Trump Leads by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, your opponents will be playing in a suit contract, and you might want to lead a trump.

It can be a good idea to lead trumps, but not always. Be careful.

Good luck!

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ 7
♥ K 6 2
♦ J 10 7 5 2
♣ Q 8 6 3

Q: 1 - What do you lead as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♠
Pass	2♠	Pass	4♠
Pass	Pass	Pass

A: ♦J - A singleton trump lead is a really bad idea. If your partner had J-x-x-x, you would blow his likely trump trick.

Lead the top of your Diamond sequence.

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Question 2

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

Q: 2 - What do you lead as South?

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

A: ♥2 - You have a bunch of bad leads in the side-suits. A trump lead from three-small is safe, and it could prevent declarer from taking ruffs in the short hand.

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ Q J 6
♥ 9 8 7 5 3
♦ Q J 6
♣ 10 6

Q: 3 - What do you lead as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♠
Pass	3♠	Pass	4♠
Pass	Pass	Pass

A: ♦Q - If you lead a trump, you could blow your trick in the suit.

Leading from a sequence in the trump suit should only be done when you have a really solid sequence, such as Q-J-10.

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Question 4

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

Q: 4 - What do you lead as South?

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

A: ♠3 - They are probably planning to take ruffs. Lead a Spade to prevent them from doing so.

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ A Q 10 5
♥ J 6 2
♦ A 6 2
♣ 9 8 3

Q: 5 - What do you lead as South?

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

A: ♦2 - West has short Spades and some Diamond support. Declarer will want to ruff his Spade losers in dummy. How can you stop him from doing so?

By leading a trump!

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