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#1 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2007-May-10, 00:41

Playing in a team match versus not very competent opposition, you pick up in 4th seat:

8542
986
5
KQ743

Opps reach game after a natural sequence:

2♦-2♥
3♥-4♥

What do you lead?

If you choose a high club, dummy tables:

Scoring: IMP


It will go ♣K, 9, 2(udca), 5. How do you continue?
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Posted 2007-May-10, 01:17

I wouldn't lead ♣K, I'd start with a ♦...
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Posted 2007-May-10, 08:14

Free, on May 10 2007, 03:17 AM, said:

I wouldn't lead ♣K, I'd start with a ♦...

I can't remember the last time I failed to lead a singleton against a game when I wasn't holding natural trump tricks.
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Posted 2007-May-10, 10:28

Leading a singleton when i don't have trump control, especially in their secondary suit is not my choice (just imagine you have 4 top tricks to cash in other suits).
I would have lead ♣K and continue with ♣Q waiting for a diamond signal from my partner. I also consider 2♦ opening a poor choice
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Posted 2007-May-10, 10:49

I'd have led the singleton too. While we don't have trump control, pard might. It's possible the ♦ lead wrecks the suit for us, but thats life.

For the club lead to work, we need to be able to probably cash four black suit winners to set it, but the singleton only requires pard to hold two aces, or even the ♥K in instances.
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Posted 2007-May-10, 11:15

King of clubs is obvious to me. I view a singleton as sort of the easy way out, meaning just because it's the most obvious possible set doesn't make it the most likely. I don't feel like helping them set up their source of tricks.
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Posted 2007-May-10, 14:16

jdonn, on May 10 2007, 07:15 PM, said:

King of clubs is obvious to me. I view a singleton as sort of the easy way out, meaning just because it's the most obvious possible set doesn't make it the most likely. I don't feel like helping them set up their source of tricks.

Agree.
I continue with my lowest club (suit preference), and let partner evaluate.
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