Find the lead

32 Comments

1. Can anyone explain to me what that “Count your points:” mean?

   • I was confused too…just so you don’t feel bad

   • Count your points
     Ace is 4, King is 3, Queen is 2 and Jack is 1 in terms of high card points (HCP)
     In a suit contract doubleton xx is one extra point and a singleton x is 2 extra points and a void is 3. That is how I consider that meaning of ‘count your points’

2. Hello StuHarriman, “Count your points” means “Calculate your score”. In each solution game you will find points awarded according to the lead you have chosen.

   I hope I have helped you,
   Kind regards,

   Margot – Team Funbridge

   • Ah. Thanks. I thought it was some kind of technique to find lead cards I never heard of.

   • @ Margot Pengel
     Thank you for the explanation of the point count. That helps me calculate my true score. Reading comments from other players, I can see the levels of players. Thank you. I am at the 10 level of play on Funbridge

3. A small spade lead on the last one could be a left-field alternative, especially if you need swings: if the ace of spade happens to be in dummy there is no way declarer is going to get it right.

4. I got 10 for all except last one. Why 3 and not 2?

   • Can we play

   • The author had in mind “small diamond” and “small club”, of course.

5. I got 53 points. A small club lead on deal 4 might also be wrong, what if N has AQxxx and S has Jx?

   • You are absolutely right.

6. Count points confused me too. But then realised score 50

7. 47

8. 54

9. 40

10. I can still not find out to “count your points”.

    • Can we play ?

11. 42

12. I have some remarks to this quiz.
    First of all, it should be clearly written what we are playing: match or tournament. For a bridge master it makes a difference.
    Second thing: our first lead depends (sometimes) on the system we play with our partner.
    Deal 1.
    If we play such system that 1D promises at least 4 diamonds then the lead if diamonds is good.
    If 1D promises 3 cards then Queen of clubs is better.
    Deal 4.
    I assume the three first bids were natural. Therefore first lead in any of these suits is a bridge horror. 2H was “forth suit”. It is possible that the opponents have only one stop in hearts. Queen of hearts could be successsful. I know authentic board where Polish grand master Lebioda defeated 3NT thanks to the first lead from Dx.
    Deal 5.
    Splinter showed diamond singleton. First lead in trump diminishes number of tricks which declarer can take. Therefore some number of points should be assigned to this answer.
    In conclusion: the next quiz should be better prepared.
    Regards to all.
    alanwikr
    (national master and bridge journalist)

    • A correction:
      Deal 1.
      If we play such system that 1D promises at least 4 diamonds then the lead of diamonds is good.

13. 49. I agreed with the logic but there’s no way to be read the opponent’s, a common trip point in online games.

14. 21

15. 31

16. Didn’t understand count points. Chose right suit in 4 out of 6.

17. 53 points.

18. I need help here

19. I got 47 and led x hearts from the Q assumingpartner had length

20. I liked this “guess the lead” & the explanation of the why. It has given more clarification between a lead to NT vs Suit. Thank you

21. Enjoyed this quiz

22. scored 53

23. Scored 47