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 Leads against slams by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, your opponents will bid (or try to bid) some slams.

Take their bidding sequences into consideration.

Good luck.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 9 6 2
♥ K 6 5 2
♦ J 6 4
♣ A 3 2 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass2♣Pass
2♠Pass3♥*Pass
4♣Pass4 NTPass
5♠**Pass6♠Pass
PassPass


3♥ - Slam ambitions with a Heart fit.
5♠ - Two keycards and the Queen of trumps.

 Your choice:
A: ♠2 - Sometimes it's a good idea to lead aggressively against small slams, to try and set up a trick while you still have an entry.

That's usually the case when your opponents have unbalanced hands, such that they'll be able to set up discards. Here they don't seem to have any long side-suits, so underleading the King of Hearts is likely to give away a trick or a tempo.

Lead a passive Spade and wait.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

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


 Your choice:
A: ♥A - They have cue-bid Clubs and Diamonds. What are they missing? A Heart control. That's why they've stopped short of slam.

Lead a Heart and cash your tricks.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

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


5♣ - Three or zero keycards.

 Your choice:
A: 5♦ - What are they going to do? Declarer is going to draw the trumps, knock out your Ace then discard his losers on dummy's Clubs.

You need to set up a trick before he can do that. Lead a small Diamond. If your partner has the King, your Queen will be the setting trick.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 10 8 6 5 4 2
♥ 7 2
♦ 8 3
♣ Q 6 5 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♥Pass2 NT*Pass
3♥Pass4 NTPass
5♠**Pass6♥Pass
PassPass


2 NT - Jacoby, forcing to game with at least four Hearts.
5♠ - Two keycards and the Queen of trumps.

 Your choice:
A: ♠2 - Why Spades? Because your partner might be able to ruff! Why didn't he use a Lightner double? Because your opponents might have run to 6NT.

This is a real hand from a French festival. Half the pairs bid 6NT directly. At some tables East did double 6♥ for the lead, but North ran to 6NT, which was cold. 6♥ was one down on a Spade lead.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ 10 6 4 2
♥ J 7 6
♦ 9 8 7
♣ 10 7 6 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass6 NTPass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♦9 - Against 6NT, when they haven't bid any long suits, you need to be as passive as possible. Try not to give away the 12th trick on lead.

Underleading a 10 is dangerous. If your partner has the Queen, you could blow the suit. Leading away from the ♥J would be even worse.

Diamonds look safe. If declarer had a finesse to take, he could have done it himself on another lead.

Your result so far:
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