[EricK]

Spots are approximate

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MP Pairs. 3♥ was a transfer; 3NT offered a choice of contracts.

How do you rate various leads? Would any factors (eg the strength of the field many of whom are presumably also facing this choice; or how badly you needed a good score) affect your final decision?

[FrancesHinden]

I don't normally hold with 'rules', but I think this is an excellent rule:
When on lead against 3NT after RHO has opened 2NT, and you have a 5-card or longer suit which neither opponent has shown, lead it.

So I would lead my systemic heart here in all fields and all forms of scoring and would barely consider any alternative.

(give me 10 5 KJ432 83 QJ109 and I'd consider a discussion more interesting)

[ewj]

Must admit QJT9 clubs and KJ432 heart would be an easy club at MPs for me....on this deal it's a ♥ or a ♦. I guess I would lead a ♥, maybe it's not even close...but I would be willing to apologise if my lead cost a trick .
I don't think the standard of opps would matter. If I needed a swing? Dunno, I don't really play like that...every place higher is nice ...a club lead would be quite swingy from KQxx

[wanoff]

I've no idea whether its the small heart or the K♣.
A computer program might give us the the answer, but until then my gut feeling is for the latter.

At pairs, which I don't play so much, I think you're supposed to match the room, so that'd be a heart.

[Codo]

Always a heart for Frances rule...

[Free]

At MP always a ♣ according to my rules (good 4 card suit is better than a poor 5 card suit).

In this case, even at imps I'd lead a ♣. With ♣A instead of KQ I'd lead a ♥ at imps.