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 Which Card? by Matthias Huberschwiller

You will have five lead problems to solve.

You may find the choice of suit easy, but you'll also have to determine which card to lead.

Good luck.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ K Q 9 7 3
♥ 8 2
♦ Q 6 2
♣ 10 6 2 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass3 NTPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♠7 - Two touching cards are not enough to form a sequence to lead against No-Trumps.

So you need to lead your fourth-best Spade, the 7.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ K 10 9 6
♥ J 3
♦ K 10 9 6
♣ A 6 2 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass3 NTPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♠10 - After the bidding sequence, it's better to lead a major. Since your opponents did not try to find a major fit, they will have the minors.

King-10-9 forms a broken sequence. Therefore you need to lead the top of the sequence, the 10 of Spades.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

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


 Your choice:
A: ♥7 - 9-8-7 does not make a sequence. It must have an honor for it to be a sequence (the "smallest" sequence starts with the 10).

Therefore you must lead the fourth-best ♥7.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ A K J 10 6
♥ 7 2
♦ 5 3 2
♣ 9 4 2 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass3 NTPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♠K - This one is tricky. It's about signalling.

You want your partner to unblock the Queen if he has it, or give you count to know if the Queen is falling. This is how a King lead is used against No-Trumps.

Remember: Ace for Attitude and King for K(C)ount (or unblock).

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ 8 6 4 2
♥ K 6 3 2
♦ 8
♣ A Q 6 2 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♣Pass1♥Pass
1 NTPass3 NTPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♠6 - With four small cards, you must not lead your fourth-best, but the second-highest card. Then your partner will know you do not have an honor in the suit.

Something similar applies with three small. You would lead the highest, "top of nothing".

Your result so far:
Open Question

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