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And another lead against 3NT yes, total points again

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Posted 2006-October-01, 02:34

Scoring: Total Points

1NT 2♦ P 3♦
P 3NT all pass


1NT = good 11-14
2D = spades and another, if both majors longer hearts, if only 4 spades with a longer minor will have a decent hand (but not enough to double for penalties)
3D = 3-card limit raise in spades
3NT = implies 4 spades and a longer minor and a maximum
dummy's final pass was very slow

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Posted 2006-October-01, 04:52

Club. Hope this isn't opener's long minor :rolleyes:

Small heart could strike gold, though.
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Posted 2006-October-01, 04:57

Small heart. At least partner can lead them back to me and I get another go!

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Posted 2006-October-01, 13:42

edit: changed my mind. small heart, small club is close second choice.

I think partner has 11 balanced count. Should I lead from my strongest suit, hearts, or my 4 card longest suit, clubs? We know declarer does not have hearts but they may have clubs so I will lead a heart.
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Posted 2006-October-04, 03:45

4st highest club.
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Posted 2006-October-04, 16:41

I have a hard time reading dummy's hesitation. If he might prefer a minor suit game over 3N opposite the 4-card spade hand, I suppose he could have started with 2N to find out about the minor?

His hesitation only makes sense if he was surprised about 3N, maybe he thought partner must have hearts. This makes a heart lead very tempting.

I don't know whether I would follow that instinct at the table, or just put down my 4th best club.

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Posted 2006-October-04, 18:09

This thread reminds me of those bridge stories where the hero dreams of being in hell and repeatedly getting the same hand... and every time he chooses a logical action, it is wrong.

On the companion hand, I chose the ♥A, catering to a stiff honour in declarer. I don't think that that possibility is as clear, but declarer could, I suppose, have a 4=1=5=3 with, say, KJxx K AJxxx Kxx..would that be a penalty double? It would be close for me, but not quite... and if it is, make the ♥K the Q, etc.

The main thing is that I think that declarer has a goodish long minor, and that eliminates the ♦ suit, while the hestitation (which may well be meaningless) suggests perhaps concern about the ♥ suit... based on holding 3♠ and length in both minors.

Oh well: if my lead, here, of a small ♥, would work on the other hand and the A works here, maybe I will wake up before you post the same hand on lead for the third time :P
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