jdeegan Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 I voted for a club lead. In general I don't think this is a lightner double. It's just "we're beating this" -- it suggests control of diamonds and a bunch of other tricks. These other tricks could just be in the form of a lot of high cards (as seems likely here, and was the case on the actual hand) or could be in the form of a running side suit. If partner just has tricks it may not matter much what I lead. But if partner has a suit of his own it's almost surely clubs. There are some hand types where we need a club lead to set (i.e. say partner has the ♦K, a major suit ace, and five good clubs missing one honor). While a heart lead is our best chance at getting down four, partner's major suit holdings on the actual hand could just as easily be the other way. However, partner having nothing in clubs given my shortage there would be quite surprising. :D yeah! I was going to post, but your comment states my view very eloquently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bftboy Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 100% of the blame to S for his silly dbl. And another 50% to N for thinking about leading anything other than a heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Ridiculous reasoning by North, anything but a ♠ seems obvious. I'd lead a ♣ because I don't think partner can have enough tricks in ♥ to Dbl. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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