flytoox Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Vul.: BothDealer: West, You hold:S: JXXH: J8642D: KQXC: KX auction goes as follows: W N E SP P 1C P1D P 1S P2C P 3S P6C ALL PASS What do you lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 king of diamonds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 king of diamonds ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double ! Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 tritto..........................? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 lol...just learned this hand...from womens trials...funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 Heart but just a guess, if declarer is 7-5 or something with a diamond void he may be discarding his heart on the dA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartA Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 tritto..........................? quarto... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 Heart but just a guess, if declarer is 7-5 or something with a diamond void he may be discarding his heart on the dA. Possible but I will also go for the ♦K Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 tritto..........................? quarto... quinto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytoox Posted June 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 [hv=d=w&v=b&n=s9852haqt7dt864c5&w=skhk43dj9753cq874&e=saqt73h2dacajt963&s=sj64hj9865dkq2ck2]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] DK is the obvious lead. But is it the right lead? From the bidding we knwo that the declarer has 11 cards at least in black suits. So he has at most two cards in red suits. Our CK should be a winner, so we need another trick from the red suit and we must hope pd to have one red suit ace. Which one? Though we dont know it, but we have a very important reason to lead H. Why? dummy has long diamonds and clubs. His spade and hearts are short. So, the declarer might dispose his heart loser on his spade suit, but he will never be able to discard his diamond loser, if any, on spade. Put it another way, diamond can wait, but heart cannot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 I dont agree with the analyis. For instance, reverse the hearts and diamonds on this hand in declarers hand. He pitches his diamond on the heart king. We are pretty sure lho has hearts controlled as she doesnt know if her pard is 5206 or not and knows we are likely to lead a heart. This means she almost surely has the HK or HA, making a diamond the percentage lead (imo). If lho has a high heart honor, diamond cannot wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 <!-- FULLHAND begin --><table border=1> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> <td>Dealer:</td> <td> West </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vul:</td> <td> Both </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Scoring:</td> <td> IMP </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td> <table> <tr> <th> </th> <th> <table> <tr> <th class='spades'>♠</th> <td> 9852 </td> </tr> <tr> <th class='hearts'>♥</th> <td> AQT7 </td> </tr> <tr> <th class='diamonds'>♦</th> <td> T864 </td> </tr> <tr> <th class='clubs'>♣</th> <td> 5 </td> </tr> </table> </th> <th> </th> </tr> <tr> <th> <table> <tr> <th class='spades'>♠</th> <td> K </td> </tr> <tr> <th class='hearts'>♥</th> <td> K43 </td> </tr> <tr> <th class='diamonds'>♦</th> <td> J9753 </td> </tr> <tr> <th class='clubs'>♣</th> <td> Q874 </td> </tr> </table> </th> <th> </th> <th> <table> <tr> <th class='spades'>♠</th> <td> AQT73 </td> </tr> <tr> <th class='hearts'>♥</th> <td> 2 </td> </tr> <tr> <th class='diamonds'>♦</th> <td> A </td> </tr> <tr> <th class='clubs'>♣</th> <td> AJT963 </td> </tr> </table> </th> </tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th> <table> <tr> <th class='spades'>♠</th> <td> J64 </td> </tr> <tr> <th class='hearts'>♥</th> <td> J9865 </td> </tr> <tr> <th class='diamonds'>♦</th> <td> KQ2 </td> </tr> <tr> <th class='clubs'>♣</th> <td> K2 </td> </tr> </table> </th> <th> </th> </tr> </table> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table><!-- FULLHAND end --> DK is the obvious lead. But is it the right lead? From the bidding we knwo that the declarer has 11 cards at least in black suits. So he has at most two cards in red suits. Our CK should be a winner, so we need another trick from the red suit and we must hope pd to have one red suit ace. Which one? Though we dont know it, but we have a very important reason to lead H. Why? dummy has long diamonds and clubs. His spade and hearts are short. So, the declarer might dispose his heart loser on his spade suit, but he will never be able to discard his diamond loser, if any, on spade. Put it another way, diamond can wait, but heart cannot. BTW even vul I bid 1H over 1c opening..get in and get out fast. P is a passed hand so....take a small liberty. Amazing how much trouble a simple overcall of minor suit opening may cause. Now p can bid 3H at their next turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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