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|Taking advantage of the lead to make 9 tricks|cs|3|at|

 




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






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           You are in 2NT ready  to count your winners, to analyze the lead, 
           and take advantage of an unlucky lead that the opposition
           are just about to make|
pn|South,West,North,East,South,West,North,East|md|1SA4HAT9DAKQTCAJ65,S85HJ7642D532CKQ7,S963HQ53DJ876C432,SKQJT72HK8D94CT98|sv|0|sk|s|mb|2N|mb|P|mb|P|mb|P|pg||
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                west leads 4th highest Heart|pc|h4|pg||
nt|You decide to play the 3 from dummy and take stock|cs|4|at|

         {you have 7 winners on top  ie 4 top Diamonds and 3 Aces}|cs|2|at|

          {Hopefully something good will happen in Hearts at trick 1}|hc|ca,da,dk,dq,dj,ha,sa|pc|h3|pg||nt|      West contributes the King and you are able to take your ace|lc|ca,da,dk,dq,dj,ha,sa|cs|2|at|
 
   {something good has happened with the @HK appearing}|cs|1|at|

{ You deduce that West must have led from the @hJ since East had to play the King at trick one}|pc|hk|pc|ha|pg||nt|
       While all this information is fresh in your mind you decide to play @h10 back |pc|ht|pg||nt|  
    and when West plays low let it run taking an immediate finesse against poor West|pc|h2|pc|h5|pc|h8|pg||nt|

      with no future in anything else Declarer now claims just the 9 tricks 
      for a well above average score|mc|9|pg||bt||nt|


           so next time somebody makes a favourbale lead against you, 

           analyze that lead and if necessary act on that information 

           straight away !!!|