gwnn Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 AxxQxxxxQxxxx 3D-p-6D lead lead lead. fixed now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONEferBRID Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 What a coincidence... A bridge column in the newspaper quoted this week: " Many years ago, we asked a great world champion about leading against a slam....( He said) ' Don't even think -- if you have a ( sidesuit ) singleton or an Ace, lead it ' " . Of course for the hand in that column, it happened to be the losing lead..... as Declarer had Q x x opposite K x x x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 so what do you lead??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONEferBRID Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 I hate to lead from Q-nothing.... And, eventho, i prefer the "non-thinking" route, I'll go with a Diam lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wank Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 i'll go for a heart - attacking lead auction. declarer's more likely to have 2+ hearts than clubs, though probably only marginally - he might have 4 clubs, but he's unlikely to have 4 hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkDean Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Spade ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 heart, unless I'm playing against gamblers who will bid 6 diamonds off two top spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Low spade, I don't even consider this to be trying to be a genius, this is just our best shot at two fast tricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 AxxQxxxxQxxxx 3D-p-6D lead lead lead. fixed now Well I am not leading a singleton trump and pretty much set against leading the Ace so I lead from the longest suit which holds a Q. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pict Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Ace of Spades - this time and next whether or not it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 A low heart seems to be hoping for quite a lot: partner to have the king, declarer to have at least two, dummy's clubs not to provide the necessary discards. A low spade needs less, but still quite a lot: partner to have the queen, declarer to have at least two, declarer or dummy to have the jack. ♠A requires only that partner have a trump trick. Looking at a singleton trump, that doesn't seem that unlikely. I'd lead ♠A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayin801 Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 low ♠ in tempo unless righty suspects I underlead aces against slams, then ♠A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Low spade, I don't even consider this to be trying to be a genius, this is just our best shot at two fast tricks. Totally agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_h Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Ace of spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Kid Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 What is the vulnerability? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 They are vulnerable, we are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Kid Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Since LHO didn't go via rkc without the ♠A it seems reasonable to assume the ♦s are solid along with first round control in ♣ and ♥. It also seems probable LHO will have at least 2nd round control in ♠s, which is probably the ♠K. If you trust your opponents to have at least second round control in ♠ then I think the ♠A is out as you are probably just setting up a trick (K♠ or more) and handing them tempo to explore all their options. A ♦ lead might make them misguess a suit they would have gotten right if you lead it, but leading a trump against this kind of contract also has a lot of inferences attached to it for declarer! A small ♠ could work if you find your partner with the Q and opps with K and J. I wouldn't be prepared to take that risk because you might hand them an impossible contract if they have something like KQxx-x/Kxxx-Q/Kxx-Qx. It loses tempo and may allow them to set up a discard for their 2nd loser before you knock out the ace in that suit (eg. K♥ or K♣ with partner). ♠ is your shortest outside suit so if there is a suit they need to set up, it is most likely to be this one. If they have a guess to set up ♠s, they may still have it later! Most people will automatically put up the ♠J with KJT later in the play so they might still get it wrong. Any of the other leads could work too but would be more likely to lead a ♣ than a ♥. Simply because I have more of them and the opponents are more likely to be forced to start on that suit because they have more expected combined length. So I suppose in the end I would lead a small ♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryallen Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Knowing nothing about the bidder, I am stumped at what dummy's holding is to go straight to 6♦ without any interest of controls? The only type of hand that makes sense to me is something where you need to cash out the ♠A and a slim hope for a trump trick, because your two Q's don't look to be lying favourably. I just do not see how leading a low ♠ will get you anything that you would have not of had a good chance of getting anyway? The only issue would be the ♠ trick disappearing. The only other viable option is partner having a K in ♥ or ♣, in which case leading the ♠A could cost. It would not surprise me that the lead of a small ♣ could work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_h Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 ♠A requires only that partner have a trump trick. Looking at a singleton trump, that doesn't seem that unlikely. I'd lead ♠A. Additional (albeit probably unlikely) chance would be giving partner a spade ruff as dummy might track with long solid spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 A low heart seems to be hoping for quite a lot: partner to have the king, declarer to have at least two, dummy's clubs not to provide the necessary discards. A low spade needs less, but still quite a lot: partner to have the queen, declarer to have at least two, declarer or dummy to have the jack. ♠A requires only that partner have a trump trick. Looking at a singleton trump, that doesn't seem that unlikely. I'd lead ♠A. agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 I'll hope for a lot and lead a heart lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Whenever I lead an Ace against an auction like this it seems to get ruffed.Mark me down for a low club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 low spade puts them to a guess, RHO is a relatively new player so it would be hard to predict what she'd do. If we don't lead a spade, there is only 1 way to play spades so we concede the contract. Dummy was KxxAxxAJxAKxx declarer JxKJxKQTxxxxJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 if Karapet were to find the brilliant low spade lead, his partner, the secretary bird, upon a low from dummy would play the T from QT "just to check who has the jack" and a very surprised rabbit would take the trick and then proceed to (involuntarily) squeeze Karapet in the majors LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Low spade, I don't even consider this to be trying to be a genius, this is just our best shot at two fast tricks. Yes, agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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