Leading After a Preference Bid by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, your opponents will have made a preference bid, either by passing their partner's second suit, or reverting to opener's first suit at the 2-level.

Will this help you to find the right lead?

Good luck!

Question 1

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

Q: 1 - What do you lead as South?

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

A: ♦2 - What will East do with his Spade losers? He will try to ruff them with dummy's trumps.

Lead a Diamond to try and prevent declarer from taking lots of ruffs.

Your result so far:

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Question 2

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

Q: 2 - What do you lead as South?

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

A: ♦8 - Lead the unbid suit, even with three-small. What else could you lead?

Lead your second-best to show your partner you have nothing in the suit.

Your result so far:

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Question 3

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

Q: 3 - What do you lead as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♥
Pass	1 NT	Pass	2♣
Pass	2♥	Pass	Pass
Pass

A: ♦10 - This time, with a maximum of two Hearts in dummy, leading a Heart could blow a trick in your partner's hand. He will often have four Hearts.

Lead a Diamond, your long suit, in the hope of forcing East to ruff. Maybe your partner will end up with more trumps than declarer.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ 8 5 3
♥ K 4
♦ K Q 10 9
♣ Q 9 6 4

Q: 4 - What do you lead as South?

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

A: ♠3 - Dummy has shown five Hearts, four Clubs and three Spades. He has a singleton Diamond.

Lead a trump to prevent declarer from ruffing Diamonds.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

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

Q: 5 - What do you lead as South?

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

A: ♦2 - By bidding 2 NT, East has shown a good hand with a Heart stopper. Therefore, he must be really short in Spades. There's no point in leading a Spade.

Lead a trump to try and prevent a crossruff.

Your result so far:

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