eagles123 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 We are silent opps bidding is: 1d - 2c - 2n - 3n ap opps are playing acol QJ62Kj65T6T92 is there a clear reason to lead one major rather than another or is this a guess? or should i lead a minor? scoring is MP many thanks, Eagles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 At IMPS (where setting the contract is a major objective) I would lead a spade.At MP, where not giving away a trick can be just as important as setting them, I would lead the heart Q on the theory that LHO has a long suit and is therefore less likelyto table an inconvenient H(T9)x holding or even Hxx). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Hi, the normal lead is an unbid suit, given say have bid the minors,the normal lead is a major.Spades is your better suit, you need less from partner to avoidblowing a trick, basically the 10 is enough, if partner has the Ace of hearts, your chances of getting 4 are really good, i.e.if you want to set the contract quickly this is your best chance. Most likely clubs are breaking either 33 or 32, i.e. they have asource of tricks. So from this ... at MP a spade, at IMPs a heart. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 The other responders seem to be looking at a different hand than the one I see! One of them wants to lead a card that isn't in the given hand, and the other thinks QJ62 is a better suit than KJ65. I would lead a heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 The other responders seem to be looking at a different hand than the one I see! One of them wants to lead a card that isn't in the given hand, and the other thinks QJ62 is a better suit than KJ65. I would lead a heart. I know the hand as I was sitting opposite eagles123, but is leading the better suit always right ? Here if partner has K♠, the K♥ might get you in to cash the 4th one, if partner has the Q♥, it's less likely the spades will be an entry. This is probably more of an IMPs argument than a MPs one, but I think it still applies to some extent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonbarge Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 We are silent opps bidding is: 1d - 2c - 2n - 3n ap opps are playing acol QJ62Kj65T6T92 is there a clear reason to lead one major rather than another or is this a guess? or should i lead a minor? scoring is MP many thanks, Eagles Without doubt the ♠Q, even if the bidding were 1NT-3NT. Leading from KJ is extremely dangerous and results in loss of a trick way too often. QJxx without the 10 or 9 is also not optimal but a notch up, and just as likely to hurt them. Plus, heart K is a better potential entry. Have you read David Bird's book? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 At IMPS (where setting the contract is a major objective) I would lead a spade.At MP, where not giving away a trick can be just as important as setting them, I would lead the heart Q on the theory that LHO has a long suit and is therefore less likelyto table an inconvenient H(T9)x holding or even Hxx). Now if we can just get this gszes guy to actually READ the hand properly these ramblings mightbegin to make some sort of sense. Mumble grumble AT IMPS our best shot is quick tricks on a handwhere the splits look favorable for the opps. I would lead a HEART. At MP where giving up a trick can be just as disastrous as setting the contract can be positive, I wouldchoose the spade Q. Dummy is less likely to have an inconvenient holding like (A or K)[(T or 9) x or even xx]. The spade suit still has chances of being the best lead and gives up a trick less often. I think the commentary now matches the hand shown in the OP sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 I question whether leading from QJxx is safer than from KJxx. In my experience it often seems to blow a trick when declarer has something like Kxx opposite ATx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinksy Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 I agree with Mason re the spade lead. Obviously there are arrangements where it can go worse even with any given card, but in general leading from QJxx is safeish if P has the A, K or T, leading from KJxx is only safeish if P has the A or Q. KJxx was almost the worst holding in bridge to lead from in (both) Bird and Anthias' books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 is leading the better suit always right ?Possibly not, but I was responding to the post that said:Spades is your better suitBy all means choose to lead spades, but not for that reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Possibly not, but I was responding to the post that said: By all means choose to lead spades, but not for that reason.I wrote it, maybe I should have used "safer" instead of "better", but I alsoexplained why I thought spade the "better" suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Leading either Major requires a top honor in partner's hand to be successful. I would lead a ♠ because I'm more likely to get an entry to my hand in ♥. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillPatch Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Updated to show Older commentary on same hand I simulated today on other thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 scoring is MP you hold ♠ Q J 6 2 ♥ K J 6 5 ♦ T 6 ♣ T 9 2Opps are playing acol. We are silent opps bidding is:(1♦) - (2♣) - (2N) - (3N) APIs there a clear reason to lead one major rather than another? or is this a guess? or should i lead a minor? IMO ♠Q = 10. ♠2 = 9, ♥5 = 8, ♣T = 5, ♦T = 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillPatch Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 IMO ♠Q = 10. ♠2 = 9, ♥5 = 8, ♣T = 5, ♦T = 4.Based on the simulation I posted on the other thread with this title:♠Q=10, ♠2=7.2, ♥5=7, ♣10=5, ♦10=2. At IMPs: ♠Q=10, ♠2=8, ♣10=6, ♥5=5, ♦10=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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