AL78 Posted October 8, 2021 Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 Matchpoints against a decent club pair: [hv=pc=n&n=sq85hkq64dj6cj743&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=pp1nppp]133|200[/hv] 1NT is 15-17. Your lead? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBengtsson Posted October 8, 2021 Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 longest strong suit so if using 4th lead ♥4. partner could have ♥A or J, or 10xx and dummy has Jxx and declarer Axx and makes wrong guess. trying to find partners suit by leading anything else is guessing... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted October 8, 2021 Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 [hv=pc=n&n=sq85hkq64dj6cj743&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=pp1nppp]133|200|AL78 'Matchpoints against a decent club pair: 1NT is 15-17. Your lead?++++++++++++++++++++I rank ...1. ♥Q (for attitude, king would ask for count/unblock).2. ♥4 (if your agreement is that partner would unblock on ♥Q lead).3. ♠54. ♣35. ♦J[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas43 Posted October 8, 2021 Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 It's a guess, so I would play with the field, and lead ♥4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL78 Posted October 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 I led my 4th highest heart and soon regretted it: [hv=pc=n&s=sj7ht987dakt8ck95&w=sakt64h532dq4caq2&n=sq85hkq64dj6cj743&e=s932hajd97532ct86]399|300[/hv] It is frustrating to get a 25% board for making a seemingly reasonable lead where no-one else had to lead against a NT contract from my side. Thanks to me giving him a second heart trick he easily made eight tricks by establishing the spade suit. Someone played in 1NT by East and went two off. The other three were in 2♠ making 7, 8 or 9 tricks. This one four board round cost us a good 10%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerriman Posted October 8, 2021 Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 With every single table getting a different result on a straightforward hand, I think you're going to have to expect pretty random results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas43 Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 I also would have led a small heart. I have been recommending to my bridge-playing friends the book "Golf is not a game of perfect". You won't be surprised to hear that it is not a book about bridge. But it is relevant to bridge. We have to accept that situations equivalent to the ball taking a bad bounce off the fairway into the rough will happen. Next time I'll still lead a small heart, and maybe that time partner will have J10x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 I would not have led a heart. When you defend 1NT all pass, especially at MP, there is very often no need to rush. If partner has help in hearts you will normally have time to switch later, but if he doesn’t it will blow a trick more often than not. So with a 4 card suit headed by two honours, I think the risk/reward ratio is not in my favour. While no lead is attractive on this hand, I rate either minor as a better MP lead than a heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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