Wearside Bridge Club, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear

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More Opening Leads- Passive or Aggressive? ANSWERS

Continuing the theme from the last puzzle, try working out whether these auctions call for a passive or an aggressive lead. (A passive lead would be from a suit such as J 10 8 5 or 10 9 6 3. An aggressive lead would be from a suit such as K 10 9 4 2 or Q 8 7 3)

Auction A:

North	East	South	West
1♣	pass	1♥	pass
3♣	pass	3♥	pass
4♥			?

This is an auction which suggests an aggresive lead- Declarer will propose to draw trumps and use the known good ♣ suit to discard some or all of their losers. We need to grab our winners in ♠ and ♦ while

we can.

Auction B:

North	East	South	West
2♣	pass	2♦	pass
2NT	pass	3NT	all pass

This auction usually suggests a passive lead- most of the strength lies in one hand , and we want to avoid giving away an uneccessary trick, preferring for declarer to do all their own work/guessing.

Auction C:

North	East	South	West
1♠	pass	1NT	pass
2♦	pass	pass	pass

It depends on your holding in spades, but this auction normally suggests specifically a trump lead. Most of declarer's extra tricks will be coming from ruffing spades in dummy, and we can reduce that number by leading a trump, even from a holding such as ♦ K 5 3

10 points each for a correct answer- well done if you scored 30!

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Welcome to Wearside Bridge Club

We Welcome New Members

Playing Bridge is a great way of making new friends and the mental stimulation is of proven benefit. We are a very sociable and friendly club and have been running for 75 years. The club has its own premises and we have over 100 members.

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There are teaching sessions on Tuesday and Friday mornings between 10-12 which anyone can attend.

You don't need a partner to come to these sessions.

For more information ring 0191-584-9911, leave a message if there is no answer and you will be contacted.

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The Club is open at the following times:

Face to Face Duplicate Bridge is played on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7-10 pm and on Saturday evenings at 6.30-9.30 pm, with Master Points awarded

Sessions are also held on Friday afternoons at 1-4 pm with advice available

No partner is needed for these afternoon sessions

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The Club holds a duplicate session online on BBO on Thursday evenings at 7-10 pm

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Players requiring a partner please ring Irene on 07905 567993

Inter Club Round 3

Wearside A 6 v Durham A 14

Wearside B 9 v C. Morpeth A 11