joker_gib Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 You are south with this hand : [hv=v=e&s=sj964hk1096d54ca98]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] and you hear : W E2♦* 2♠**3♦ 3♠4♦ 4♥4♠ 4NT5♠ 6NT * Forcing Game** 1 major ace What's your lead ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcLight Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 I'm not sure what East's 3rd round bid of ♥ means, since I assume from the bidding he's shown his Ace to be in ♠. I also don't know what a 2♦ game force is (a strong 2 bid?). It looks like a long Diamond suit is ready to run, and perhaps a few spades too as a ♠ finesse through pard will work (if Declarer holds AQ). I'd lead the ♥6 and pray pard has the Q. (I think leading the ♣ Ace and continuing the suit would not be a good idea.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted December 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Sorry Arclight ! You have A98 in ♣ and 54 in ♦ !! The hand has now been corrected ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 D 6NT, I go passive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartA Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 I'm not sure what East's 3rd round bid of ♥ means, since I assume from the bidding he's shown his Ace to be in ♠. I also don't know what a 2♦ game force is (a strong 2 bid?). It looks like a long Diamond suit is ready to run, and perhaps a few spades too as a ♠ finesse through pard will work (if Declarer holds AQ). I'd lead the ♥6 and pray pard has the Q. (I think leading the ♣ Ace and continuing the suit would not be a good idea.) I tend to agree with ArcLight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Both opponents have long suits, so you should be agressive, ♥ lead looks the best spot to find a second winner, but wait, one of their suits won't run because you have ♠J9xx, so count their tricks, they have 3♠, 7♦, 1♥, and they can make 11th in ♣ easilly, so its right, lead a ♥ to search for 12th, actually ♥K could be right for not being squeezed, but that is to guess too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 I tend to go for ♥K, out of fear of getting triple-squeezed. If you hope for ♥Q with your partner, then it's certainly better to lead ♥K. If you don't think partner has ♥Q, then small is better - obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 ♥9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted December 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Yes, you are right guys ! :) ♥ is the killing lead and Giorgio Duboin found it at the speed of light last night on BBO ! Here is the full hand : [hv=d=s&v=e&n=s52hq87d62cq106432&w=sakh42dakqj9873c5&e=sq10873haj53d10ckj7&s=sj964hk1096d54ca98]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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