Hanoi5 Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Bidding goes: 1♥ 1NT3♣ 6♣ They're red, you're white, what's your lead? ♠K863♥9854♦83♣KT6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 A unanimous and uncontroversial spade lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbodell Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 I'm often quite bad at leading against slams. Was the 1nt forcing? If so I might think they are bidding 6♣ on a double fit and try a ♥ hoping partner can ruff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 1NT was forcing, 3♣ could be 4th (though most people where you're playing use it to show a 5-5). No lead can beat this slam. One makes it harder to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Spade, and I too am unanimous in that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_h Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dake50 Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Will 6C need a H-ruff to establish 5th H? Try C-x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleBerg Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Spade, and I too am unanimous in that. So are we. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Will 6C need a H-ruff to establish 5th H? Unlikely when we have 98xx over the hearts. And even if partner has HH in hearts we can't lead clubs enough times to stop a heart ruff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 spade is as obvious as leading from AKx would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Systemical low spade 24/7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 ♠. Doesn't require as much as a diamond, which may be the controversial choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Spade. And I consulted with all of my personalities, and we are unanimous on the choice of a spade lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdanno Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Spade. And I consulted with all of my personalities, and we are unanimous on the choice of a spade lead. Doctor, doctor, I have a split personality!- Yeah, ok. We will have to talk about that.One of me wanted to lead a diamond!- CALL AN AMBULANCE WE NEED TO BRING THIS GUY TO A HOSPITAL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 I'll lead a diamond. LHO must have a lot of shape on this auction, as he is bidding slam on what cannot be a huge amount of values, and did not even bother with keycard or anything like that. Noticing that he won't have four spades, likely shapes are things like 2-0-5-6 or 3-0-5-5. Unless partner has the spade ace, any losing spades the declaring side might have are disappearing fast on opener's hearts. In other words, catching partner with the spade queen is unlikely to actually beat this hand. Partner is roughly as likely to have the diamond ace as the spade ace, and could also have the diamond king behind dummy's ace. Dummy will have enough diamonds that declarer is unlikely to be able to ditch all the diamonds before pulling trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcw Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 ♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 A ♠ lead is near automatic you need to set up your second trick so you can cash it when you win the ♣K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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