jdaming Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 [hv=d=s&v=n&s=skq4hjt52d6ckqt43]133|100|Scoring: MP[/hv] bidding goes P - P - 1♠ - 2♣P - P - 2NT - PO BTW the 1♠ 2nt is GIB if that changes things :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Tu Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Well, I won't answer your poll because the question was written "what do you lead", rather than "what is the standard lead". The *standard* lead is the K, the Q would imply KQT9x (or qjt/qj9/aqj) and ask for unblock the J, but without the 9 you don't really want an unblock from something like Jxx if spades aren't splitting. But *I* lead the Q with my partners, because like a growing number of players, we have switched to having the *K* ask for unblock/count, leading the K from holdings such as KQT9xand AKJTx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOL Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Matchpoints? King for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Definitely the K at MPs. Tougher problem at IMPs for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 I'm in the LOL crowd, I guess, But I'm leading the trey. Too much upside, IMO. If I catch partner with the Jack-x, the trey obviously was right (Declarer may well have A98x). But, if I simply catch partner with 9x or so, I'm loving it. That helps when Declarer has AJ8x. If I catch air, I'm probably no worse off when Declarer has a simple AJx or AJ9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double ! Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 What was the bidding & final contract? Other things being equal, especially since I lead A from AK, I would probably suspect the the standard lead is the King. (Queen if playing lower of touching honors.) DHL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 I like Q as "unblock jack or give count, pls" :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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