lowerline Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Bidding goes (1♣)-p-(1♠)-p-(1NT)-all pass.Opponents play Dutch Acol (4crd majors with strong NT), so declarer has shown at least 4crd clubs and at most 14hcp. The game is matchpoints. You are on lead: ♠JTxx♥A9xx♦Jx♣JTx The "obvious" small ♥ or something else? Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 I would lead the heart, but I could be persuaded that this is very wrong. I often hear people say that leading from ace-empty fourth is really bad, but here I see no attractive alternative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 first tiem I hear that elading from Axxx is wrong, partner leading the suit is probably worse :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 I would lead ♦J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 I'll go with the mundane heart. Axxx sucks almost as badly as Jxxx but there's not attractive alternative here and we do have the H9 at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 I expect opener to hold 4♣ and 4♥ usually with a 2434 or 3424 shape.I expect my partner to have 5♦ and since my ♥s won't make much tricks I'll try to develop partners ♦ by leading the J♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Hi, as already was stated: what are youralternatives? With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Bidding goes (1♣)-p-(1♠)-p-(1NT)-all pass.Opponents play Dutch Acol (4crd majors with strong NT), so declarer has shown at least 4crd clubs and at most 14hcp. The game is matchpoints. You are on lead: ♠JTxx♥A9xx♦Jx♣JTx The "obvious" small ♥ or something else? StevenIMO ♥ x = 10, ♠ x = 7, ♦ J = 5, ♥ A = 3, ♠ J = 2, ♣ J = 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowerline Posted June 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 [hv=n=sak9xhkxxdxxxxcxx&w=sqxxxhtxxdqtxca9x&e=sxhqjxdak9xckqxxx&s=sjtxxha9xxdjxcjtx]399|300|Scoring: MP[/hv] I lead the ♣J... I know my partner as someone who likes to compete over low level contracts in MPs. He was in the passout seat and didn't even hesitate to pass, while he must have at least 10hcp. Therefor a ♦ lead was off, but it also made me reluctant to lead a ♥ because he hadn't doubled. I came to the conclusion he was opposing at least one of their (black) suits. Had I listened more carefully to the bidding, I would have found the ♠J lead. As you can see, a small ♥ still allows the defense to take their 6 tricks.Oh well, was I masterminding too much? Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 <snip>I know my partner as someone who likes to compete over low level contracts in MPs. He was in the passout seat and didn't even hesitate to pass, while he must have at least 10hcp. <snip> I hope for you, that you try hard to avoid makinginterferences from the speed your partner makesor does not make a bid, it is hard I know, but tryhard. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 He was in the passout seat and didn't even hesitate to pass Oh, well if he didnt even hesitate then a diamond is clearly out. Tougher problem had partner hesitated, a diamond is stand out but can we get away with it? If the opps are inexperienced then yes, if they are experienced then the key is for us to hesitate for like 10 times longer than partner did. So if partner tanked for 20 seconds and passed, we need to think for about 3 and a half minutes before leading the DJ. The opps will then be remembering only our tank AND partners tank won't seem like one since ours was 10x longer. And it will really look like we were constructing something. Nice problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowerline Posted June 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 <snip>I know my partner as someone who likes to compete over low level contracts in MPs. He was in the passout seat and didn't even hesitate to pass, while he must have at least 10hcp. <snip> I hope for you, that you try hard to avoid makinginterferences from the speed your partner makesor does not make a bid, it is hard I know, but tryhard. With kind regardsMarlowe As long as there are humans around the table (F2F game), this can't be avoided.I was surprised the bidding ended in 1NT because I only had 7hcp. So there is a bridge technical reason to lead the ♠J i.s.o. the ♦J... isn't there? BTW I tanked before leading the ♣J... Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTired Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 He was in the passout seat and didn't even hesitate to pass Oh, well if he didnt even hesitate then a diamond is clearly out. Tougher problem had partner hesitated, a diamond is stand out but can we get away with it? If the opps are inexperienced then yes, if they are experienced then the key is for us to hesitate for like 10 times longer than partner did. So if partner tanked for 20 seconds and passed, we need to think for about 3 and a half minutes before leading the DJ. The opps will then be remembering only our tank AND partners tank won't seem like one since ours was 10x longer. And it will really look like we were constructing something. Nice problem. Good advice. Seems poster is incorporating that strategy in his/her technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 I think a heart is an extremely obvious lead on this deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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