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Opening lead: 3

On this hand, from a Bermuda Bowl, Lew Mathe, my
partner, stuck to his guns by not leading a trump
(as was his rule for his partners). At the other table
a trump was led (it's the sort of lead no one can
blame West for); declarer drew trumps and finessed
clubs, then ruffed out the king to score 650.

At our table, Mathe led the 3. Declarer played the
king. I won the ace, led a heart back to partner, and
he switched to a diamond to my king. I tapped dummy
in hearts at trick four. Now declarer could have made
the hand but the winning line wasn't clear. He cashed
the ace of clubs, ruffed a club, and ruffed his last heart.
On this trick, Mathe threw his king of clubs and now
declarer could not get off dummy without establishing
a trump trick for my partner.

My tip is this: When you have a nice holding for
declarer in dummy's side suit, make an attacking lead.