Lead vs 6H

[Phil]

Swiss matches

 

Kxx 87x J8xx Txx

 

2H 6H

 

Opponents are young. 2nd or 3rd board out of the box. On the first they gave you +690 after a questionable decision, so they might be trying to get one back.

[eagles123]

spade

[FelicityR]

spade

 

I agree. Passive leads rarely beat spontaneously bid slams.

[MrAce]

♠

[rmnka447]

I'm also in the ♠ lead camp.

[nige1]

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I rank

1. ♥2 Cut down ruffs and win the postmortem, Nothing adventurous in case opponents are just overbidding.

2. ♠2 In case the kids think it's a Swizz match (Benito Garozzo would approve). See previous thread where dummy has e,g,

♠ x x x ♥ A x x x ♦ A K T x x x ♣ -

3. ♦2 Dangerous.

4. ♣2 Dittto.[/hv]

Edited March 26, 2018 by nige1

[apollo1201]

Assuming 2H was a weak 2, S for me too. Declarer is unlikely to hold a tenace in that suit, but maybe dummy so put at a guess at trick 1.

 

Maybe partner has Q and a trick somewhere.

 

Maybe partner has the A and we cash the first 2 tricks (just had the case last week-end against very strong opponents and a sequence almost as expeditive as this one).

 

Maybe (!) we need to set up tricks and it is the most promising suit I can see without asking my partner what he has in hand.

[Phil]

I led a spade and I think its automatic. Teammate thought "there isn't a 'right' lead here". Spade was disastrous:

 

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[eagles123]

I led a spade and I think its automatic. Teammate thought "there isn't a 'right' lead here". Spade was disastrous:

 

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:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[ggwhiz]

On the first they gave you +690 after a questionable decision, so they might be trying to get one back.

 

They were. They did. And it worked against me too.

[nige1]

I led a spade and I think its automatic. Teammate thought "there isn't a 'right' lead here". Spade was disastrous:

Unless you are a result-merchant, a ♠ lead is arguably best and certainly better than any other plain-suit lead..

[rmnka447]

I said I'd lead a ♠, But when I averred that, I was thinking that with a fairly high spot, I'd consider long and hard about leading it rather than low from three. You know LHO opponent has the big hand, so the ♠ A is more likely to be in that hand. So the high spot might be more likely to make declarer believe partner has the ♠ K and disdain any working ♠ finesse.