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Detail specifications 71BE - Level 2 ★
Leading against a NT contract, after an overcall
The overcall by your partner gives you important information informations.
- Doubles of artificial bids (Stayman and Texas transfersin particular), are lead directing doulbles.
- An intervention in a suit by your partner shows a nice suit with at least 5 cards.
- Your partner doubles a 3 NT contract :
- If no suit has been named by the opps,he is asking for a lead in a Major, a priori ♠
- If the opps did bid one or more suits,He is requesting a lead in the suit bid by the dummyt.
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Quiz 3916 9 ♣ Doubling a conventional bid asks for a lead in that suit . 2 ♣ is Stayman....♣ lead then !
Leading against a doubled 3NT contract : The opps have not named any suit
- The double requests a lead in a Major, a priori ♠.
Mais but carefully look at your hand first ! - If you have 5 cards or high honors in ♠...Your partner must be asking for a ♥ lead. (He cannot have a nice 5 cards suit in ♠....)
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Quiz 3919 6 ♥The opps have not named any suit : The doubles is asking for a lead in a Major.... Here, there is no ambiguity : with a Jack and 5 cards in ♠, you know your partner wants a ♥ lead!
Leading against a doubled 3NT contract : The opps have bid one or more suits
The double then requests a lead in the firstsuit named by the dummy.
The double then requests a lead in the firstsuit named by the dummy.
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Quiz 33921 8 ♦ The double requests a lead in the first suit named by the dummy...respect his wishes!
Your oartner named a suit in a bidding sequence that ended with a 3 NT contract bid by the opps
- In principle, choose, of course to lead in your partner's lead that must be nice and have at least 5 cards.
- Nevertheless, you should carefully examine your hand...sIf you have a singleton in your partner's suit and a nice long suit of your own...Choose the latter You'll play in your partner's suit later if beneficial... of establish your own suit.
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Quiz 3922 6 ♣ The opps are likely to have more ♠ than your camp and your ♣ is formidable. Start with ♣...Your partner will understand that you have a chicane or singleton in ♠
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