RETURNING PARTNER’S LEAD

Ordinarily it is not possible to establish a suit against the

dealer’s strong trump hand, and this does away with the usual

argument in favour of returning your partner’s original lead. On the

contrary, it is probably the last thing that should be done. Your

play is to make any high cards you may hold, and then to search for

a weak suit in the dummy hand. If you lead up to this weakness, the

dealer cannot place the strength in the suit, and your partner is in

a very good position to win a trick cheaply.

After making your high cards, should there be no weak suit in dummy

to lead up to, return your partner’s lead.

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