When the auction goes 1NT-3NT by the opponents, there isn't much imagination required. Choose your longest and strongest suit and usually lead the 4th-highest card in it. A few "what-ifs" 1) What if it is just about a "tie" for longest and strongest? With two 4-card suits or two 5-card suits, roughly of equivalent strength, prefer a major when in doubt. (Your opponents would usually look for or show a major if they had one). 2) What if you have a "sequence?" If 3 in a row (QJ10 or KQJ), lead top. If "almost" 3 in a row (such a KQ10 or QJ9), also lead top. Otherwise, tend to lead 4th best.
QJ52
K76
876
543
As West, what is your opening lead?
South | West | North | East |
1NT | Pass | 3NT | Pass |
Pass | Pass |
Q
2
8
5
85
Q8742
K9763
A
As West, what is your opening lead?
South | West | North | East |
2NT | Pass | 3NT | Pass |
Pass | Pass |
8
4
6
A
KJ62
A7653
J76
Q
As West, what is your opening lead?
South | West | North | East |
2NT | Pass | 3NT | Pass |
Pass | Pass |
2
5
J
6
J10873
43
AK43
62
As West, what is your opening lead?
South | West | North | East |
1NT | Pass | 3NT | Pass |
Pass | Pass |
J
7
4
A
KQJ10
1098
A5432
2
As West, what is your opening lead?
South | West | North | East |
1NT | Pass | 3NT | Pass |
Pass | Pass |
K
10
10
3
J542
82
10987
862
As West, what is your opening lead after this much more involved auction?
West | North | East | South |
---|---|---|---|
1NT | |||
Pass | 2 | Pass | 2 |
Pass | 2NT | Pass | 3NT |
Pass | Pass | Double | Pass |
Pass | Pass |
2
8
10
Your system's lead
J82
J5
J832
J832
You are West, What is your lead?
West | North | East | South |
---|---|---|---|
1NT | |||
Pass | 2 | Pass | 2 |
Pass | 3NT | All Pass |
2
J
2
2