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 Singleton Leads by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you will have five hands, each with a singleton. Should you lead your singleton on all of them?

Good luck!

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 7
♥ 8 6 3
♦ Q 9 8 4 2
♣ J 10 8 6 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♥
Pass2♥Pass4♥
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♠7 - This is the perfect hand for leading a singleton. The weaker you are, the greater the chance that your partner can get on lead to give you a ruff before declarer draws trumps.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 7
♥ 8 6 3
♦ Q 9 8 4 2
♣ J 10 8 6 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♠
Pass2♠Pass4♠
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♣J - Same hand, but a different bidding sequence.

This time, your singleton is in the trump suit. Don't lead it. Lead the top of your Club sequence.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ A 4 3 2
♥ 8 6 2
♦ 3
♣ 9 8 7 5 3 		 
Q: 3 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♦Pass1♠
Pass2♠Pass4♠
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♦3 - You can even lead a singleton in their suit.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 6
♥ 8 6 3
♦ A K 9 6
♣ 10 8 7 4 3 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♥
Pass2♣Pass2♥
Pass4♥PassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: ♦A - Lead your ♦A first. You will take the first trick and will be able to decide, at the sight of dummy, if it's a good idea to play your singleton at trick 2.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ A Q 9 5
♥ A 6 2
♦ 6
♣ K Q 5 3 2 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1 NT
Pass2♣Pass2♥
Pass4♥PassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: ♣K - With 15 points in your hand, how could your partner get on lead to give you a ruff? It's impossible. Don't lead your singleton.

Your result so far:
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