass4 NTPass
5♥Pass6♠Double
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♣9 - Your partner has probably a void in Clubs to make this lightner double.

Which card must you lead? The highest Club, the 9, to show him a suit-preference in Hearts, to get back on the lead (and maybe get two ruffs).

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

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


 Your choice:
A: ♠2 - This is not a lightner double. Your side has more points than North-South, and your partner has doubled their sacrifice contract.

The only way they can make tricks is by ruffing, so the best lead is a trump, to limit the cross-ruff.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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