andy_h Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 [hv=d=s&v=b&s=sqt6hj93dq2cqt942]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] RHO (east) is the dealer and the opponents have an unobstructed auction of: 1♦-1♥1NT-4♣4♥-4NT5♥-6NT 1NT = 11-14, can have 4♠; 4♣ = Ace ask, 4♥=1 Ace, 4NT=king ask, 5♥=2 kings Opps are known to be a bit below intermediate level. What do you lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Club lead...I'm thinking very passively. This is likely the wrong lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 What an awful problem to have. The nice thing about a low club is that even if we blow a trick, by showing club length we may convince declarer to play partner for other queens. But I have a feeling I'm just going to get this wrong. Heck I can easily imagine jack of hearts working. Anyway I go ten of clubs (I think that is much better than low.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Josh, I agree, 10 or 9 of clubs isn't too bad here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 If you lead a club, do you obey your normal leading agreements? E.g. T promises a higher honor than a jack/02 higher ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 This is a slam contract. You are not expected to be leading the 10 from an interior sequence. So, the answer is no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Club looks fairly normal. Certainly I am not leading a spade or a diamond. While a heart is reasonable, I don't really feel like leading from J9x of dummy's suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 I'm leading the heart, and I don't consider this close. These people are "a bit below intermediate level." In theory, that should mean that they have 32 HCP for this slam. If that is in fact the case, then partner does not have the heart Queen and we are not giving away a trick leading hearts. Countering that is the "Gerber as the Quantitative Substitute" convention, suggesting that partner may well have some values. However, I don't see the likelihood of partner actually having a heart card that matters being significant enough. Against all of this is the extremely high chance, IMO, that Opener, limited to a maximum of three in either major, and probably limited to a maximum of five diamonds, and hence a dead minimum of two but probably more clubs, has the club Jack. If he does, I'm fairly certain that I just yielded the contract. Declarer needs the diamond finesse, he thinks. That fails. He then needs a black suit to work out instead. One of them. I ain't giving him clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 My thought is also a ♥, but I'm still not sure if it's a good idea to start with a small, or with the J... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardf10987 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 I'll lead a hearts. To bid this way ♥ are probably AKQxxx... for 2/3 small.They have probably all 4 aces and 3 kings, and this means 11 tricks... Only hope is some useful ♦ holding from partner... but we must not blow the 12° trick immediatly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Small heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_h Posted November 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Hmm interesting. A heart does have more of an appeal than I thought. This was the full hand, though it doesn't really say anything lol [hv=d=e&v=b&n=s74ht42djt8654c73&w=sa852hakq76d3cak5&e=skj93h85dak97cj86&s=sqt6hj93dq2cqt942]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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