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You
lead, I trump!
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Leading in a suit
When the opponent plays a contract in Trumps and you must lead, you should choose for preference:
| a) | the head of a short sequence: A-K or K-Q or Q-J-10 in order to make tricks as fast as possible; |
| b) | a singleton when you have several trumps and you hope to make one or more by trumping in |
(naturally on condition that
the opponent doesn't take them off you too soon!)
Trumping in
This is one of the surest and most economical ways of taking tricks because the 2 of Trumps can take an opponent's Ace in a suit where you have a void.
But, if you plan to trump losing cards, you must do it while you still have trumps left …
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Look at this example
where Spades is Trumps:
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In my hand:
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A K Q J 3 |
In dummy:
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8 4 2 |
A 7 5 |
6 |
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If I hurry to draw the opponents' Trumps that won't be too difficult but …. I will have no Trumps left in dummy o trump the 7 and 5 of Diamonds which are, and will remain, losers …
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Moral: I trump
them before leading trumps.
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The deal which was played in the lesson was very important; play it again at home going through the bidding again, choosing the lead and being very careful about what will happen to the second and third cards in Hearts and Diamonds in the declarer's hand.