sceptic Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 bidding goes 1NT - pass - 3NT pass out you hold spades first then hearts 1/. HXXX Hxx 2/. Hxxx hxxx 3/. xxxx xxx 4/, Ajxx QJ10 5/. kxxx akx which major do you lead and why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 1, 2, 3: spade. No reason to devitate from the "4th from longest and strongest" guideline.4: spade, but might try a heart depending on the vibes at table or state of the match.5: as above, but might try a top heart, especially at matchpoints (if dummy comes up with a battleship, I'd probably cash out and concede :rolleyes:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchett Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 1. Spade 4th highest, longest strongest etc 2. If you mean hearts and spades are each 4 to an honor, my lead would depend on what the honors in each suit were. If they were the same honor my lead may depends on the pips in the majors. 3. as 1 4. Might depend on the rest of my hand. If I held xxx xxx in the minors, then I would probably lead a spade the most aggressive lead, although a think a heart is reasonable as well. If you hold say xx JTxx in the minors with a potential nasty surprise for declarer then the more passive heart lead is more attractive. 5. Probably a spade, but again either major will work. 4/5 are the sort hands over which experts will argue which is the best lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 1. Spade. May as well lead longest suit. 2. Depends on the honors and the spots. 3. Heart. With no potential to really develop tricks in my hand, I want to lead partner's good suit. If partner has a fairly typical three spades and four hearts, given my spade weakness I expect a heart lead to do better. This may also depend on my minor suit holdings (how many entries we each have). 4. Heart. Spade lead is too likely to give a trick. Similar reasoning to 3, but also a spade lead from partner's side will often be better than from mine. 5. Heart. It'd be unlucky if this blows a tempo, whereas I might catch partner with Qxxx(x) of heart. Switching to a spade at trick two is quite possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 bidding goes 1NT - pass - 3NT pass out you hold spades first then hearts 1/. HXXX Hxx 2/. Hxxx hxxx 3/. xxxx xxx 4/, Ajxx QJ10 5/. kxxx akx which major do you lead and why 1) spade2) depends3) top heart4) heart queen5) heart ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Depends on the rest of the hand, which honors you have, what are the spots in each suit etc.Saying I would lead a spade or a heart with Hxxx/Hxx is a very simplistic position.I strongly recommend you to ignore any recommendation that doesn't take into consideration the whole hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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