firmit Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x213/firmit_bridge/vul_1_2.png♠ KQ94 ♥ KJ97♦ 852♣ 75 (1♣) P (3NT) ap What does declarer have? Your lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 4S 3=3=3=4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 13-15 3334/3343 or something like that.♠K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firmit Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 So my attempt to be creative, leading ♦8 is ... plain stupid? I pictured declarer with ♠AJ(x) ♥AQ(x) - so my reasoning was to have partner lead a major through declarer.... well - it may be (un)original, and it failed .... :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 I think a diamond is plain stu...I love passive leads, but how often shall pd lead a major? Three times?He won´t have sufficent values for this idea. So I have to decide now which suit to develop and I go for a spade too. With KQTx it would be the king, with KQxx 4. best. With KQ9x I don´t know, but I had tried a low one at the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhais Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 max 14 hcps bal or semi-bal hand. lead for pd a passive lead i will lead c. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Declarer will be bal. with a 3-3-3-4 or maybe4-4 in the minors and 13-15 HCP. Lead: Low Spades. Assuming we play IMP's, this is not thetime to go passive, they will have enough power to make 3NT, so you have to attack now, spade is less risky than hearts. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 So my attempt to be creative, leading ♦8 is ... plain stupid? I pictured declarer with ♠AJ(x) ♥AQ(x) - so my reasoning was to have partner lead a major through declarer.... well - it may be (un)original, and it failed .... :) plain stupid? No, just creative.It seldom pays to go creative unlessyou have a fairly specific reason. As Codo pointed out, how often doyou require partner to lead through,and are you sure, he will choose the right Mayor? With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x213/firmit_bridge/vul_1_2.png♠ KQ94 ♥ KJ97 ♦ 852 ♣ 75 (1♣) P (3N) ap What does declarer have? Your lead? Assuming SA or 2/1 GF, Declarer has either ~12-14 HCP w/o a 4cM or ~15-17 HCP w/o a 4cM. Ask to see their CC before leading if you want to know. They must tell you if you ask. a= The auction cries out for a Major suit leadb= The auction should warn you that They are going to take Their tricks =fast=. This is a bad auction to go passive on. Especially if a 3N response here shows 15-17 HCP. Since I do not have a standard 3 card sequence to lead vs NT here, I do not see a compelling reason not to make the standard lead of "4th down from my longest and strongest" ♠4 from ♠KQ94 it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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