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|When Blind,Don't lead away from an Unsupported honour |cs|3|at|

 




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






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         {What does this expression mean ?}|cs|2|at|


                    {if you have a holding such as  

                   A542     or

                     K86       or

                     Q762    or even

                      J63} 
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        {and you are defending a SUIT CONTRACT you avoid this suit LIKE THE PLAGUE}  |pg||nt|           

               what to do ?|cs|3|at|



          {LEAD  FROM AN ALLOWED SUIT  (more later)}|pg||bt||nt|         
          let us look at examples and see why we must avoid
          leading from these suits

          To make it crystal clear I will reveal all 4 hands|pg||st||nt|in Our first example you are West and  consider leading the Ace and do so|md|Ck64,CA72,Cq83,CJt95|wt|w|pc|CA|pg||nt|declarer of course plays low from both hands and partner's hands are tied!!|pc|c3,c5,c4|pg||nt|what has now happened ?|cs|3|at|


{You Have made declarer's King and dummy's Queen into winners without declarer having to do any work at all}|pg||nt||cs|3|at|

      {you are very kind indeed - I love you to defend against me}|pg||nt|now let us go back to the original holding and see what happens if we do not lead this suit|md|Ck64,CA72,Cq83,CJt95|pg||nt|as long as declarer has to broach this suit himself then he will only make one trick instead of you handing him two from your original planned ace lead|pg||nt|Now let us see what happens if we lead from a King holding as above|md|CAQ,CK742,C853,CJt96|cs|3|at|

       { firstly let us lead a low one}|wt|w|pg||nt|lucky declarer is able to win the first trick with the Queen|pc|c2|pc|C3,C9,CQ|cs|4|at|

{ you are indeed a very kind defender- I want to play against you all the time}|pg||nt|Are we any better off playing the King  ?|md|CAQ,CK742,C853,CJt96|wt|w|pc|ck,c3,c6,Ca|pg||nt|certainly not, now declarer's Queen is promoted to winning status |pg||nt||cs|3|at|     
        {I call leads from these suits "Free gifts department" 
         as they hand declarer tricks he is not entitled to}|pg||nt|now let us see what happens if we avoid leading from this suit |md|CAQ,CK742,C853,CJt96|cs|3|at|

    {as long as we are PATIENT  declarer will take a losing Club finesse and only make one trick in the suit}|pg||pg||at|

    {as long as we are PATIENT  declarer will take a losing Club finesse and only make one trick in the suit}|pg||nt|now let us look at leading from a suit with a Queen in it|md|CAJ7,CQ842,Ck53,Ct96|pg||wt|w|nt|declarer is able to win with his Jack  and will subsequently make two more tricks with his king in dummy and ace in had|pc|c2,c3,c9.cj|cs|4|at|
      {declarer makes 3 tricks instead of 2 becaseu of our friendly lead !!}


|pg||nt|let us now see what happens if we do not lead from this suit|md|CAJ7,CQ842,Ck53,Ct96|pg||nt|declarer will probably take ths club finesse and your patience in not leading this suit will be rewarded when you  now win your queen|wt|n|pc|c3,c6,cj,cq|pg||wt|n|pc|c3,c6,cj,cq|pg||bt||nt|

if you cannot lead away from these holdings what do you do instead ?|cs|4|at|


{Stick to the allowable leads as follows :-
1. Top of Nothing
2. Singleton
3. Top of Doubleton
4. Top of Nothing (or MUD)}|cs|3|at|







{if you follow these leads religously then you probably
 will not be contributing the earlier "Free gifts department leads"} |cs|2|at|




             {Happy Leading}|pg||