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|Don't leave a Bare King or Queen on The Table|cs|3|at|

 




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






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            (5th blackened icon along bottom line)|pg||st||md|sA54,K9732,q8,jt6|mb|1N,p,p,p|wt|w|sk|ns|pc|s3|nt|          west leads 4th highest spade against your No Trump Contract|cs|4|at|

   { What should you play from dummy ?}|pg||nt|If you carelessly play low East is bound to play a high card to dislodge your Ace|cs|4|at|

{ Now you will have no second stopper in the suit as you POOR QUEEN in DUMMY is EXPOSED}|cs|2|at|

       {After all its RUDE TO LEAVE A BARE QUEEN on TABLE (or KING exposed to the elements}|pg||nt|            
          Therefore at trick one you might as well try dummy's Queen|cs|3|at|


            {and hope West led from the King rather than the Jack}|pc|sq|pg||nt|East follows with a low card and now you win with dummy's Queen and your Ace is still in tact for another trick|pc|s6|pc|s4|pg||nt|

    This was the layout of the original suit and you can now see there is no point in not trying that Queen at trick 1
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                       {so if in doubt don't leave your kings and queens bare

                       in either dummy where it is really exposed or 

                       even in the closed hand where it can easily

                      be swallowed up by the opponents Ace or King}|