cr|264|cb|2255|cg|2255|cr|1255|cb|164|cg|1255|cr|364|cb|364|cg|3255|cr|4255|cb|464|cg|464|cr|5255|cb|5255|cg|5255|bg|5|bt||mn|Why Leading 4th Highest against No Trumps helps|cs|3|at|

 




                  {compiled by Harold Schogger}|cs|5|at|






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             You are now on lead|pn|South,West,North,East,South,West,North,East|md|1SAT854HKQ8DKQ7CQ6,SQ72HT64D82CK8732,SKJ3HAJ73DAJ95CJ9,S96H952DT643CAT54|sv|0|sk|w|mb|1n|mb|P|mb|2c|mb|p|mb|2h|mb|P|mb|3n|mb|p,p,p|pg||
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      you are on lead and the recommended lead on this auction is
      normal 4th highest of your longest suit|cs|4|at|
     { your longest suit is Clubs and the 4th highest ie the 4th one down from the top is the @c3}|hc|c3|pg||nt|so we will lead the @c3|cs|3|at|

                 {we are delighted to see partner win the first trick with the @CA}|pc|C3|pc|C9|pc|CA|pc|C6|pg||
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     partner of course returns the suit that we led and now plays the  @C4 which we are able to win
     with our king|pc|C4|pc|CQ|pc|CK|pc|CJ|pg||
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        with the queen being played by declarer and the jack from dummy it looks like partner 
         played back his 4th highest so we now play back our @c3 to his @c10|pc|C2|pc|S3|pc|CT|pc|S4|pg||
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       and he plays back his last one to our @c8|pc|C5|pc|S5|pc|C8|pc|H3|pg||
nt|         and we can now cash the final winning club and the setting trick|cs|3|at|
       
 { we have taken the first 5 tricks and defeated the contract by one}|cs|4|at|   
     
      {all this achieved because we started with our longest suit}|pc|C7|pc|D5|pc|D3|pc|S8|pg||
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             we now get off lead and declarer claims|mc|7|sk||pc|D8|pc|D9|pc|D4|pc|DK|pg||

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     Now I can reveal all the hands and show that any other Any other lead and declarer 
     wraps up 10 tricks with 2 spade winners and 4 winners in each red suit|md|1SAT854HKQ8DKQ7CQ6,SQ72HT64D82CK8732,SKJ3HAJ73DAJ95CJ9,S96H952DT643CAT54|lc|c3|






mb|1n,p,2c,p,2h,p,3n,p,p,p|pg||nt|                
                  so we lead our longest suit in the hope of establishing tricks for the defending side
                 before declarer can establish tricks for the declaring side.|hc|ck8732|pg||bt||nt|



                            so if there are any doubts as what to lead then lead from

                             your longest suit (and it's usually 4th highest)

                             and you might win race to get your 

                            defending side's tricks before declarer can get home|