What & Why (07)

Submitted by Vil Gravis on Sun, 23/05/2021 - 19:37

You have now made your bid and opening lead. Next, see Q3 below.

1. Teams. You are SOUTH. Dealer East all vul

A984
K932
J
A762

East opens 5D. What do you bid?
Do you a) PASS or b) DOUBLE

Then 2. What do lead and Why?

3. This is what you then see in dummy

KT7
QT875
8
K973

Do you regret your opening lead?
If you led the SA, partner would have followed with the S2 and declarer the SQ.
If you led the CA, partner would have played the 8 (standard signals).
If you led a low heart, bad luck but you have another chance after SA or CA. What then?
If you led the DJ are you still hopeful and why?