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Most Norths opened this hand with 1NT though some opened 1C and rebid 2C. Against 1NT, East should lead the KING of spades and not the 8. WHY?

Board 17 from Wednesday 31/03/21
Dealer N Nil Vul

Harking back to Wednesday Play (14) here's another common situation. Here are the West’s and dummy’s hands.
Dummy (North)

KQ32

KJ

QT2

QJT4

You (West):

82

A963

J93

AK96

What I thought was a very basic question resulting from Board 14 from Wednesday 24/3/21 turned out to be more complicated than I thought, at least for many readers. Let’s look again:

Against South’s 4S, let’s say you decide to lead the ace of clubs, not what I would recommend but what many players did lead. Here is what you see in dummy when you lead your club ace.

Dummy (North)

8732

QT

QT

KQJT4

Two very interesting boards in a row! These did not occur on a Wednesday, yet are nevertheless of such interest that I have been asked for my thoughts on both of them. They occurred on a Friday afternoon, Friday 19/03/2021. The only hands of interest are the East-West ones.

Board 15 Dealer S NS Vul

3 T863 2 AKT8643

AKQ75 AKQ AQT73

From Wednesday 10/03/21.
I need to get back to bidding once more, because what happened on Board 2 tells me that very little has been learnt about what bidding is all about.

I will repeat what I have said before: Bidding is a DISCUSSION between a partnership. The discussion can be as short or as long as needed to determine the BEST contract.

You also need to know what you require for GAME. A minimum of 25 COMBINED high card points. What do you need to bid to be in GAME? And what does the game SCORE?