mtvesuvius Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 After the rather ridiculous auction of 2♣ by RHO, 5♣ by LHO and 6♣ by RHO, you are on lead with: ♠ Q5♥ AT632♦ KJT♣ J83 What's your lead? (2♣ was Strong, and otherwise I'm as much help as a brick wall in explaining the auction.) Standard Leads and Carding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 I would go with the ♦J. Dislike leading clubs, which is the only possible non-diamond option. Going passive is wrong, declarer will just set up a pitch too often if you do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 ♥A, getting a look at dummy will help here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 I like the diamond, I think dummy is extremely likely to be void in hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachy Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Never heart. The idea is to develop a trick, THEN get heart ace (if it is cashing). I agree with others that diamond J best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 I think dummy is extremely likely to be void in hearts. JDONN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOL Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 I would just lead a trump and hope to take 2 tricks, I don't have enough confidence in my opps if they bid this way to assume they are in a reasonable contract and don't want to blow a trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sathyab Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 If you must make an aggressive lead, Diamond looks best, as given all the controls you have, partner is unlikely to have a king. But I wonder what their source of tricks is in 6♣ ? If dummy is short in hearts, as some people suggest, it's likely to come down with a lot of minor suit cards, as he wouldn't have bypassed spades with a black two suiter. For that matter I don't know why he'd jump to 5c with minors either. So I'm not sure whether we need to be aggressive or just make a passive trump lead here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmunte1 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 I'll lead trump and wait too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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