hrothgar Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Quick question Partner opens 2♥ (weak). The opponents drive to 3NTYou're on opening lead, and decide to lead a heart. You hold J98 in Hearts Whats the "textbook" lead? (I think that its the 9, but I'm not sure) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 I think you're supposed to lead 1-3-5 in partner's suit to get as much across as possible about the layout of the suit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Aren't you just supposed to follow you normal trippleton leads, i.e. top-of-nothing, MUD or whatever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 I'd have said it was the 8, that is I'd just treat it as Hxx. I believe that 'top of internal sequence' only applies when you have the ten. But I may be wrong :) p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 There's no "textbook" lead, this is an agreement issue. With my agreements, I'd lead the 8 - 1st/3rd/5th in partner's suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Probably the 8. I can't think of any scenarios where I need to start unblocking by leading the J. The 9 rates to be from 9 or 9x. I would never lead the 9. Even from 98x I'd lead small. By the way, I had this situation the other day. I (weak 2 bidder) held KQ7xxx and pard lead the 8 and dummy came down with a low singleton. I figured this wasn't the time to play declarer for AJT9, but I might have on other layouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 There's no "textbook" lead, this is an agreement issue. With my agreements, I'd lead the 8 - 1st/3rd/5th in partner's suit. I think the question is: does H98 constitute an interior sequence? The Ten would be "textbook" from HT9, right? The Seven would be "textbook" from H87. I think the Eight is "textbook" from H98 -- that is, this is not an interior sequence -- but have been confused by this holding in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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