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Improver Lessons

Improver Lessons. Leads and Discards. Plan your opening lead. Why? Watch bidding – what is it telling you? Start thinking about your lead during bidding if it looks likely opposition will win contract. Plan your opening lead. Use REAL R eview the bidding E xamine your cards

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Improver Lessons

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  1. Improver Lessons Leads and Discards

  2. Plan your opening lead • Why? • Watch bidding – what is it telling you? • Start thinking about your lead during bidding if it looks likely opposition will win contract

  3. Plan your opening lead • Use REAL Review the bidding Examine your cards Analyse the situation Lead after thinking through the above

  4. Review the bidding • Confidant auction? 1H 2H 4H • Take a risk • Struggling auction? Eg 1H 2H 3H 4H • Play a safe lead so not to give away a trick on lead

  5. Dlr: EVul: N-S N E S W P 1H P 2H P 3H P P P J X XX 76 T  A K 7 6 5 2 K 8 6 3 T X A X XX T 4 3 A Q A KQ X X Q J X X  X X X XX  J X X X K X XX Q J What would you lead from W?

  6. Dlr: EVul: N-S N E S W P 1D P 1H P 4H P P P J X XXX 76 2 -  K J 7 6 5 2 K 8 6 3 T X K X XX T 4 3 A Q A KQ X Q J X XX  X X X X X  J X X X A X XX A Q What would you lead from W?

  7. Examine your cards • Top of touching honours • KQXX in suit and KQJXX in NT • T9XX • KJT • QT9XX • AX doubleton • AK or AK? • AK doubleton AND AKXX • or vice-versas

  8. Examine your cards • Top of sequence (2+ in suit and 3+ in NT contract) • Low from an honour • T 4 2 • Q 8 6 4 • J 8 4 • MUD when not partner’s bid suit • 9 5 4 • 8 7 3 • 9762 • Doubleton (high then low)

  9. Differences • Suit • AT95 • AQT98 • A JT • A K XX • A X X X X • KQXX • NT • AT95 • AQT98 • AJT • AKXX • A X X X X • KQJXX

  10. Lead after consideration • Suit contracts • NT contracts

  11. Suit contracts – partner’s bid suit • Your partner’s bid suit • Low from an honour • Highest from a doubleton • Highest (then middle) of worthless tripleton eg 964 • Singleton • Consider leading another side suit if opposition may be void

  12. Suit contracts • Lead an unbid suit. Often the other major can be a good lead eg H if in S contract • Top of a sequence of at least two touching honours eg KQxxx • Top internal sequence K JTxx / Q T98 • A from AK • K promises the A or Q eg AKxx, KQxx

  13. Suit contracts – trump lead • If contract high for point count (as declarer will be relying on ruffs) EG 1s -2s -3s-4s • Sacrifice bid • When NT been a consideration by opposition eg 1S-2S-2NT-4S • Slam contract • Safe lead • Not if you have ++trumps – lead your long suit • Not if you hold one trump • From honour doubleton eg Q5

  14. Suit contracts – more desperate • Small card if you have the K or Q in suit eg Q 8 6 4 - lead the 4 • Doubleton eg 9 7 • Middle Up Down (MUD) in unbid suit eg 9 8 5 4 - lead the 8

  15. Suit contracts - singletons • Singleton if there is a good chance partner may have A & you have trumps

  16. How to get in a 2nd ruff…. • Contract 4S  9 7 6 4  A 7  Q T 7 6 4 Q 6 4 3  9 87  6 5 3 2  A 4 3 2

  17. What NOT to lead in a suit contract • Any card if holding an unsupported Ace in suit eg A 9 8 3. If you do lead this suit, lead ACE • From split honours unless not much choice AQX • Honour trump doubletons eg Q4 • A singleton if you don’t have trumps or partner unlikely to have Ace / a way to return suit in time • Singleton trump

  18. Play boards • 1/9 and 2/10

  19. No trump contracts • 4th highest longest and strongest suit eg QJ54 • Note that if 2 led, that it is from a 4 card suit, 3? • Your partner’s bid suit (low if you have an honour and 2+ more / high if you do not have an honour or only have two cards egQx) • A major suit if Stayman not used eg 1NT – 3NT • Lead through strength and away from your weakness

  20. No trump contracts • Top of a sequence if 3+ honours • eg QJ10XX or close QJ9XX

  21. No trump contracts • A major suit if Stayman not used eg 1NT – 3NT

  22. Dlr: EVul: N-S N E S W P 1D P 1NT P 3NT P P P J X XX X X X T X  A K 7 2 K 8 6 3 T X X A X X T 4 3 A X X A J X X A K X X  K X Q X  K X X Q X XX  J X XX What would you lead from E?

  23. No trump contracts • Lead through strength and away from your weakness

  24. Dlr: EVul: N-S N E S W P 1D P 1H P 2S P 3NT P PP J T 5 4 Q 76 2 X  K J 7 6 K 8 6 T X X K X X T 4 3 X A Q X X A K Q J X XX  X X X X  J X X X A X XX A Q X What would you lead from E?

  25. Play boards • 3/11 and 5/13 and 7/15

  26. Leads against a slam • Don’t give away a trick! • Trump often a safe lead • Don’t lead an Ace without King • Singleton if p may have Ace • Look at bidding – may p have an Ace?

  27. Signaling on a lead in a suit contract Reverse Attitude • Little - I LIKE • High - discouraging

  28. What would you play if your partner led the following card? A 7 5 4 Q 9 6 3 8 7 5 8 3 1. KS (answer= 4) 2. KC (answer= 8) 3. KD (answer= 7, then 8 next round) 4. KH (answer= 3)

  29. Discards in a NT contract • Any suit you do NOT like • Want something more sophisticated? • Try Lavinthal • The 6+ in suit says you want the HIGHER of the other 2 suits • 2-5 in suit says you want the LOWER of the other 2 suits

  30. What would you discard when C is played? • To show a S • To show a D • To show a H  K 7 8 7 5 A 7   J A 7 6 3 K 7 3  A Q 9 7 6 3 K 7 4 

  31. What would you discard when D is played? • To show a S • To show a H • To show a C  K 7 8 7 5   A 7  J A 7 6 3   K 7 3 A Q 9 7 6 3   K 7 4

  32. In summary • Use REAL Review the bidding Examine your cards Analyse the situation Lead after thinking through the above

  33. Play boards • 4/12 and 6/14 and 8/16

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