broze Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 [hv=pc=n&w=s74hq986dat8cj753&d=n&v=n&b=5&a=1c1h1s3h4cp6sppp]133|200[/hv] What's your lead? Does it make a difference if RHO is know to be a bit of a loose cannon?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 [hv=pc=n&w=s74hq986dat8cj753&d=n&v=n&b=5&a=1c1h1s3h4cp6sppp]133|200| What's your lead? Does it make a difference if RHO is know to be a bit of a loose cannon?![/hv]IMO ♥ = 10, ♦ = 9, ♠ = 6, ♣ = 5. LHO's bidding being unreliable is an argument for unadventurous orthodoxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 ♥ can not be the correct lead in "interesting bridge hands" forum so I lead small ♦ http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinksy Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 When (they're) in doubt, cash my ace. Cs and Ss are probably both running (or if they're not, cashing the AD is unlikely to make them do so), so it might be my only chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 I'm pretty sure Bird/Anthias would recommend the diamond ace here, so I'll do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmnka447 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 I lead ♦ A. RHO may or may not have a ♥ loser. A look at dummy will give some clue as to whether a ♥ continuation is right. It seems like opener's 4 ♣ bid was useful to declarer. The danger is declarer pitching losers on opener's ♣s. Partner has not made a Lightner double, so probably doesn't have a ♣ void. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Molyb Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 ♦A for me too.Although I think I can produce examples where any lead is the only one to let it through or the only one to beat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 I am assuming the ♦A is cashing, so I need one other trick. Unchecked slam jumps like this are often based on a void, so a heart trick seems unlikely. Dummy's clubs can probably be established with ruffs. If partner holds a soft trump trick, leading that would be a disaster. Maybe we can cash ♦AK. That would be reckless by declarer, but hey he is a loose cannon right? Anyway cashing seems unlikely to lose and may be necessary, so that's what I will try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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