JEC 9/7 Board 15

[jillybean]

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[PhilKing]

I quite like low from this combination in principle, but probably not here. If the suit were a minor I would lead low.

 

The difference is that some of our winning combinations for leading low have been removed, such as 9xxx in dummy and KQ/Kx/Qx in declarer's hand. Low is still the winner on some hands where dummy has two and declarer four small, where dummy has Qx or Kx.

[awm]

The standard lead from this suit is the jack (or ten playing rusinow or coded leads). In general there is a reason that the standard leads are standard (they are better in a high percentage of hands). This is not to say that leading 4th from such a suit will never win, but it requires particular layouts (typically opener having a four-card holding in this case). With no strong reason to believe that deviating from the standard lead will win in this case, it's better to just lead a normal card.

[the hog]

What is the question, Jilly? If it is a lead question, I would lead the SJ

[jillybean]

Not rally a question, it was my bad lead.