onoway Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Nobody vulnerable. Bidding goes pass pass pass 1 ♠ pass 4♠ pass pass pass.Pard leads the 4 ♦ the board has the KQJ2 of ♦ I hold the 10 9 6 ♦ Declarer takes the trick with the Ace. 3rd trick in I get the lead. I thought that since pard obviously didn't have any honors, she must be short in ♦ so led another to which she played the 3. Ok now I think she had a doubleton so next time I get the lead I try again and give declarer a sluff when pard plays the 7. It turned out that she led from ♦ 87543. She also had a singleton J♣. I wondered if perhaps the singleton might have been a better lead and was told I should have known to switch suits because of the ♦s on the board. Opinions, please? If I am wrong would love to understand the reasoning...thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dicklont Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 The normal lead was ♦8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 There are 14 diamonds in your deal. Dummy has KQJ2, you have 1096, partner has 87543 and declarer won the ace on the first round, and followed on the second. Anyway, there seem to be two different questions here:1. What card should you lead from 87543 (or possibly 8543 if you have only four of them all along)?2. Is leading from 4 or 5 low diamonds right when you have a singleton in another suit? 1. Unfortunately there is no easy answer to this one. Five low cards doesn't even make it onto the opening lead table on the EBU convention cards. I don't know what the North American standard is, but even among English players who claim to play 'standard' leads I think some would lead the 7 ("second highest from a bad suit"), and some the 4 ("fourth highest"). Others might lead the 8 ("top of nothing") and those playing 3rd/5th would lead the 3. From four low there is a bit more standardisation, but you might still find people choosing the 8 (top of nothing), the 5 (second highest) or the 4 (playing 3rd/5th) That being said, your partner could have been a bit more helpful. If everyone followed to the second round of diamonds, (s)he should have played upwards, so that at least you would know (s)he does not have a doubleton and won't try to give a ruff on the third round. 2. Probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 it might be good to know your cards and dummy's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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