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#1 User is offline   mikegill 

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Posted 2009-June-09, 21:17

Scoring: MP

1♠ 1N
4♠


What is your choice and why?
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Posted 2009-June-09, 21:28

I would lead the diamond ace, perhaps it will win and I will have only a partial guess next trick. I am notoriously bad at leads though.
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Posted 2009-June-09, 21:29

I feel like leading the ♥J. No particular reason, sorry.
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Posted 2009-June-09, 23:39

club
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Posted 2009-June-10, 00:51

♥ J I feel like I need an active lead.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 01:37

Club. Not a fan of Jx leads as it could blow a trick or two. Seems more likely that partner would have a single heart honour.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 05:55

Heart.

Although a club could easily be right. With no clear choice I tend to make the most attacking lead although a little less so at IMPs.

If it is a heart ruff we need then we probably only have one chance at it.

I am much happier with this lead at IMPs.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 06:30

♦A

Partner can't have much after such auction at MPS.
IMO ♦A is agressive and safe. It could blow away trick(s) but i feel like i should cash our tricks until they have started to cash theirs...
And i also think there woun't be much to do for declarer and defenders, so this should be the right moment to go for a good score.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 07:47

Why does this auction imply that partner doesn't have much? RHO has long spades, so he needs less in high cards than in other game auctions. Partner might have as much as an 8-count.

♦A might be necessary if declarer has several quick discards on hearts or clubs. That's possible, but it seems rather more likely that he'll have to knock something out first, in which case we can hope to get two diamond tricks as long as we haven't wasted the ace.

I don't understand a heart lead at all.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 09:30

Club. Aren't we trying to not blow any tricks here? As gnasher said declarer can be light, so I see no reason to be too aggressive. I think a heart is a reflex action that is wrong, into the stronger hand.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 11:03

Don't understand why I should lead the ♦A, although it could be the winning lead. My take on this is that it's much more the case that I give away a trick or a tempo.

I like doubleton leads, with the right hand. But strongly dislike to lead from Jx (and Jxx/Jxxx), which far too often gives away a trick.

So, by elimination, I'll lead a club.

(A trump looks insane.)
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