Hand of the week commencing
Sunday 2nd December 2007
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Dealer
West |
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A J 10 3
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Neither
Vulnerable |
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5 |
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9 5 3 |
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9 6 4 |
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Q J 10 9 8 4 2 |
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8 6 3 |
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Q 7 4 |
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10 7 5 |
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9 8 6 5 4 |
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10 |
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J 8 5 2 |
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4© |
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DBL |
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After
this auction what should West now lead ?
It is
absolutely vital that you and your partner know what these doubles are and that
you both agree to do the same thing. Without the double the only indication you
have is to leading partner’s suit and you would be leading a heart. However,
the double shines a different light and partner is trying to wake you up and
tell you to lead something strange. This is called a Lightner double and is a
wake up call to the unusual. Presumably partner wants you to lead a Minor
because he has a void somewhere. But which one do you choose. You do not choose,
you merely lead your Diamond Ace and see if partner discourages or does not
follow. You lead the Ace and partner discourages with the 4. You now dutifully
switch to a low club which partner is able to ruff. Partner will still have a
natural club trick some time later and the contract goes one off.