Guest Jlall Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 imps you hold xxx Kxx xxx xxxx. Auction starting on your left, you don't bid: 1S 2H(gf)3D 3H3S 4H4N 5S(2+Q)6H p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 ♥K. I suppose anything else might work. If I had to choose, ♦. A diamond seems most in jeopardy of a ditch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 ♦ for me. I can be talked into a ♣ though. My guess at the shapes is 6=1=4=2 on my left (with a stiff honor) and 1=7=2=3 on my right. Just a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRW Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Well, I don't normally reply to opening lead questions, as it is not my forte. However, isn't it at least possible that partner has ♣KQ and we need to knock out the ace before opps can throw a loser in that suit? I vote for a club. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 imps you hold xxx Kxx xxx xxxx.Auction starting on your left, you don't bid:1S 2H(gf)3D 3H3S 4H4N 5S(2+Q)6H p IMO ♥x = 10, ♣x = 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ochinko Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 A small ♥ is most likely not to give away a trick, plus it may even prevent a ♣ ruff if dummy is 6=1=4=2. ♦ would be my second choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 We are not hitting an Ace opposite, so we are seeking to build a second trick before declarer gets pitches. Declarer's shortest suit is almost certainly spades, so that suggests that a spade lead will be ineffective, and it is tough to see how it could be a good entry destroying play either. I choose a diamond on the basis that LHO might be 6=2=4=1 and even if we have second round club winner, we might not get it: if we win the first round of hearts, dummy still has a trump left and if we duck it, or win an return one to stop the ruff, declarer just wins the second heart and goes about his business: I hate my pointed suit holdings if partner's strength is in clubs. BTW, lho's ability to keycard and the 2 keycard response suggests, to me, that there is some slight inference that LHO is 6=2=4=1 rather than 6=1=4=2... I think RHO's second keycard rates to be the club Ace (LHO has at most 2 clubs, so the odds are that his 2 keycards are in the pointed suits). This inference makes it less likely that a club will work... partner needs a stronger holding to score a trick if the A is behind him, and we may not be able to score a trick anyway, if LHO is 6=2=4=1... even if we duck the first heart, declarer may be able to succeed by rejecting a second hook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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