Opening Leads Chapter 6
Two more opening leads to look at. These should be easy enough because you don’t need more than two tricks to defeat small slams. But you still need to give the opening leads a lot of thought. Handing declarer a slam on a platter can be somewhat of a bummer, don’t you agree? So give these some thought before we go to Chapter 7.
e) The bidding has been:
Dealer South, Nil Vul
| South | West | North | East |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1NT | Pass | 4 | Pass |
4 | Pass | 5 | Pass |
| 5NT | Pass | 6NT | Pass |
| Pass | Pass |
North’s 4C and 5C are ace and king asks, and South has shown one ace and three kings
Your hand:
 AQ2 |
| J973 |
 JT8 |
| 743 |
Your lead?
f) The bidding has been:
Dealer South, Nil Vul
| South | West | North | East |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1NT | Pass | 2 | Pass |
| 2 | Pass | 4 | Pass |
| 4 | Pass | 5 | Pass |
| 5 | Pass | 6 | Pass |
| Pass | Pass |
North’s 4C and 5C are ace and king asks, and South has shown two aces and two kings
Your hand:
| AQ2 |
| J973 |
| JT8 |
| 743 |
Your lead?
g) The bidding has been:
Dealer North All Vul
| South | West | North | East |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 1 | Pass |
| 1 | Pass | 3 | Pass |
| 4NT | Pass | 5 | Pass |
| 6 | Pass | Pass | Pass |
4NT is Blackwood; 5H shows two aces
Your hand:
| AQ2 |
| J973 |
| JT8 |
| 743 |
Your lead?
You are welcome to discuss these problems with me: villyn@xtra.co.nz
