whereagles Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Matchpoints, adv pard [hv=pc=n&e=sat5h643d97532ckt&d=w&v=n&b=12&a=p1hp2hp3hp4hppp]133|200[/hv] Agricultural sequence, but that's how it went :) Lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinksy Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 A limited auction at MPs? I can't see any reason not to look for the most passive lead - a ♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbenvic Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 On 1-2-3-4-all pass auctions I was once told lead a trump and if I don't have one borrow one from the next table. (I think that's originally a quote from Rixi Markus but cannot remember the origin) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesleyC Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 A diamond for me, stay safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I lead trump. It would be less obvious for me if I had xx trumps. With xxx it's almost wtp for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Trump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhchung Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 was this a hand played by farmers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinksy Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 On 1-2-3-4-all pass auctions I was once told lead a trump and if I don't have one borrow one from the next table. (I think that's originally a quote from Rixi Markus but cannot remember the origin) Liking for the quote, but I'm still leading a ♦ :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 I tried a Bird/Anthias spade ace and met with this layout:[hv=pc=n&s=s9743hqj9d8caj984&w=skj6h85daqtc76532&n=sq85hakt72dkj64cq&e=sat2h643d97532ckt&d=w&v=n&b=12&a=p1hp2hp3hp4hppp]399|300[/hv] I got happy when pard encouraged, but dismayed in the end when it handed the contract http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif In retrospect a passive diamond would probably be better, as RHO is the stronger hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinksy Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 I seriously doubt Bird/Anthias would have advocated the AS on that auction. Even in their chapter on leading empty aces from medium length suits, they basically apologise for it, IIRC, and say 'this is the most double-dummyish part of the book'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 it would certainly be close between spade ace and a diamond. Perhaps the spade 10 would swing it towards the diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 I have fair chance of having a couple of entries and a trump leadhas a fair chance of cutting down on probable dummy ruffs. I realizeother leads can succeed and that a trump lead can easily give up a tempo but they are all much more speculative than the attempt to cut down ruffs. There are two main reason why responder went to game--power (which makesany side suit lead much more dangerous) or distribution (screaming for a trumplead). That seems to mean a trump is safer than most side suit leads and quitepossibly can be more effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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