Phil Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 You hear 1♠ - 2♠ - 4♠ by the opponents. Here is your hand: ♠x♥Q9x♦Q9xx♣Q9xxx Your lead? I think I know the consensus answer, but I heard some debate about this the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Um well? Its not like this is a compound squeeze or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobowolf Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Club for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpace Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 If we are going for a forcing game, a heart might be better as that might be partners longest and partner rates to have a better hand with the entries to cash the last rounds. Who knows, we might hit partner with a nice heart holding too. What did you have in mind, Phil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Um well? Its not like this is a compound squeeze or anything. some of us are working.. pls wait.. :rolleyes: club seems less likely to blow a trickheart seems the most aggressive I prefer club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOL Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 obv club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 If we are going for a forcing game, a heart might be better as that might be partners longest and partner rates to have a better hand with the entries to cash the last rounds. Who knows, we might hit partner with a nice heart holding too. What did you have in mind, Phil? I didn't want pose this as anything more than an exercise in what the best suit to broach. Of course on all hands there are strategic considerations, like establishing a tap, getting a ruff, whatever. Believe it or not, Lawrence's book on Opening Leads is completely silent on this subject. I always thought a club was safer. A heart frequently can't recover if it blows a trick, and a diamond is slightly more dangerous than a club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_s Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 I chose a club not because of how likely it is to blow a trick on the lead, but because a club trick is the most likely to disappear if it isn't established early. ...at least I think it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Since this poll appeared in the beginner and intermediate forum, here is a maxim that a wise player taught me when I was a beginner. It has served me well ever since: Try not to lead from an honor in a side suit where the opponents rate to have more combined cards than your side does. Here you don't know how many combined hearts or clubs either side has, but the odds favor the opponents having more combined hearts than clubs (because you have more clubs than hearts). Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 actually, Fred.. that adage probably isn't completely true :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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