blinky3 Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 During the play of the hand against a suit contract, do you ever underlead an ace, if so, when? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnu Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 During the play of the hand against a suit contract, do you ever underlead an ace, if so, when?I underlead only when I think it is the right play. I am not always correct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morecharac Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 During the play of the hand against a suit contract, do you ever underlead an ace, if so, when?Rarely, and usually because I need partner to have the K for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerriman Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 It can be useful when you want declarer to make an early guess from KJ. And against weak opponents, they'll probably assume you didn't underlead the ace and always try the jack. But you'd better be confident you're not throwing away a trick for nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyams Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 During the play of the hand against a suit contract, do you ever underlead an ace, if so, when?Yes. I think the responses so far give a good idea of some of the reasons. I recall one of the reasons I underled from a non-trump suit with the Ace was because I was hoping partner had a doubleton. I held the bare trump Ace and when I won it, I continued with the (previously underled) Ace and a suit continuation. I feel that the situation described by smerriman, i.e. making declarer guess from KJx, is much more likely to occur than other situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted February 11, 2021 Report Share Posted February 11, 2021 Some scenarios:- 1. partner has given a positive signal in the suit and you think there is advantage in not playing ace and a small one2. you are giving partner a ruff3. LHO has none of the suit and you want to make them guess without giving up control of the suit (and your ace cannot be ruffed out)4. declarer is marked with length in the suit that they cannot dispose of on a side suit and you want to get off lead passively without giving up your ace cheaply5. you are leading through dummy's tenace (often KJ) forcing a guess (particularly when combined with #1)6. you have AQx(x) and need partner to hold the king for the contract to go down and it is possible that they hold Kx doubleton7. in the trump suit I am sure there are many more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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