jschafer Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 2NT-AP ♠KJ84♥KT65♦Q87♣T8 Do you consider the lead obvious? If so what is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleBerg Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 All suits stinks, so nothing is obvious. I'll lead a spade. Should give me a fair chance of not being endplayed the next time I'm on lead. I consider it marginally better than picking a random suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Spade too. Wins when pard has an honor and can set 4 tricks for our side with a bit of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 No it's a long way short of obvious. I'd lead a heart. I'm experimenting with the algorithm "when all other things are equal lead your weaker 4-card suit from two broken holdings" and so far it's working quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dake50 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 "Do you consider the lead obvious? Yes."If so what is it?" The obvious.Slightly prefer a heart. The only pin-my-hat on clue is no major xfer, no Stayman. LEAD a MAJOR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecalm Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 I have no clue at all and no simulator available for a week to come :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMorris Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 10 clubs for me following my rule of leading from rubbish into a (very) strong NT hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 It is auto ♣T for me. No need to create tricks to 2NT declarers (as well as 4NT declarers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel_k Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 It is auto ♣T for me. No need to create tricks to 2NT declarers (as well as 4NT declarers)Ditto for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Hi, The lead is certainly not obvious. I would go with a major suit, and I would say I take a spade,but clubs is also ok. You are bound to give declarer a trick, so I would pick thesuit, that offers the best prospect of developing tricks for ourside, my strongest suit is spade. The only suit, that I would not lead is diamonds, and I think spades is better than hearts. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 ♣10 was what I thought of first. Against 2NT (or a NT contract where one of the hands is VERY strong and the other not so much or one of them invited and the other didn`t accept, and sometimes when they did) it might be better to lead passively so that declarer has to lead from his hand/holdings and not us towards his. But it's not an obvious lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyman Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I would lead a small ♥, though anything could be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poky Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Spade if IMP-s, club if MP-s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecalm Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Spade if IMP-s, club if MP-s. I don't believe there are many (if any) situations where the first lead should be different at IMP's and MP's. Those usually include leading from 6+carders hoping for not too likely layouts providing a set but which usually gives up a trick.Here we don't have such situation. Blowing up spade trick is likely to cost as much at IMPs as it is at MP's imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 ♥ is the most logical choice for me, but it's not obvious at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachy Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Club, in an effort to avoid giving declarer anything. The choice is by no means clear and can backfire in several ways, but so can any other lead since we don't have a clue in which suit partner has help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Agree with Frances and have had the same positive experience about leading from the weaker of two four card suits. Its a small sample size for me so I'm not going to claim my evidence is anything more than anecdotal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akhare Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 T♣ for me...maybe declarer rattles off AKQJX, AKQ of ♦, when a major suit lead would have set, but c'est-la-vie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I would lead a heart. I would be happy to make a passive lead against a 2NT-all-pass auction, from a 4 small suit for example. The doubleton ten doesn't seem that safe to me though, so if I can't make a safe lead I would prefer to try to set up some tricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Small Heart for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_20686 Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 I think a heart. The aim is to get partner to lead a heart back. Even if you lead into AQJ you might not be giving away any tricks. If partner has even the J it will probably be right. Disagree with those thinking a club is passive. Very likely to just finesse partner when declarer cannot get to dummy to do it himself. Leading from xxxxx is passive, xx not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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