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Lead pls

Poll: Lead pls (24 member(s) have cast votes)

Pick a suit

  1. Spade (6 votes [25.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 25.00%

  2. Heart (16 votes [66.67%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 66.67%

  3. Diamond (2 votes [8.33%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 8.33%

  4. Club (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. Hippogriff (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   Jinksy 

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Posted 2016-May-20, 19:20



Imps.

Pick a suit (and say if you'd deviate from the normal lead).
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Posted 2016-May-20, 22:10

Probably a spade but would be curious how badly that fares in a Sim.
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Posted 2016-May-21, 02:47

feels like a virtual WTP heart to me
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Posted 2016-May-21, 06:43

View PostJinksy, on 2016-May-20, 19:20, said:


Imps. Pick a suit (and say if you'd deviate from the normal lead).
I rank
  • x = Attacking but safe.
  • x = Attacking but aggressive. If dummy has a good long suit, then this could be worth the risk.
  • J = Passive. Looking for partner's suit. The downside is that you might find dummy's instead.
  • T = Ditto.

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Posted 2016-May-21, 11:50

Small heart.

We lead 2nd highest from bad suits so as long as this doesn't blow it partner will most often defend double dummy the rest of the way.

Anything could work but I rank them 2-1-4-3 on the nige scale.
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Posted 2016-May-21, 12:07

Definitely a hand where you want to hit partner's suit as partner can have up to 13 HCP.

I'm trying either 8 or 6 based on lead agreements especially if opponents are playing 5 card major openers.
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Posted 2016-May-26, 14:59

At IMP: small heart, because you only want to beat the contract.
Pd, of course, may have better spades and that is the only way to beat it on a particular deal,
but hearts is the percentage lead.

At MP: small spade, to avoid giving declarer an extra trick.
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Posted 2016-May-26, 17:56

View Postnige1, on 2016-May-21, 06:43, said:

I rank
  • x = Attacking but safe.
  • x = Attacking but aggressive. If dummy has a good long suit, then this could be worth the risk.
  • J = Passive. Looking for partner's suit. The downside is that you might find dummy's instead.
  • T = Ditto.



My guess is that 1 and 2 are the wrong way round, and 3 and 4 are definitely the wrong way around.
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Posted 2016-May-27, 02:37

View PostPhilKing, on 2016-May-26, 17:56, said:

My guess is that 1 and 2 are the wrong way round, and 3 and 4 are definitely the wrong way around.


No, 1 and 2 are correct.
Spades are more "safe" because you are unlikely to help declarer develop extra tricks he cannot create himself.
Hearts is more "aggressive", because higher probability to beat the contract, but also higher probability to give away extra tricks --- and if you're unlucky it happens to be declarer's 9th trick....
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