jschafer Posted December 29, 2010 Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 ♠J932♥973♦76♣K542 Unfavourable partner passes and the opps bid:a ) 1NT-3NTb ) 1NT-2NT-3NT What do you lead at IMPs or MPs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted December 29, 2010 Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 A spade in all four cases. No imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted December 29, 2010 Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 Heart always at MP. Spade at imps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfa1010 Posted December 29, 2010 Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 4x♠.Remove the ♠9 and it is a different story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 ♠ J932 ♥ 973 ♦ 76 ♣ K542Unfavourable partner passes and the opps bid:a ) 1NT-3NTb ) 1NT-2NT-3NTWhat do you lead at IMPs or MPs? IMO ♠ = 10, ♥ = 8, ♣ = 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 ♠ J932 ♥ 973 ♦ 76 ♣ K542Unfavourable partner passes and the opps bid:a ) 1NT-3NTb ) 1NT-2NT-3NTWhat do you lead at IMPs or MPs? IMO in all four, ♠ = 10, ♥ = 8, ♣ = 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 definitely a heart at mps. Very close between a heart and a spade at imps....the spade 9 sways me to that suit. My memory is not what it used to be...or it may never have been what I think it was....but, years ago, there was a comment in the BW, in the MSC I think, attributing to someone, who might have been Woolsey, a study of the effectiveness of leads from 4 card suits on these auctions. Memory suggests that he found that leads where the second card was several spots lower than the highest card were very bad. So J8xx would be worse than J9xx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dake50 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 As Mikeh suggests, for a 4-suit lead to be effective the top and second best spot need be big.Must put big card forcing big cards on second round/third. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel_k Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I would always lead a heart if partner had not passed initially, or at matchpoints. At IMPS, given partner's pass, prospects don't seem all that promising since they have at least 25 HCP, no suit is breaking badly, and my spot cards are bad. Probably I would still try a heart and hope partner has something good there plus an entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 1NT -3NT imps ♣ mp ♥ (i try to avoid leading from Jxxx and AJxx suits if i can, call me supertitious :P ) This auction can be deceptive, someone can have a long minor and i mostly lead agressive in imps. 1NT-2NT-3NT, they are both balanced. % 100 passive ♥ and ♥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Never a club nor a diamond. Against 3N, this looks like a potential ethics problem where partner tanked over 1N - 3N. Judging from the comments, a spade is a LA. I would always lead a heart and I don't understand those that want to lead a spade in MPs after 1N - 3N. Isn't this the time where we want to avoid blowing a trick? I understand the spade at IMPs, although a club could be right under the same reasoning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 A spade in all four cases. No imagination. ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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