cherdano Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 [hv=d=s&v=n&s=sq964hj96dk53cj92]133|100|Scoring: MPP-(P)-1♦-(2♣)P-(P)-X-(P)2♠-(P)-P-(3♣)AP[/hv] So your partner opened 1♦ and later X'ed 2♣, while RHO bid clubs twice.What is your lead and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 A trump for me. Partner has all side suits, so it seems best to go passive and let declarer do his own job. Trump leads are neglected far too often. We may even prevent a ruff in dummy. LHO could be 2-5-4-2 Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 All leads seem to be good, except perhaps a heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 All leads seem to be good, except perhaps a heart. lol, I'd go for a ♥... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I will go passive too ! Trump ! Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I think the passive one is ♦, but I will go for a trump as well, there is nto much chancee of dummy producung a ♠ discard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 ♦3 for me... shows an honor, preserves harmony (depending on the partner ;)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartA Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 ♦3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted May 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 I will post the full hand tomorrow, but I am curious why people prefer a diamond over a heart. What would the diamond leaders do with ♥K53 and ♦J96? Arend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamaco Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 I like a trump lead.But as an alternative I like hearts.We are not likely to be on lead very often, and if I had to choose which suit to lead through dummy I'd guess hearts.If playing hearts I would not play a low one, but unblock by playing the J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42 Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 A trump. Roland told the reasons :)Caren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 I will post the full hand tomorrow, but I am curious why people prefer a diamond over a heart. What would the diamond leaders do with ♥K53 and ♦J96? Arend I knew leading from Jacks may not be best but my old buddy has really pounded this point in my small brain. Should we go out on limb and say 99% try not to lead from 3 small to the jack? At the risk of being sawed off, try not leading them and see if you enjoy your results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 I will post the full hand tomorrow, but I am curious why people prefer a diamond over a heart. What would the diamond leaders do with ♥K53 and ♦J96? Arend i would probably lead a trump with that holding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted May 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 I don't think there should be an automatism to lead partner's suit here. He has doubled 2♣, which suggests he has a good 4-card major. He didn't raise spades, so his best suit might well be hearts. Well, since I am mentioning this, you may well guess that it's particularly true on the actual deal: [hv=d=n&v=e&n=s3h2daq862caq8763&w=sjt85hakq3dj97ck4&e=sq964hj96dk53cj92&s=sak72ht8754dt4ct5]399|300|Scoring: MP[/hv] On a diamond lead declarer has easy 12 tricks, a heart and a trump hold it to 10 for 75% instead of 50% of the matchpoints. Anyway, thanks to Roland and others for convincing me that a trump lead is best here. Arend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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