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Review the bidding Examine your cards Analyse the situation Lead!
Planning
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The Bidding
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Type of Contract
NT vs Trump? Partial vs Game vs Slam?
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Type of Contract
NT vs Trump Effectiveness of short suit lead Underleading ace Trump lead
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Type of Contract
Partial vs Game vs Slam Partial: Aggressive Game: Depends Slam: Depends Grand slam: Very passive
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Suggested Shape/Points
Opponents/partners bid suit? Opponents/partners HCP?
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Example
1NT - 2C 2D - 3NT
What is opponents hand shape? What lead should you make?
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Example
1C - 1S 2C - 2H 4H - P
What is opponents hand shape? What lead should you make?
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Confidence
Invitational/Game forcing? Scientific/unscientific?
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Example
1NT-2NT-3NT
vs
1NT-3NT
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Lead Direct
Double of artificial bids Lightners double
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Your Hand
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Common errors
Leading ace without supporting king Leading doubleton honours in unbid suit Leading singleton trump Underleading ace in trump
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Trump lead
When there is a possible crossruff When partner has shown a strong bid When opponent preferred trump over NT When partner pass your takeout double
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Your Agreements
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Lead signals
Top honour from touching honours? 3/5th or 4th best? Does low promise honour? MUD? Ace for attitude? King for count?
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Lightners double
Double of slam/3NT Lead opponents first bid suit Avoid partners suit Usually asking for ruffs
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Your Lead
You are west
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T9 JT876 T4 AKT9
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T985 J8 T2 T9876
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5 QT8764 K743 KT
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8732 J3 82 K7432
POWERFUL LEADS BERMUDA BOWL 2011, USA1 VS USA2 DEALER SOUTH, EW VULNERABLE
Hurd P P P P P P
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Levin 2C 2S 3NT 4H 5C 5H
J9 J2 A7542 J965
J9 J2 A7542 J965
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