Lord Molyb Posted September 14, 2013 Report Share Posted September 14, 2013 [hv=pc=n&w=sqjt873haqt953d9c&d=w&v=n&b=12&a=1s1np3n4hp4s5cppp]133|200[/hv]This was in the local newspaper bridge article today. What would you lead with this hand?Also, would you have opened 1♠?1NT is 15-17, opponents are fairly good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMoe Posted September 14, 2013 Report Share Posted September 14, 2013 ♠Q. No need to start ♥, and ♦ likely gives up a tempo and a finesse.Yes, I would open 1♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 ♠Q.Obviously wrong for this to be in the paper. My guess is that we have to underlead the heart ace so that partner gets a ruff with their doubleton. Obvious lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 Why wouldn't A!H work as well? Obv partner has to unblock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Molyb Posted September 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 Obviously wrong for this to be in the paper. My guess is that we have to underlead the heart ace so that partner gets a ruff with their doubleton. Obvious lead.it was the play that was interesting, not the lead :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 My immediate reaction was that the heart A was 'obvious' but some reflection suggested it obviously isn't :P Partner probably has no more than 2 hearts and may have a stiff, but would RHO bid this way with xxx or Kxx in hearts, rather than doubling or passing (presumably forcing, but that is a side issue)? While I don't think the heart A is likely to blow the suit, since the odds are very high that RHO doesn't hold the K, I fear that I may be setting myself up for a major suit squeeze, so I need to attack dummy's top spade holding. I am hoping that S has a stiff spade (quite likely on the auction) and that my lead of the Q will destroy communication in that suit. Declarer may need to run his clubs to inflict the squeeze, and by leading spades now, I may make that impossible to do safely. A full analysis would have to await the appearance of dummy and the play to at least the first few tricks, but it does seem to me more likely that we need to defend against a squeeze in the majors more than we need to try to give partner a heart ruff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 Can't lead the ♥A because partner doesn't have the ♥K, he has ♥xx and trump Ace-and-another, one assumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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