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Opening lead to 1NT

#21 User is offline   bid_em_up 

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Posted 2007-August-13, 11:25

pclayton, on Aug 13 2007, 11:57 AM, said:

Pard has a maximum of a 3-4 count.

Huh? And why is that?
Is the word "pass" not in your vocabulary?
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Posted 2007-August-13, 11:41

bid_em_up, on Aug 13 2007, 07:25 PM, said:

pclayton, on Aug 13 2007, 11:57 AM, said:

Pard has a maximum of a 3-4 count.

Huh? And why is that?

I think he's under the misconception that he's defending 3NT, not 1NT.
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Posted 2007-August-13, 11:47

jdonn, on Aug 13 2007, 05:23 PM, said:

I agree with the majority spade and diamond. And I offer for debate that the same lead should be chosen at imps and matchpoints (against partscores anyway) the vast majority of the time.

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2. Diamond

I agree with your proposition in certain circumstances. This is one auction where I agree. Against the auction, say, 2NT - 4NT - Pass I may well make a different lead at IMPs and matchpoints.

I tend to make fairly aggressive leads against games at matchpoints, on the basis that you don't usually know if you are trying to beat the contract or save the overtricks, so you may as well try and beat the contract which will usually be a good score.
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Posted 2007-August-13, 11:50

skaeran, on Aug 13 2007, 09:23 AM, said:

pclayton, on Aug 13 2007, 06:57 PM, said:

What is the attraction of attacking with a diamond on the 2nd hand. Pard has a maximum of a 3-4 count. Our points are well situated behind declarer and they haven't advertised a trick source.

A diamond looks rather desparate to me.

Pard has a minimum of 3-4 points, with less opps would have at least invited game. (OP said RHO opened a 15-17 NT passed out.)

I'd not lead a ♣ - that's the lead most prone to kill one of partner's honours. Leading a ♦ might be both active and passive at the same time. Sure it might blow a trick, but any other suit is more prone to blow a trick. And that trick might easily be returned with interest.

For some reason I thought it was 1N- 3N on the 2nd.

I agree a ♦ looks better against 1N.
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Posted 2007-August-13, 12:52

The reason for the lead change possibility is not tactics as much as inference. If partner passes out 1NT at MP, NV all, he has a different hand on average than if all V. If we are all NCV, pard has more minor cards than expected.
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  Posted 2007-August-13, 13:15

Spade and diamond here too.
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