nigel_k Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 [hv=pc=n&s=s943ht83daj83ckt4&d=e&v=0&b=14&a=3dppdppp]133|200[/hv]IMPS, if that matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Don't like Meckstroth's choice, but I guess I should wait and see what others think. What do I know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Small Club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 I think this is quite hard. If the K10x were in a major I'd lead that, but clubs is the side-suit where RHO is most likely to have length. Eventually that swung me in favour of a major, but even then it's not clear whether it's better to lead a slightly more attacking heart or a slightly more passive spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dake50 Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 S9 if that shows top of this suit. S3 if 3rd is our agreement.Partner must be prepared for Spades, unless he has Semi-Solid hearts and intended 4H over my 3S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewj Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 I'm always paranoid about hitting dummy's 5 solid opposite declarer's void/singleton, so put me down for a ♣...hopefully we're playing 3/5 leads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Ditto ewj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewj Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Don't like Meckstroth's choice, but I guess I should wait and see what others think. What do I know? I'm keen to know what Meckstroth led :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_dude Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Given that opener has mediocre trumps, there's a good chance he has an honor on the side in which case breaking either hearts or clubs could be disastrous. I'm leading a spade which is least likely to cause damage. I have so few HCP partner is probably not on a bare minimum ... and I have 2-3 trump tricks ... so I don't feel like I need to attack vigorously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewj Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 What's the hand / what did Meckstroth lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) What's the hand / what did Meckstroth lead? He led a low heart which was not successful. A club is the easiest way to beat it. It was in the Baze Senior Teams Final (last set board 62). He was partnering Hamman at the time. Edited December 11, 2012 by PhilKing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 " A club is the easiest wat to beat it." I did say that. I don't understand a H lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 " A club is the easiest wat to beat it." I did say that. I don't understand a H lead. Rare case of agreement. Leading from strength has almost never worked badly for me here with weakness on right. I've looked at a lot of Meckwell hands - philosophy seems to be passive versus suits, 4th highest v NTs with almost no major suit bias. I strongly suspect that the thinking against most opponents is just to match the other room on opening lead, then defend better, rather than win it on the OL. In other words, reduce variance at the expense of a small loss in win rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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