daveharty Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 [hv=pc=n&e=sqj75h64dj83caqt4&d=s&v=e&b=3&a=1dp1hp2dp2sp4hppp]133|200[/hv]What do you lead and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 for me this is a really ugly hand I would choose between a trump and breaking the ♣ tenace, with a preference for a trump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BunnyGo Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 I'm torn. I think that I'm worried about our club tricks disappearing on diamonds. Perhaps I'm too worried, but I lead the club A. Second choice is a trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike gill Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 I would lead the cA. Diamonds are breaking for them, so even if this blows a trick it may be a trick we weren't getting anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Spade Q. Pard can easily have Axx over dummy's king and afterwards cross a club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveharty Posted June 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Spade Q. Pard can easily have Axx over dummy's king and afterwards cross a club.You did see it was RHO that bid spades, right? That doesn't mean your lead is impossible but I wanted to be sure you didn't read the auction incorrectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 I did see he bid spades, but that doesn't mean he will have AKTx all the time. In fact, he may even have like Kxx and wanted to force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BunnyGo Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Spade Q. Pard can easily have Axx over dummy's king and afterwards cross a club. I did see he bid spades, but that doesn't mean he will have AKTx all the time. In fact, he may even have like Kxx and wanted to force. You realize that declarer bid spades. You cannot be leading through dummy's King (with partner over it) if you think the spade bidder will have a spade honor. I'm not suggesting the spade lead is bad (I really don't know what to lead this hand), I'm suggesting you may be confused about the bidding. If you are not confused, then your posts are at least confusing me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel_k Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Partner could possibly have two useful cards but probably only one. If that card is the ♣K we need to lead a club. If that card is the ♠A and RHO has the ♣K and dummy is 2-2 in the black suits we need to lead a spade. ♣A will still be better than a trump though. 2♠ may not even be a real suit so I wouldn't assume that RHO has a top spade and even if RHO has the K and partner the ace, a spade could be best. If his card is the ♦K or ♦A and the ♣K is on our right and dummy has at least two clubs we can probably get two clubs eventually on a non-club lead, so a spade or trump will work best. Based on this I would lead the ♣A. Second choice ♠Q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamford Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 I think that the only chance is to play for two spade tricks, one trump and the ace of clubs, and I would lead a low spade. A top spade might not work if partner has Kx. A possible layout is North A9xx Axxxx xx Kx opposite South 10xx Kxx AKQxxx x. South's hand was improved by the 2S bid, but a spade lead still beats game. And I know it is MPs, but not beating it might be very bad as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 You realize that declarer bid spades. LOOOOOL. You're totally right, I saw it wrong. I gotta stop this "post first, read questions later" approach, ahah. Anyway, club ace looks more attactive from this side, that's for sure. I might still lead a spade, though this time not the queen but the small one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VM1973 Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 You should lead a spade because it's matchpoints. You cannot afford to give away tricks. Partner could easily have the A♠, A♥, or A♦ and switch to a club. Leading the A♣ caters only to the possibility that partner has K♣ and may well blow a trick. I figure leading a spade has 3 ways to win whereas leading a club only has one way to win. On a lucky day you might even find partner with A♥ and J♣ and you beat it. Leading a trump (or a diamond) is crazy. If partner has a trump winner he's always going to get it and with you holding Jxx♦ those diamonds could run at any second. You need to cash what you can before it all goes away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveharty Posted June 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=sah987dakt975c863&w=st832hq52dq642c92&n=sk964hakjt3dckj75&e=sqj75h64dj83caqt4&d=s&v=e&b=3&a=1dp1hp2dp2sp4hppp]399|300[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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