gwnn Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 K9xxxJxxQJ9xQ All vulnerable MP's, rho opens and it goes 1♣*-1♠**-x-xx***2♥-p-4♥-all pass * could be exactly 4-4-3-2** what else?*** promises Ax Kx or Qx of spades, might have 3 to A, K or Q in a quite bad hand Lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Why 'might have 3 in a quite bad hand'? Small spade for me, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted November 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 i dunno QJxxxxJxxxxxx? I could have made it a 4333 but that would be too trite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 But it promises honors in spades, right? I'd still lead a small spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Low spade. For me the choice is between a low spade and the more ambitious club (hoping partner can get in while we still have trumps, to get a small cross ruff going). I don't mind the club, but choose the spade, because there are a lot of ifs about the club lead - maybe partner won't get in soon enough, maybe partner's spade is the queen, etc. If partner has 3 spades in a weak hand, is he still promising one of the top 3 honors? (Seems like a waste of a lead-directing agreement, if he does not.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted November 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 yep 655322 it does, sorry about that, edited now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 I think there are more then two leads:A Club, a trump, a low spade and a high spade, even a diamond can be right. A club needs the heart or the club ace together with the ace of Spade to be a winner.A low spade is standard and won't give anything away. A diamond can be right, because it is a good bet to belive that a diamond length is with our LHO. A High spade may stay on lead and can figure out which suit will give the best profit. But it will limit the chances to reach partner for a club ruff. I lead the king of spades. After all, why do I play these kind of redoubles if I don't use the information I get?Second choice is the queen of Diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldman5757 Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Other tables probably won't get the spade "indicator," and the normal lead against what seems like a normal 4♥ contract is the ♦Q. It still could be the best lead anyway. If I want to swing the board, I lead a club. Now if P has either ♥A or ♣A, we'll get a ruff. Maybe we can build a ♠ trick and a ♦ as well. I'd probably lead the ♦Q because clubs may be breaking badly for declarer so passive may work as well as agressive, and probably won't cost us a trick. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.