jillybean Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 I 'never' lead trump, here I led the ♣K Please explain the rationale behind chosing a trump lead? [hv=d=s&v=b&s=s10xxxhxxxdjxcakqx]133|100|Scoring: IMPP (P) 1♥ (2♣)2♥ (P) P (2♠)DBL (ap)[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 You know dummy is going to be short in clubs, and you have a majority of the high cards. The most likely way the opps will make is by ruffing your high cards, so you need to protect them and stop the ruffs my leading trumps. BTW this double seems extremely speculative, I don't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 I 'never' lead trump, here I led the ♣K Please explain the rationale behind chosing a trump lead? [hv=d=s&v=b&s=s10xxxhxxxdjxcakqx]133|100|Scoring: IMPP (P) 1♥ (2♣)2♥ (P) P (2♠)DBL (ap)[/hv] Which is more valuable...your trump, or dummy's trump? Dummy's trump is going to get rid of declarer's club losers, and declarer looks to have about 4 losers in clubs. Your trump isn't likely to do much of anything. You know you have more hearts than declarer, and it's likely that you and declarer have the same number of diamonds. Every trump that you lead is one fewer trumps that dummy can use to ruff clubs. Because I think declarer is likely to have 6 clubs on this auction, you might also consider leading a heart, and trying to take control of the hand while praying that your partner can overruff clubs. Doesn't seem wise on this hand, though. I take it you doubled because you have the kind of partner who would never, ever pass 2 spades? I've had those. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Nope, the pass was ok it was my lead that was questioned. Justin - I doubled here because I felt I hadnt shown my hand, poor ♥'s but 4 solid ♣'s. [hv=d=s&v=a&n=sajhaj762da975c93&s=st984h983djtcakqt]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - - - Pass Pass 1♥ 2♣ 2♥ Pass Pass 2♠ Dbl Pass Pass Pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTired Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 This hand screams for a trump lead for several reasons:1) A trump lead is normal when declarer bids 2 suits. Especiallly when you have strength in the non-trump suit. So you lead a trump to cut down on dummy's club ruffs2) A trump lead is normal when your side has most of the strength because declarer can only offset the lack of strength with ruffs.3) You have several entries (clubs) and the trumps to continue trump leads.4) You don't have an obvious other lead that is more critical. Since your hearts are weak, a "forcing" strategy is not likely to work.5) You are not giving away a trump trick.6) You don't have a singleton trump that may lose partner's trump trick. So throw away your principle "never lead a trump". A trump lead is called for on many hands. In fact, there is a rule of thumb: "When in doubt, lead trump". But this has been discredited because many players are always in doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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