MickyB Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Low from an odd number3rd from an even number to an honourHighest affordable from an even number of low cards Don't remember coming across this before, feels like I should have. Good/bad/ugly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 It is not uncommon to play a high card from 3 or more low cards, regardless of the number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 These are like David Weiss' 'parity leads' except for distinguishing between holdings containing an honor. If you are looking for count early which takes priority in suit contracts, why would you do this? I have limited experience with parity leads and they seem to work fine. I suppose the technical drawbacks are you can't always distinguish a 7 from holdings like Q7xx and QT7x. Also, you might not always be able to judge what considered a high spot you can afford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akhare Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Weren't you playing mixed leads not too long ago :D? What was your experience with them regarding improvement over 3/5th? Of course, those leads don't have that much of parity emphasis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Leading from an empty suit isnt that frequent in my book. So I much prefer plain parity leads vs suits contract (low odds, highest you can afford even). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 We play this in partnership suits where we have raised, but I don't think that is really what you are after.(Really we play attitude leads in partnership suits when the length is known, i.e. if we have already promised exactly 3 we also lead top of 3 low; if we have promised 3 or 4 we lead as you have described.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Seems good to me. Supposing you lead third and low normally, the question is just xxxx. Leading high gives pd the information that you have no honor as well as the count parity. The only issue is if he decides you lead from xx but his odds of distinguishing a two-card difference are usually good. Its different from leading high from three small (which would often be taken for xx). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted April 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Seems good to me. Supposing you lead third and low normally, the question is just xxxx. Leading high gives pd the information that you have no honor as well as the count parity. The only issue is if he decides you lead from xx but his odds of distinguishing a two-card difference are usually good. Its different from leading high from three small (which would often be taken for xx). Cool, that was basically what I thought, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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