Leading Against A Two-suiter by Matthias Huberschwiller

Opener has bid two suits, and their side has won the contract.

How will this help you to find the best lead?

Good luck!

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ 7 6
♥ A Q 9 7
♦ A 6 5 2
♣ 10 9 6

Q: 1 - What do you lead as South?

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

A: ♦2 - Dummy will be weak and short in Hearts, so declarer will want to ruff his Hearts. Lead a trump to prevent him from doing so, and lead a small one in case your partner has an honor.

You can underlead an Ace in the trump suit.

Your result so far:

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ 9 6 3
♥ K 6 4 2
♦ Q 6 2
♣ A 4 2

Q: 2 - What do you lead as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♥
Pass	1♠	Pass	2♦
Pass	3♣	Pass	3 NT
Pass	Pass	Pass

A: ♠9 - Leading from Ace-third in the unbid suit is not going to get you very far.

You need to lead a Spade, dummy's suit, hoping your partner has values there, sitting behind dummy's tenace.

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ 6 4 3
♥ Q 6 3 2
♦ K J 9 8
♣ J 10

Q: 3 - What do you lead as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♠
Pass	2♣	Pass	2♦
Pass	3♠	Pass	4♠
Pass	Pass	Pass

A: ♠3 - You have Diamonds behind declarer's suit, and North might have values behind dummy's Clubs.

A Heart might be an okay lead, but if declarer wants to establish a cross-ruff, you have a more pressing task. Lead a trump, and play a trump back each time you get on lead.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ 6 5 2
♥ 8 6
♦ Q 8 6 2
♣ 10 9 8 7

Q: 4 - What do you lead as South?

South	West	North	East
-	1♥	Pass	1♠
Pass	2♣	Pass	3♠
Pass	3 NT	Pass	4♠
Pass	Pass	Pass

A: ♦2 - Even though dummy has a Diamond stopper, you need to try and set up a Diamond trick before declarer can discard his losers on dummy's longer suits.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

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

Q: 5 - What do you lead as South?

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

A: ♥2 - You need to try and set up a Heart trick while you still have the ♦A.

If you let declarer play as he wants, he will discard his Heart loser on Clubs or Spades.

Your result so far:

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