Helmer Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 [hv=d=e&v=n&n=saq4h95d65cqj8632&w=sk10hk6dakqj1074c105&e=sj8762h43d32cak94&s=s953haqj10872d98c7]399|300|Scoring: MP[/hv] East bid ♠South bid ♥West bid ♦ Contract 5 ♦ Lead: ♣ Queen. After the board my partner was so happy about his ♣-lead, and that he didn't lead my suit ( ♥ ). Furthermore he thought it was so brilliant that when he got tricks in spade, end-played declarer - so that I suddenly got 2 ♥ tricks. I told him that there was absolutely nothing to be happy about - his lead, actually gave away the contract, but as declarer didn't un-blok his ♣ 10 - he was unable to finess my partner - and then discard a spade, on a high ♣. That declarer - twice in dummies hand - not playing a ♥ towards the declaring hand, is his mistake not our braveness. Am I right or totally wrong, when I say that the lead gave away the contract, if we had had a reasonable good declarer? Thanks :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 How did he end-play declarer? Anyway, a heart lead should work better than a club lead (other than a deceptive ♣J maybe :angry: ), since ♣Q may make declarer think that the club finesse is more likely than the spade finesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 You're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 If the order of the bidding is to be believed, E opened some number of ♠, S bid ♥ at a level necessarily higher than E bid, and then they got to 5♦. The fact that you had to bid ♥ at the 2 level and it seems likely the 3-level suggests that there is no reason partner shouldn't lead a ♥. A ♣ lead could certainly work and its not hard to come up with hands where a ♣ is right, but on this particular hand, yes, partner gave the contract away with his lead. But go easy on him, leads impossibly difficult to get right all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegill Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 I'm still hung up on East opening some number of spades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 I'm still hung up on East opening some number of spades Maybe a 1st favorable 2♠ showing 5♠ and a 4+ card minor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Who said east opened spades? It coulda been p 3H 4D p 4S p 5D (yes 3N is a much better bid, but presumably no one bid 3N since they ended in 5D). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 We were given the auction East bid ♠South bid ♥West bid ♦ And while I agree with your point that they aren't necessarily in order, generally that's how people present auctions to others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 I'm still hung up on East opening some number of spades In certain bits of Europe it would be a routine 2S opener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Yes, it was given away or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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