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Your hold: ♠ A74 ♥ Q10732 ♦ 7 ♣ Q843
Scoring: IMP | Dealer: East
Auction
W
N
E
S
5♦
Pass
6♦
Pass
Pass
Pass
Your hand
♠
A74
♥
Q10732
♦
7
♣
Q843
What’s your lead?
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Will lead S Ace.
To guard against opposition discarding their loser, I will try cash my ace.
Lead the Ace of Spades.
Take the Ace Spades early to avoid losing it.
A difficult decision. With just 3 cards in ♠ and considering that West thinks he has got his winners, I expect West to have ♥A and ♣A, and probably ♠K. My best hope is that East will get it wrong when I mischievously underlead my ♠A and find partner with the ♠Q and the opponents with at least 2 cards in ♠ each. The risk is to feel devastated when your prediction does not realize and partner had a sure trick somewhere (an ace, or a natural trump trick. Note that partner will not have a void with at least one trump, as she would have called Thor with a thundering Lightner double.
Anyway, even when you get it wrong, you may be willing to pay the cost for occasional glory!