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Posted 2011-December-07, 07:55

Matchpoints. No one vulnerable.

You hold:

xx
xxx
J98xx
9xx

The opponents bidding, with LHO as dealer:

1♥ - 1♠
3♥ - 4NT
5♠* - 6♠

*2 key cards with trump queen (hearts are trump).

Your lead.
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Posted 2011-December-07, 09:02

xxx is awful, need tricks ASAP, RHO has heart shortness, LHO's short could be anywhere but more likelly in diamonds than clubs, so clubs is perhaps better in order to find partner with a magical ♣K onside and a trump trick.
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Posted 2011-December-08, 08:46

That was pretty much what I was thinking when I chose a club as my opening lead. Not a great success. The full hand (the small spots may not be accurate):



So, instead of playing the cold 6♥ by West, they chose to play 6♠ by East and gave me a chance to find the winning diamond lead for a 2 trick set! But I led a club.
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Posted 2011-December-08, 09:16

View PostArtK78, on 2011-December-08, 08:46, said:

That was pretty much what I was thinking when I chose a club as my opening lead. Not a great success. The full hand (the small spots may not be accurate):



So, instead of playing the cold 6♥ by West, they chose to play 6♠ by East and gave me a chance to find the winning diamond lead for a 2 trick set! But I led a club.


Isnt this still one off for a huge board?
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Posted 2011-December-08, 13:01

View Postphil_20686, on 2011-December-08, 09:16, said:

Isnt this still one off for a huge board?

No. Declarer played the ♣10 at trick one, which was allowed to hold (covering the ♣10 doesn't help). A club to the K was followed by the AK of spades. The ♥K was overtaken by the A and the ♣A was played, bringing in the suit (declarer pitching a diamond). Now declarer played a club from the table. My partner ruffed in with the ♠Q as declarer through away his last diamond. Even if my partner ruffs with the ♠9, it merely postpones the inevitable, as declarer overruffs and plays a heart to dummy, throwing away his diamond loser on the last club or a high heart as partner ruffs in with his ♠Q.

Somewhat unlucky that it doesn't go down even after the club lead.
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Posted 2011-December-08, 18:58

Thenk you just got a bit unlucky here, cannot expect a good 5 card side suit from the 3H bidder.
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Posted 2011-December-09, 04:27

C or D, really a toss-up. But club probably better, as a singleton diamond might be lurking. Not to be this time, though.
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Posted 2011-December-09, 04:52

IMO C is just clearly better than D and its not close.
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Posted 2011-December-10, 15:36

View Postwhereagles, on 2011-December-09, 04:27, said:

C or D, really a toss-up. But club probably better, as a singleton diamond might be lurking. Not to be this time, though.

These were my thoughts too.
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