Leading from a Weak Hand by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you will have exactly the opposite of what you had in last week's quiz: you'll be leading from very weak hands.

Don't disappoint your partner. Find the five killing leads!

Good luck.

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ 7
♥ 9 6 2
♦ J 10 9 6 3
♣ 8 7 6 2

Q: 1 - What do you lead as West?

South	West	North	East
1♥	Pass	2♥	Pass
4♥	Pass	Pass	Pass

A: ♠7 - This one should be easy, with a weak hand, a singleton lead is really good. You have a good chance of finding entries in your partner's hand to get some ruffs.

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ 9 8 7 5 2
♥ 6 2
♦ 9 6 3 2
♣ 7 6

Q: 2 - What do you lead as West?

South	West	North	East
1 NT	Pass	3 NT	Pass
Pass	Pass

A: ♥6 - Your Spades are ugly, and you won't have any entries to cash them.

It will work out better if you lead for your partner. Lead your shorter major, Hearts.

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ 7 2
♥ Q J 6 2
♦ 9 6 5
♣ J 6 5 2

Q: 3 - What do you lead as West?

South	West	North	East
1♥	Pass	1♠	Pass
2♦	Pass	Pass	Pass

A: ♦5 - Dummy will have Heart shortness, and will want to ruff Hearts. Lead a trump to prevent this from happening.

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ Q 7 5 2
♥ 9 8 7 6
♦ 4 2
♣ 9 6 2

Q: 4 - What do you lead as West?

South	West	North	East
1 NT	Pass	6 NT	Pass
Pass	Pass

A: ♥8 - It's normally best to make passive leads against No-trump slams, and wait to see if declarer goes down.

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ 6 2
♥ 8 7 3 2
♦ Q 6 5 2
♣ 9 7 3

Q: 5 - What do you lead as West?

South	West	North	East
1♠	Pass	2♣	Pass
3♠	Pass	4 NT	Pass
5♥*	Pass	6♠	Pass
Pass	Pass

5♥ - Two keys without the trump Queen

A: ♦2 - Against a suit contract slam, especially when dummy has bid a side-suit, you need to lead aggressively. Hope for your partner to have a Diamond honor, and that you can set up a trick before declarer can discard his loser on the Clubs.

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