Should You Lead Your Singleton? by Matthias Huberschwiller

A: ♦2 - A singleton trump is usually a really bad lead because it could help declarer capture your partner's holding in the trump suit.

For instance, if partner has something like J-10-x-x, a Heart lead could cause him to lose his likely trump trick.

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A: ♣3 - Even though you have the ♠AK, you can lead your singleton.

You hope to make a third trump trick by ruffing with your ♠2.

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A: ♣2 - Do you want to ruff with your K-J-x behind declarer's Spades? No!

You need to set up tricks. Lead from the suit in which you have something.

When declarer is weak, you can make an active lead. If you happen to lead into a tenace, it will likely be in dummy, so you won't have given anything away.

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A: ♦A - Lead your ♦A first, and decide at the sight of dummy if it's a good idea to play your singleton Club or not.

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A: ♠K - A singleton lead is often a good idea when your partner can give you a ruff.

Here, you have 15 points. Your partner will never get on lead to give you your ruff. Lead your Spade sequence to set up tricks there.

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