Playing Swiss teams, you pick up the following hand in first seat, white on red.
Qxxx
–
Jxxxxxx
xx
Your team isn’t doing very well (not because of anything you’ve done, of course), so you decide to try 3D.
LHO, untroubled, bids 3H.
Partner now goes into the tank. You make a mental note not to draw any inferences from his apparent agony. He finally doubles.
RHO passes.
Your turn.
In first seat, you hold:
AKxxx
KQx
xx
Qxx
You of course open 1S.
Lefty passes.
Partner now announces a skip bid and pulls out the 4N card.
Righty waits for the requisite ten seconds and then passes, with the faintest of smirks on his face.
Your call…
Wow — somehow you’ve never discussed this one with your partner. What should you bid now? (Assume you play 0314 RKCB.)
Let’s say you’re on lead against 3NT, and you have decided to lead from an unbid suit in which your holding is AKxx.
What is the correct card to lead?
