What is the best lead?
Sitting South, what would be your lead?
The best lead according to Jérôme Rombaut
The most efficient lead which will also please your partner. Score: 20/20 ✔️
Indeed, sometimes you can lead from Ace-King-third to try to see the dummy, but rather in the cases where you don’t really have a long suit to lead. Score: 15/20
It is tempting to lead the top card from your sequence in your long suit, but Partner having pre-empted, therefore showing 7 cards and in principle a nice suit, that is where lies the best chance of establishing. Score: 10/20
Watch out, if you had to lead a club, it would be the Jack. Yes, you lead your fourth-best, but don’t forget the exception of the top-of-sequence lead, whenever possible, which is given priority. Score: 5/20
No reason to lead the opponents’ suit. Score: 0/20
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Opening leads are difficult and so important. Thank you for the advice
What is the reason to lead 6 hearts
If pqrtner shows length, opponents also may have lenght in other colours
So K en A en then pqrtners colour
this is a good instructional hand.
Give me a new account as I had before!
pretty obvious to lead pd’s suit
Even with that lead, are you not reliant on your Partner ducking the first trick (playing the Jack) to bring down the contract ? Whether West plays Q or 2, if Partner wins your lead with the A, is not Declarer certain to make 9 tricks ?