VegasVern Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 [hv=d=n&v=b&s=sj8hj5dkt87c76532]133|100|Scoring: MP[/hv] The Bidding: My partner is N and opens the bidding 1♠ 1♠ 1NT Pass 2♦P 3♥ Pass 4♥P P P Would anyone have ventured 2♠ with my hand? (Just to interfere.) I led the J♠, but a diamond lead sets them. (Partner has A5.) I'm just curious what everyone would lead in this situation. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 When you want just honest answers, better don't state which lead had set the contract. With this hand, it is possible that any given card is the only one to set the contract, but there is no evidence that one particular suit is better then another. So I would stick with the golden rule of leading: Lead partners suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 ♠J is pretty obvious. I don't think many, if any, experts would find the killing diamond lead. And no, I wouldn't have bid 2♠. What good does it serve? To encourage pard to bid 4♠, hoping for a ruff you can't make? :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I would lead ♠J, and I wouldn't have bid 2♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Hi, #1 Pass after 1NT#2 Jack of spades, wtp? With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 ♠J should be the lead, regardless of the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASkolnick Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I would lead the J of ♠. However, because this was a question, even before the answer was stated, you knew a diamond lead would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 I don't think the ♠J is so obvious a lead here. It blows a trick if declarer has AQT, and is extremely likely to blow one if partner has AQxxx and declarer has KTx. Furthermore, there's the possibility of what happened on the actual deal. Now I'm not saying I wouldn't have led the ♠J (guess we'll never know since this wasn't posted as a problem), but at least consider that perhaps it might be better to lead something that the notrumper isn't prepared for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 ♦8. wtp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachy Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Leading partner's suit seems the natural thing to do with that hand. Thinking about declarer's hand, spades is the only suit he has guaranteed stopped so the J may blow a trick or at least grant tempo to declarer. Trying to guess which other suit to lead - if I have decided against spade lead - diamond. Lead from strength. But in the end, I prob still lead the spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 I would lead ♠J, and I wouldn't have bid 2♠. Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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