gartinmale Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 The GIB convention card linked at http://bridgebase.com/doc/gib_system_notes.php shows honor leads to be standard. In particular, against NT, the systemic lead from KQT9 is the queen, asking for count or unblock. GIB led the king. [handviewer='http://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html?lin=pn|gartinmale,~~M59619,~~M59617,~~M59618|st%7C%7Cmd%7C2S35JH357D2JAC6TQK%2CS6TAH46JAD67C247J%2CS47KH9TQKD345TC59%2C%7Crh%7C%7Cah%7CBoard%204%7Csv%7Cb%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cmb%7C1C%7Can%7CMinor%20suit%20opening%20--%203%2B%20C%3B%2011-21%20HCP%3B%201%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cmb%7C1H%7Can%7COne%20over%20one%20--%204%2B%20H%3B%2011-%20HCP%3B%206-12%20total%20points%20%7Cmb%7Cd%7Can%7CTwo%20suit%20takeout%20--%205-%20C%3B%204%2B%20D%3B%205-%20H%3B%204%2B%20S%3B%2011-%20HCP%3B%2012%20total%20points%20%7Cmb%7Cr%7Can%7CSupport%20redouble%20-%203%20H%20--%203%2B%20C%3B%203%20H%3B%2011-%7Cmb%7C1N%7Can%7COne%20NT%20to%20double%20--%202-5%20C%3B%202-5%20D%3B%202-4%20H%3B%202-4%20S%3B%208-11%20HCP%3B%2012-%20total%20points%20%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cpc%7CHK%7Cpc%7CH2%7Cpc%7CH7%7Cpc%7CHA%7Cpc%7CD6%7Cpc%7CD5%7Cpc%7CD9%7Cpc%7CDJ%7Cpc%7CH5%7Cpc%7CH4%7Cpc%7CH9%7Cpc%7CH8%7Cpc%7CC9%7Cpc%7CC3%7Cpc%7CCQ%7Cpc%7CC2%7Cpc%7CH3%7Cpc%7CH6%7Cpc%7CHT%7Cpc%7CS2%7Cpc%7CHQ%7Cpc%7CD8%7Cpc%7CD2%7Cpc%7CHJ%7Cpc%7CC5%7Cpc%7CCA%7Cpc%7CC6%7Cpc%7CC4%7Cpc%7CC8%7Cpc%7CCK%7Cpc%7CC7%7Cpc%7CS4%7Cpc%7CDA%7Cpc%7CD7%7Cpc%7CDT%7Cpc%7CDQ%7Cpc%7CCT%7Cpc%7CCJ%7Cpc%7CD3%7Cpc%7CS8%7Cpc%7CS6%7Cpc%7CSK%7Cpc%7CS9%7Cpc%7CS3%7Cpc%7CS7%7Cpc%7CSQ%7Cpc%7CS5%7Cpc%7CST%7Cpc%7CDK%7Cpc%7CSJ%7Cpc%7CSA%7Cpc%7CD4%7C]400|300[/handviewer] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calm01 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 GIB leads, in general, promise little. As another contributor recently said if GIB were human it would be made an enemy. However obscure GIB programming might be, surely it is worth fixing opening leads once and for all, not one issue at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 This was reported several months ago, with no real response...http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/46286-leading-from-kqt9/page__p__552696__hl__kqt9__fromsearch__1#entry552696 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'm not sure what's going on. I just checked its opening leads table, and this is definitely in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Any idea as to why this is still happening? Presumably, KQT9 is lower on the priority list than simply KQ. Of course, then you'd want to teach GIB when to drop his J... Or can the documentation/convention card be changed to reflect reality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I missed this thread before, but I have always led K from KQT or AKJ v NT and expected unblock, and I thought that was standard. Maybe it's a geographical thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I missed this thread before, but I have always led K from KQT or AKJ v NT and expected unblock, and I thought that was standard. Maybe it's a geographical thing.It is entirely a geographical thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandayre Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 The ACBL convention card shows the K as the standard lead from this combination vs suit contracts, with the Q standard vs. NT. So yes, the lead of the K vs 1NT is non-standard. In the USA the standard vs. NT is Ace asks for unblock or count, K asks for attitude. I assume the K held the trick, what did GIB play at Trick 2? I would have passed this hand out like a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I assume the K held the trick, what did GIB play at Trick 2?Can't you click the "Next" button to see what happened on subsequent tricks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandayre Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Can't you click the "Next" button to see what happened on subsequent tricks? Yes, sorry. I see the GIB declarer did not duck at T1. Wonder why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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