As West you are the opening leader against 3 NT on these 10 deals from major events. Your hand may be a dog, but only a doggone fool would come unleashed. Choosing the best lead could win some tasty biscuits, I mean IMPs.
Choose your lead from the two options offered, then compare your choice with the two experts who faced the same situation in real life and led differently. Click Score Me at any time to see your running score. Your goal is to be plus IMPs at the end. Good luck!
Your lead? 2 3
Billy Eisenberg led the 2. Down 2 +200.Richard Freeman led the 3. Made 3 -600.
Your lead? 8 4
Marcelo Branco led the 8. Made 4 -630.Rossen Gunev led the 5. Made 6 -690.
Note: Choices offered by this quiz assume standard leads, so the 4 was substituted for Gunevs nonstandard 5.
Your lead? 5 5
Zia Mahmood led the 7. Down 4 +200.Peter Boyd led the 5. Made 3 -400.
Your lead? 9 10
Justin Hackett led the 10. Down 1 +100.Kenji Miyakuni led the 4. Made 4 -630.
Your lead? 5 J
Will Ehlers led the 10. Down 1 +100.Samuel Cohen led the 5. Made 4 -630.
Your lead? 2 6
Ton Bakkeren led the 4. Down 1 +50.Boye Brogeland led the 6. Made 4 -430.
Your lead? J 8
Carlos Pellegrini led the J. Down 1 +100.Zia Mahmood led the 8. Made 5 -660.
Your lead? J 10
Andrey Gromov led the J. Down 1 +100.Bas Drijver led the 10. Made 5 -660.
Your lead? J 7
Bobby Levin led the J. Down 2 +100.Gary Cohler led the 9. Made 3 -400.
Your lead? 10 Q
Jeff Meckstroth led the J. Down 2 +100.Marty Fleisher led the 10. Made 4 -430.
Results and IMP scores are determined from actual play, so the winning lead is not necessarily correct in theory nor proves anything. This is how it happened in a major event! Therefore, luck is a big factor in your score.
If you finished with plus IMPs and are wondering where your treat is, Im sorry I lied. Next time you walk into your local pet store on a leash, try to look emaciated, and the owner may throw you a biscuit.
Outside of a dog paraphrases a quote by Groucho Marx© 2009 Richard Pavlicek