han Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 [hv=d=n&v=n&s=saq107hk3dq109cj1092]133|100|Scoring: IMPp-1D-p-1Hp-1S-p-1NTp-2D-all pass[/hv] First, what's your lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcLight Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Jack of Clubs. Declarer is probably 4 - 2/1 - 5/6 - 2/1 Dummy is probably 2=5=2=4 or something close. 2=4=3=4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 I'd go with the club jack as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 King of Hearts. OK, OK, the jack of clubs. But I'd at least think about the king of hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 ♦9 here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 In the real world, we'd (mostly) lead the ♣ Jack.. but there is a lot to be said for the ♥K..... but I'm boring on opening lead... god dealt me a ♣ lead.. if he's let me down again, then I can't complain 'cos I don't believe in him anyway :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Jack of clubs. I am not tough enough to lead a trump,partner will stop hearts, I stop spades,... club is safe, and I dont want to blow a trick. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BebopKid Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Jack of Clubbies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 [hv=d=n&v=n&s=saq107hk3dq109cj1092]133|100|Scoring: IMPp-1D-p-1Hp-1S-p-1NTp-2D-all pass[/hv] First, what's your lead? I think a trump lead is best. Even if it is at the cost of a natural trump trick (assuming I have one). Pick one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 I'm ashamed of my lead. I'm not going to post anything else in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 I'm sure I'd lead that ♣J at the table. But I fancy the ♦9. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 I'm ashamed of my lead. I'm not going to post anything else in this thread. How come? You owned us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 what about bidding 1♠ before opener steals our fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 I'm ashamed of my lead. I'm not going to post anything else in this thread. I would lead a trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 I'm ashamed of my lead. I'm not going to post anything else in this thread. I think a Spade is the only lead to be real ashamed of. There are reasons for any other suit. I would surely lead a diamond. I think I take the ten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 We're defending two of a minor at IMPs, huh? Let's put down the ♣J. Making an ordinary lead on an ordinary deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Thanks Codo, you made me feel better. (Although, a spade 10 lead aiming for Jxx in dummy and 98xx in declarer's hand is bad? I'm sure Ken would appreciate that story.) I lead the diamond nine and partner produced the king, a good start (and Josh, the dummy, was yelling at me in private which made it even better). [hv=d=n&v=n&w=sj5hqj875d53ca763&s=saq107hk3dq109cj1092]266|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Declarer (good player) won the ace and played a low spade. What's next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well, let it ride, of course :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcauley Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 i prefer ♦ 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Just be clear, I wasn't yelling at you because it was a bad lead in my mind, I was yelling at you because it was sickeningly good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uday Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Declarer seems to have the SK. If his "big cards" are in C or H you'd think he wouldnt expose himself to 4 fast spade losers like this. So, if he has the SK, he has 4D, 1S, 1C for 6 tricks, and he's only shown 8 HCP ( D AJ, SK) , and so he probably has one big card outside (HA, CK). If he has 2, he has 8 tricks, so he probably has only one, perhaps with a quack as a kicker. Seems like you can collect 6 tricks ( 3S, 2D, 1 heart/club ) if you can get P in to play a trump through declarer, and if you can avoid coming under pressure later. A simple plan would be to win SQ, switch to CJ, win SA, guess whether to put P in with a club or the HA (by underleading HK), draw trump, exit with another club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Just be clear, I wasn't yelling at you because it was a bad lead in my mind, I was yelling at you because it was sickeningly good. I know. I shouldn't have posted it like that because others would not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 A simple plan would be to win SQ, switch to CJ, win SA, guess whether to put P in with a club or the HA (by underleading HK), draw trump, exit with another club.Yes, this seemed best to me too. I played the club jack and partner won with the king. A diamond to the jack and queen came back and I cashed the diamond 10 to avoid being endplayed later. Partner discarded the heart 2 (udca). I cashed the spade ace and heart king and exited with a club but anything reasonable would work. Partner even had the spade 9 so you can't get endplayed. [hv=d=e&v=n&n=s962ha10942dk7ck84&w=sj5hqj875d53ca763&e=sk843h6daj8642cq5&s=saq107hk3dq109cj1092]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well, DD 2D is -2 if you lead a C or a H or the DT or the D9-1 if you lead anything else. The normal CJ lead works just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well, DD 2D is -2 if you lead a C or a H or the DT or the D9-1 if you lead anything else. The normal CJ lead works just fine. Agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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