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Poll: Your lead (x denotes any card besides the above)? (41 member(s) have cast votes)

Your lead (x denotes any card besides the above)?

  1. [SP] (... monkeys ....) (1 votes [2.44%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.44%

  2. [HE] A (21 votes [51.22%])

    Percentage of vote: 51.22%

  3. [HE] x (3 votes [7.32%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.32%

  4. [DI] J (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. [DI] 9 (2 votes [4.88%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.88%

  6. [DI] x (12 votes [29.27%])

    Percentage of vote: 29.27%

  7. [CL] A (1 votes [2.44%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.44%

  8. [CL] 9 (1 votes [2.44%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.44%

  9. [CL] x (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   jchiu 

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Posted 2007-February-22, 23:59

It's the last board of a long and happy tournament. You are playing a 20 VP swiss teams event with a competent partner, and your teammates are an internationalist and his client. Though you do not yet know it, this lead means the difference between placing in the overalls three times in succession, or missing the leaderboard by one victory point.

Scoring: IMP

The auction:
Pass Pass 1♠ 2♥
2♠ 3♥ 4♠ All Pass

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Posted 2007-February-23, 03:04

Anything could be right but partner has presumably denied a good raise so I'd lead the ♣A to look at dummy.

I don't lose too much sleep about getting these wrong, there are always other boards where I have made more significant errors!

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Posted 2007-February-23, 03:47

We are V vs NV, so I can place ♥K in my partner's hand. Question is: is this the right lead? We have several possibilities: partner has a decent ♣ holding which has to be played by his side, so we need to get him on lead. We can also have partner with doubleton ♣ and trumps control, or singleton ♦ and trump control. Here we need pace...

I'll lead small ♥, indicating something in ♣. Partner will do what's right. I just hope I didn't destroy our communications...
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Posted 2007-February-23, 07:02

First thought was to lead the ♥A. But I could not see where this trick would go without strange distribution in the minors as well.

I always seem to pick the wrong time to lead Ace from Axxx, so that leaves me with a diamond.
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Posted 2007-February-23, 08:43

diamond
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Posted 2007-February-23, 09:57

♥A, with no strong conviction.
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Posted 2007-February-23, 11:10

I'll go out on a limb and lead the club 9.
Is the word "pass" not in your vocabulary?
So many experts, not enough X cards.
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Posted 2007-February-23, 14:28

9♦
♦♦♦♦♦♦

BebopKid (Bryan Lee Williams)

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♦♦♦♦♦♦
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Posted 2007-February-23, 14:58

Small ♦.
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Posted 2007-February-23, 15:45

Ace of hearts. I am suppose to lead my longest suit when void in trumps yes?
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Posted 2007-February-23, 19:45

♥A and hope that East is not sitting with the guarded king.
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Posted 2007-February-23, 19:48

♥A. All leads are dangerous. Only costs if ♥K is on my right.

Minor suit leads can cost in many ways.
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Posted 2007-February-24, 02:17

Two-part question: What would you lead if partner passed throughout?

The revised auction is
Pass Pass 1♠ 2♥
2♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass
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Posted 2007-February-24, 02:49

jchiu, on Feb 24 2007, 03:17 AM, said:

Two-part question: What would you lead if partner passed throughout?

The revised auction is
Pass Pass 1♠ 2♥
2♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass

With trump void I still lead my longest suit, yes?
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Posted 2007-February-24, 10:01

jchiu, on Feb 24 2007, 09:17 AM, said:

Two-part question: What would you lead if partner passed throughout?

The revised auction is
Pass Pass 1♠ 2♥
2♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass

♦, time to go passive
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Posted 2007-February-24, 12:53

jchiu, on Feb 24 2007, 12:17 AM, said:

Two-part question: What would you lead if partner passed throughout?

The revised auction is
Pass Pass 1♠ 2♥
2♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass

Now I lead a ♦.
"Phil" on BBO
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Posted 2007-February-25, 03:08

Full hand was something like

Only a non-jack diamond lead beats the hand.


There is always next year.
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Posted 2007-April-15, 01:04

A♥ B)

Nikolai
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Posted 2007-April-15, 05:20

Ace of hearts.

With kind regards
Marlowe
With kind regards
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Posted 2007-April-15, 05:22

jchiu, on Feb 24 2007, 03:17 AM, said:

Two-part question: What would you lead if partner passed throughout?

The revised auction is
Pass Pass 1♠ 2♥
2♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass

Now the Ace of heart is out
and the same is true for clubs,
which means a low diamond.

With kind regards
Marlowe
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