eagles123 Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 All MP [hv=pc=n&w=sk863hjt6432d95c6&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=p2np3c(normal%20stayman)p3dp3nppp]133|200[/hv] [hv=pc=n&w=st98ht82dq864cq84&d=s&v=b&b=7&a=2nppp]133|200[/hv] [hv=pc=n&w=sa9htd85432cq8642&d=n&v=e&b=9&a=1hp2cp2dp3nppp]133|200|[/hv] third one big tank before final pass by North Cheers, Eagles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 4th best heart, spade ten, heart ten for me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 4th best heart, spade ten, heart ten for me. I agree but my bet is that the big tank on the 3rd hand was north looking at 6 hearts. The other logical reason for a tank is 'extra values', but we have virtually zero hope in that case, hence I'd guess that he has 6=4 reds. However, the alternative, being (for me) the spade A is incredibly committal...though this may well be a hand where we do need to take a big position at trick 1. I did upvote your post, so am not saying I'd lead the Ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 I agree but my bet is that the big tank on the 3rd hand was north looking at 6 hearts. The other logical reason for a tank is 'extra values', but we have virtually zero hope in that case, hence I'd guess that he has 6=4 reds. However, the alternative, being (for me) the spade A is incredibly committal...though this may well be a hand where we do need to take a big position at trick 1. I did upvote your post, so am not saying I'd lead the Ace. Well it looks like some or all of a 6th heart and/or a 5th (or 6th)diamond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 [hv=pc=n&w=sk863hjt6432d95c6&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=p2np3c(normal%20stayman)p3dp3nppp]133|200| #1 eagles123 'MP.' ###############I rank1. ♥4. Perhaps dummy has only ♠s.2. ♥J.3. ♦9.4. ♠3.5. ♣6[/hv][hv=pc=n&w=st98ht82dq864cq84&d=s&v=b&b=7&a=2nppp]133|200| #2 eagles123 'MP'###############I rank1. ♠T. Passive because dummy seems to have few values.2. ♦4. Might result in a simpler defence.3. ♥2.4. ♣4.[/hv][hv=pc=n&w=sa9htd85432cq8642&d=n&v=e&b=9&a=1hp2cp2dp3nppp]133|200| #3 eagles123' MP. big tank before final pass by North'###############I rank1. ♦3. Dummy's hesitation implies good ♥s. A ♦ lead might remove an entry.2. ♥T. Perhaps cards lie badly for declarer and a passive defence is best,3. ♠A. Candidate for Brilliancy Prize.4. ♣4. [/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tramticket Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 1) J of hearts.2) 10 of spades.3) 5 of diamonds (a double from partner would suggest a heart lead for us). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCovert Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 I agree with Nigel on the third hand, we need to cut down on entries to dummy. Partner has a heart stop, because if partner doesn't have a heart stop this hand is over. So, partner has a heart stop. Let's not burn it at trick 1. A heart lead is just never right here. EDIT: It could be right, but never correct. That's probably a better way to phrase this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahydra Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 1) J of hearts.2) 10 of spades.3) 5 of diamonds (a double from partner would suggest a heart lead for us). These were my choices too. Admittedly I haven't looked at possible layouts of the hearts on the first one to see whether the J or the small is better. ahydra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagles123 Posted November 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 Board 1 - I lead a low heart: Spade would be 8 tricks, Heart 11: Opps had a mixup about stayman but hey I don't think it influenced my lead Board 2 - I lead a diamond which I think in hindsight was just a mistake. My feeling at the time was i should just lead my strongest suit, but I missed the inference that there was no stayman so partner was likely to have a decent major. I have no idea why 2N wasn't raised to 3N btw, but it's not relevant. Board 3 - I lead the Spade Ace, which I think again was short sighted. It's an interesting hand and I'm not sure how it would have been played had I led something different, but clearly my lead wasn't optimal. For interest the hands are from here: https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwon/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20191121_1&club=queenofhearts - and no this isn't to show our great results, we had a crap session lol Board 2, 7 and 9 for the three boards. Thanks, Eagles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 Hi, given this is MP, you want to go safe. #1 Heart, I guess this means the Jack#2 Major, I guess this means spade#3 Hearts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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