antonylee Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 [hv=pc=n&s=skj73hak6d7532cqj&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1dp2c(gf)p2d(nat%20or%20WNT)p3cp3nppp]266|200[/hv]Matchpoints.Righty leads the ♥3 (4th best) out of turn. What option do you exercise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbodell Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Normally I'd say accept the lead and declare using the old saying that if the opponent didn't know who's turn it was to lead they probably didn't know what to lead. But here if I can paint in the opponents mind that I have heart weakness (even though I think this is probably UI) and if I can get my LHO to lead a spade up to my honors, I think that is probably good for my side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 I can't see the point of accepting the lead - seems in all cases to be inferior to choice 4. So the answer must be choice 3. Of course choices 4 and 5 are simply subsets of choice 3 so including both is a little pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 I can't see the point of accepting the lead - seems in all cases to be inferior to choice 4.Any reason partner can't have ♥Jx? Do we want to give them a chance of leading a diamond instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campboy Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Of course choices 4 and 5 are simply subsets of choice 3 so including both is a little pointless.I assume that choice 3 means "reject the lead, and don't use either lead restriction at this point". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 if heart lead is good for su, it will also be good at trick 2 so make the card penalty and let LHO shoot into the dark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Accept lead, because pard's holding might contribute to a tenace-like position, ♥Jxx for instance. And declare hand, OF COURSE :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonylee Posted January 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Of course choices 4 and 5 are simply subsets of choice 3 so including both is a little pointless.No, if you choose to force or forbid a heart lead by lefty, the H3 is picked up and is no longer a penalty card (although UI still applies). It stays a penalty card only if you choose to let lefty free to lead whatever he wants -- in which case the three options (force a heart, forbid a heart, keep the H3 a penalty card) applies as long as he stays on lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbenvic Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 I like the idea of making it a penalty card and giving lefty open slather. Unless he has solid diamonds to cash, righty will win and be forced to lead the heart thus regaining the tempo if I have to lose a club trick to them before setting up partners long suit (assuming 3c showed 5+) unless they lead a heart at trick 1 in which case I have some chance to 'hide' one of my honours so it looks like I was hoping for a free trick in some way. And you never know they could lead a spade for me and give up an extra trick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Option 3 seems best imo. This gives us options in consequent play, for example to make opps lead ♥ if West would decide to start with ♦s and that turns out badly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonylee Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) Option 3 seems best imo. This gives us options in consequent play, for example to make opps lead ♥ if West would decide to start with ♦s and that turns out badly.Indeed, I didn't notice that I could prevent them from knocking out my stopper if necessary.At the table I simply thought "it's so likely that this gives away a trick to partner's Jx" that I accepted the lead, and, for good measure, let partner play it.He held Ax xxx AQx KT7xx but both pointed finesses offside and clubs 5-1 meant -1, when I would have made on the normal lead of a small spade from Qxxxx Jxx Jxxx x :(EDIT: One too many hearts :) Edited January 22, 2015 by antonylee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 I would have made on the normal lead of a small spade from Qxxxx Jxxx Jxxx x :(Those weak 5441 hands are always tricky to lead from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 I don't understand partner's 3!C bid at all. Why did he want to emphasise a KTxxx suit?I chose to declarer, because I didn't want the xxxx in diamonds to appear in dummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonylee Posted January 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 I don't understand partner's 3!C bid at all. Why did he want to emphasise a KTxxx suit?I chose to declarer, because I didn't want the xxxx in diamonds to appear in dummy.What's your rebid otherwise? I guess it's more a systems question, as I'd expect 2M to show 4 and 2N to promise stoppers.Obviously you may not like a system where 2D is a catchall (well, I don't know your favorite methods) but you'd have even less room on any other rebid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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