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What kind of expert opponents were these? Seems not expert or even advanced to me. Spade lead is perfectly normal here.
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Posted 2007-June-30, 22:50
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Posted 2007-July-01, 04:02
Good lead Justin 
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Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2007-July-01, 12:37
Jlall, on Jun 30 2007, 12:04 PM, said:
♠ K J 9 x ♥ J T 9 8 ♦ A x x ♣ x x
IMPS 2 ♦ on your left. Tank 3N on your right. Opps are experts. Your lead?
IMPS 2 ♦ on your left. Tank 3N on your right. Opps are experts. Your lead?
IMO ♠ 9 = 10, ♠ x = 9, ♠ J = 8, ♥ J = 7, ♣ x = 3, ♦ x = 2, ♦ A = 1.
IMO its a guess...
If you are scared of dummy's ♦ and hope to set up tricks quickly then spades require least from partner. The ♠ K or ♠ J work best when
[A] Partner has ♠ Qxxxxx without pips
[B] Dummy has ♠ Qxx (unlikely).
[C] There is danger of a major suit squeeze.
The ♠ 9 works best when dummy is short and declarer has ♠ Q T x
An orthodox ♥ J imay not win the Brilliancy Prize
but will often give nothing away and defeat the contract if declarer is struggling for tricks