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Returning Partners Suit
If partner has led low - for like - he wants the suit returned. Let us say that you win the trick, and a look at dummy makes it appear correct to return the suit.
Q: Which card do you return?
A: You show your present count (not low for like/high for hate).
Here are the basic guidelines:
- Lead top of two remaining cards.
- Lead lowest from three remaining.
- Lead second lowest from four remaining.
[Another way to express (2) and (3) is to return the “original fourth highest”.]
Example:
| Dummy | ||
| Partner | ♥ 75 | You |
| ♥ 4 led | (i) ♥ A106 | |
| (ii) ♥ A1063 | ||
| iii) ♥ A10863 |
After winning ♥ A, you return...
(i) ♥ 10, top of two remaining.
(ii) ♥ 3, lowest of three remaining.
(iii) ♥ 6, second lowest from four remaining.
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| West | North | East | South |
| 1 NT | |||
| Pass | 3 NT | All pass |
What happened
West led ♠ 2 vs 3 NT, and East won ♠ A. At Trick Two, East returned ♠ 3. Believing East was leading back low from three remaining, and that the layout of the suit was...
| Dummy | ||
| ♠ 75 | ||
| West | East | |
| ♠ KJ92 | ♠ A863 | |
| Declarer | ||
| ♠ Q104 |
West beat declarer’s ♠ 10 with ♠ J and tried to cash ♠ K. No good. Declarer followed with ♠ 6, won West’s ♠ 9 with ♠ Q, and cashed his nine minor-suit winners. Game made plus one, with East never even scoring ♥ A.
What should have happened
East wins ♠ 2 lead with ♠ A, and returns ♠ 8 (key play - top of two remaining). West beats declarer’s ♠ 10 with ♠ J, and can work out that declarer has ♠ Qx remaining. Needing to put his partner back on play, West switches to ♥ 9 (lead high for hate in dummy’s weakest suit). East wins ♥ A and returns ♠ 3, enabling West to score both ♠ K9, sitting as they are over declarer’s ♠ Q6. Down one.
If you remember one thing...
Which card to lead back on the second round of a suit
