Walddk Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 ♠ J7543♥ 82♦ Q76♣ QJ4 LHO opens a strong club (16+), and RHO responds 2NT (16+ balanced). The next you see is 6NT to your left, all pass. What is your lead, and please let us know what your reasoning is. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 ♠ J7543♥ 82♦ Q76♣ QJ4 LHO opens a strong club (16+), and RHO responds 2NT (16+ balanced). The next you see is 6NT to your left, all pass. What is your lead, and please let us know what your reasoning is. Roland 8 of h..attack..eerrr.. passive..errr my lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 Partner's broke, so any lead away from an honour is bound to cost. However, I also have to guard all the suits and may be squeezed quite easily. I'm going to try a mildly deceptive ♣J. It could easily be wrong, but I've been wrong before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 Spade. Seems opps have the 32-33 hcps for slam, so at best pard has a queen. Spade seems to be the least dangerous lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcLight Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 I would lead a spade.Both opponents are balanced, so lets assume spades are 5-3-3-2.The opponents probably have the A K Q of spades so will only make 3 tricks in that suit. The suit may be 5-4-3-1 or 5-4-2-2. In that case pard might have the 10. Or LHO may have it and not play it and pards 9 forces an honor. OR RHO may have a doubleton honor like KQ and not play high. I think the spade lead is the most passive and least likely to give anything away.The heart 8 may finesse pards Q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 NASTY problem... From my perspective, there are two reasonable choices: 1. Going very passive. If I chose to go this route, I'd lead a low spade.2. Attacking and trying to establish a second trick before the opponents can run their 12. In this case, a low Diamond looks right since I'm more likely to get in with a Club... Attacking seems right to me.I'm leading a Diamond... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 Cute answers so far...one for each suit...good problem ;).btw still leading a heart :). Someone told me I should check out Robot Leads. Book on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 high ♠ spot. ♥ lead may pick off partner's (unlikely) Queen or (much more likely) J. I expect LHO to hold no 4 card major (or be 4333 with a weak major) but that is no reason to expect declarer to hold no 4 card major. If he holds one, it will very probably be ♥ ♦ spot lead is insane. It cannot possibly set up a fast trick for us: partner cannot hold the K, and it may well give away a trick. If I was told that I had to lead a ♦, it would be the Q: playing partner for the J, and hoping to fool declarer. That is so unlikely a parlay that I will not try it. However, if I were on vugraph late in a big match needing to pick up swings, than that's my lead: at least it would give the commentators something to talk about. ♣lead requires partner to hold the 10: a very specific card in a suit in which the opps rate to hold 7 cards (or more) and partner only 2 or 3. The ♠ rates to give away the least. And I lead a high ♠ just in case partner has 10x or Qx: I want to look like someone going passive from xxxx or xxxxx. If our style is the 5 (second highest from xxx) that is the card I lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdeegan Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 :unsure: Eight of hearts trying not to give up a trick. I don't know the entire auction, but it seems doubtful either opponent has five. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 heart...no reason but passive is usually good vs 6N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 i like matt's ♣J idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted September 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 I can't tell you what is right or wrong, but I am on mikeh's side when he chooses a spade for exactly the same reason. There is little left, if anything, for partner, so we must find a passive lead in my opinion. Interestingly, a spade seems more passive than a heart. Partner may have the jack of hearts without the 10 and only four of them, and then we run the risk of presenting declarer with four heart tricks. A spade might work out even if partner doesn't have the 10. The opponents could have a 3-3 or 3-2 fit. The auction suggests that opener is balanced as well when I look at my holdings in the minors. We know that we have five spades, we cannot be certain that partner has five hearts. Hence my choice of a low/middle spade. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 Yes. Spade vs heart is actually a good textbook lead example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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