[jim420]

playing with a pickup p (me actually), u hold a 1 hcp hand (looks like a game forcing hand doesn't it)

and had the following auction

Scoring: IMP

W N E S
- - P 1♣
P 1♠ P 2♥
P 4NT P 5♦
X 6NT P P
X XX P P
P

6NTxxN
lead ?

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What do u lead? Am I creating any confusion here?

[gwnn]

just lead a high-ish diamond, probably the 7.

[jikl]

Partner has told you to lead ♦s, lead it or forever deal with it in the future. Partner has made a decision, you can't see their hand, so do it. (As an aside I wouldn't be surprised if you need to lead a ♠ to beat it)

Sean

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

a Diamond.

Ok, it maybe that the double of 5D was based on shortage,
a void, an the double of 6NT cancels this message, requesting
another lead.
Personnaly I think the 2nd double is based on AK in a suit,
assuming my partner is sane (?!), and the XX is just garbage,
but it may well be the other way round.

If I hit shortage, I wont kill any tricks our side has, which may
be good as well.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[Quantumcat]

Wouldn't double then passing the NT slam be for shortage, and doubling again be for AK?

[jim420]

P_Marlowe, on Aug 29 2007, 07:14 PM, said:

Hi,

a Diamond.

Ok, it maybe that the double of 5D was based on shortage,
a void, an the double of 6NT cancels this message, requesting
another lead.
Personnaly I think the 2nd double is based on AK in a suit,
assuming my partner is sane (?!), and the XX is just garbage,
but it may well be the other way round.

If I hit shortage, I wont kill any tricks our side has, which may
be good as well.

With kind regards
Marlowe

Exactly as u guessed, West had ♦AKTxx. And u also gave the reason for me asking this. After this board I dunno whether the 2nd double would create confusion for partner, and wondered what's in standard methods the 2nd X would mean to most people.

In the end, partner did lead ♦2, and ♦QJx was not together in declarer's hand As to why the bidding went like that, I can never know...

NB: Only a ♦ lead (any ♦ of course) can set the contract. If E lead anything else, u give them 6N, as actually happened in one table where the auction went p-1♣-p-6NT-p-p-p, and the only other honour between the two hands was an onside ♣Q