Choose carefully! Your opening lead makes all the difference - with Jack Stocken

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In this instructive bridge hand there is no good or even average lead available so we choose the lesser of many evils. The hand also features the redouble bid which is rare but very useful when it comes up.
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[@BrianOxleyTexan]

I was disappointed to see you not hold up the blue redouble card. 😁 It was nice to see the red X card illustrated on screen. The movement to bidding boxes happened when I was young, and is something that would catch a new player off guard.

[@jcclement9468]

Good lesson on lead. I think we are going to suffer during card play if declarer runs a few hearts... Our discards will get harder and harder

[@HelenA-fd8vl]

Fantastic lesson, very clear.

[@TheSuzberry]

🥰

[@kvom01]

4H makes assuming S has at least 4 cards in each minor. Declarer plays 4 rounds of trump and you can discard a spade and a diamond, but the 3rd discard is the killer. Whichever minor you discard, declarer leads his honor in that suit and ducks. Then a ruff sets up a winner in that suit for trick 10. A line that depends only on S holding all the high cards is better. Declarer tries a diamond to the Q at trick 2, you win and play another diamond. Declarer wins the K, ruffs a diamond, and leads all his trumps but 1 ending with Kx spades, Qx clubs, and a trump in hand, and Ax clubs, a diamond, and two spades in dummy. S must keep 2 clubs, 2 spades, and the diamond. Declarer can now lead club to the A, ruff the diamond, and exit Qc, scoring Ks as trick 10. S may succeed by keeping the As alone along with 3 clubs.

[@elainemunro4621]

Your Learn Bridge logo blocks the north hand’s first 3 cards! Useless to follow.

[@mistertimair]

Due to lack of Vulnerability in this match point board, I think perhaps a better auction, in this case, would have been: W N E S 1H 2D 3H - - - And although I would normally lead the 4th highest card away from the King in other similar situations, if you've deducted that partner will be extremely weak in points-due to the outcome of the auction, you may have to reconsider. However, in auctions where it is likely partner DOES have a few points (e.g. 10+), then I don't see anything wrong with leading your 4th highest card away from a King-unless you have a better option.

[@BrianOxleyTexan]

Why did N bid 1S? It's not lead suggesting, and to compete in S makes 2S a more challenging call for opponents (with a diff hand). The auction tells everyone that N is very weak, and bidding 1S sets a trap for partner on the lead. With a reliable partner, I'd have led SA, looked at dummy, and switched to HQ. I feel the lesson on this hand is north's bidding.

[@iankeay2659]

Ian from Melb aus

[@VictorMollo]

Not wild about a double with only three spades. Also not a fan of requiring 3 honours in a suit for an overcall. It seems that you really restrict your possibilities for competing. Also, if West's redouble doesn't show support for hearts, how does that square with his later game invite in hearts?

[@Gos1234567]

Just learning but I thought we had to have two honours for an overcall.Maybe because it’s a two level overcall ? But we have decent points…… Keep getting conflicting advice on all these bidding “guidelines “ 😢

[@adriandubel9440]

After west redouble north should not bid with 3 points, then you know he dont have any points

[@SmileyEmoji42]

Spades is a good suit for a sacrifice. If it was a lower ranking suit it wouldn't be a good idea.