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Is It a Guess Lead Question

#1 User is offline   eagles123 

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Posted 2015-February-12, 13:31

We are silent opps bidding is:

1d - 2c - 2n - 3n ap

opps are playing acol

QJ62
Kj65
T6
T92

is there a clear reason to lead one major rather than another or is this a guess? or should i lead a minor?

scoring is MP

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Posted 2015-February-21, 00:37

I would lead 2S.
3 reasons:
1) auction calls for a major lead
2) ptr can have any of 3 cards that will make you smile inside (A,K,T) whereas only the A,Q are as useful with a H lead
3) KJ H more likely to be a side entry than QJ S
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Posted 2015-February-21, 11:56

I would lead the SQ. Perko90's reasons apply to choosing a spade. The honor lead can work when declarer's side has all three outstanding honors but the ten lies in a hand with a doubleton. Bird-Anthias report extensively on similar hands where only one of the two hands rates to be shorter than 4 in the suit. and the honor leads work better. In the current auction it is probable that both opponents are relatively short in , the odds are even better that the honor from the two honor sequence wins.
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Posted 2015-March-02, 08:53

I ran a Double Dummy simulation of 2001 sample size. Opening bidder(declarer) was given a balanced 15-17HCP with at least 4 diamonds. Responder was given at least 4 clubs, less than 6 diamonds, and spades and hearts with less than 4 cards.
The results: S Q 3.21 average defensive tricks 21.29% sets contract
S 2 3.05 tricks 18.49% sets
H 5 3.05 tricks 16.59% sets
C 10 3.02 tricks 16.79% sets
D 10 2.96 tricks 15.59% sets
As I forecast Q was best. I was surprised that a low heart tied low spade in second place by the matchpoint measure--average defensive tricks. A smaller surprise was that the club placed highly at setting the contract, above a low H.
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