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Why do we lead
4th down, particularly when we have a holding like AK982? |
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Doesn't it seem more reasonable to
take the Ace and King and get that suit |
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set up right away? |
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Consider this holding: |
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DUMMY |
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T56 |
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PARTNER |
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AK982 |
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QJ4 |
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DECLARER |
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If you play the A, then K, and a
small one, declarer wins with the Queen.
Although |
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your
suit is now set up, if Declarer finesses into Partner, (avoiding the
'dangerous |
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opponent', when partner gets in, he can't reach your
spades since he has none |
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to lead back. |
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Consider if you lead the 8 (fourth
down). Declarer gets the same trick,
but if partner |
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gets in later, he can return your
suit and it runs! |
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Last week we learned some standard
leads against no trump - (see calendar
for lesson) |
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- Top of a Sequence - |
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- 4th best from your longest - |
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- top of 2 touching honors from 3 card
holding |
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- low from 3 card suit headed by an
honor |
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- top of nothing |
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There's a few more leads to learn to
add to your repetory of expert no trump defense! |
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INTERIOR SEQUENCE LEADS |
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KJT93 |
AJT83 |
KJT54 |
AJT6 |
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With any KJT or AJT sequence, always
lead the Jack. This can be confusing
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the Jack would be lead from JT9 or
JT8. Just keep in mind when your
partner leads |
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the
Jack, he could concievably have the Ace or the King in that suit. |
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Could
he have the Queen if he leads the Jack?
(no) Why? (because he would lead |
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the
higher of 2 touching honors. From AQJx
he would lead the Queen). Playing |
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standard
leads against no trump, leading the Jack denies the Queen (but may not |
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deny the Ace or King. |
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Likewise from AT9, KT9 and QT9, with
or without extended length, lead the Ten. |
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If your interior sequence begins
with a 9 or less (A9842 or K984 or Q9842 lead 4th |
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best). |
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IN ORDER
TO LEAD AN INTERIOR SEQUENCE, THE SEQUENCE MUST BE |
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HEADED BY AT
LEAST ONE HONOR! |
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Tens are honors - nines are not
considered honors for interior sequence leads. |
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Finally, lets talk about a special
lead against No Trump - that is the lead of the ACE. |
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The
lead of the ace tells partner to 'throw down your honor'. Whaaaat? |
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Doesn't that sound kind
of naughty? |
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The
lead of the Ace against no trump in an unbid suit (your partner or opponents
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not bid the suit ) guarantees the 4
top honors in the suit and is asking partner to unblock. |
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command! |
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AKJXXX |
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AKQT |
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AQJT |
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When holding Q64, J732, K83, throw
down the honor. (It only hurts for a little while) |
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DUMMY |
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865 |
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YOU |
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PARTNER |
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AKJT |
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Q3 |
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9742 |
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DECLARER |
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If you don't play the Queen under
the King, Partner will think declarer has the queen |
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and will switch suits trying to get
you in, so you can lead the suit through declarer |
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to get his queen. |
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What does unblock mean? Take declarer's 2 and give it to
partner. If You lead the A, |
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then the King, then the Jack,
partners has to play the Queen and now partner can't |
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lead the suit to make your Ten
good! Partner must drop the Queen
under your Ace |
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and you will maintain the lead to
run your 4 good cards. |
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LETS PUT
WHAT WE LEARNED TO WORK! CONSIDER THE
FOLLOWING |
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AUCTIONS AND WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT
LEADS. |
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Your hand: |
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♠ KJ75 |
♥QJ96 |
♦76 |
♣JT4 |
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The bidding has gone: |
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South |
West |
North |
East |
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1 NT |
pass |
3 NT |
pass |
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pass |
pass |
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Your lead? |
answer |
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Or like this: |
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South |
West |
North |
East |
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1 S |
pass |
2 H |
pass |
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2 NT |
pass |
3 NT |
pass |
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pass |
pass |
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Your lead? |
answer |
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Or like this: |
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South |
West |
North |
East |
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1 S |
pass |
2 C |
2 D |
Your lead? |
answer |
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2 NT |
pass |
3 NT |
pass |
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pass |
pass |
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What do you lead from the following
holdings assuming the bidding was 1 NT pass 3 NT? |
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1) |
♠ AKJT |
♥ 97532 |
♦ 42 |
♣87 |
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answer |
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2) |
♠ QJT6 |
♥K8653 |
♦52 |
♣J7 |
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answer |
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3) |
♠ 863 |
♥Q842 |
♦K5 |
♣QT42 |
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4) |
♠ J86 |
♥KT932 |
♦J76 |
♣K6 |
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answer |
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5) |
♠ 7 |
♥J9876 |
♦AT76 |
♣Q32 |
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answer |
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