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What do you lead with 0 HCP?

Poll: What do you lead? (35 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you lead?

  1. High Spade (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  2. Low Spade (3 votes [8.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.57%

  3. Heart (27 votes [77.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 77.14%

  4. High Diamond (1 votes [2.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.86%

  5. Low Diamond (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. High Club (1 votes [2.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.86%

  7. Low Club (3 votes [8.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.57%

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#1 User is offline   BebopKid 

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Posted 2007-August-29, 15:21

Scoring: IMP

1♠ Pass 2♦ Pass
2♠ Pass 4♠ ALL Pass


What do you lead and why?
♦♦♦♦♦♦

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Posted 2007-August-29, 15:23

I lead the 6 of H....partner knows I will always try and make some kind of an attacking lead on this auction or almost any auction if I could. B)

Some Italian fellow said if you got a stiff lead it, me thinks. B)
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Posted 2007-August-29, 15:37

♥6

Someone will surprise me by voting for something else.
Wayne Burrows

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Posted 2007-August-29, 15:40

Cascade, on Aug 29 2007, 04:37 PM, said:

♥6

Someone will surprise me by voting for something else.

Yeah, the keyboard monkeys always ruin a perfectly good unanimous vote.
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Posted 2007-August-30, 01:47

♥. The fact that p is marked with some points make it even more attractive. Even if he doesn't have ♥A he may gain the lead before my trumps are out.

A reason not to lead the heart is that with four trumps we may not benefit from the ruff. But often we will.
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Posted 2007-August-30, 01:49

Hi,

hearts, what else?

With kind regards
Marlowe
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Posted 2007-August-30, 02:05

I thought I would surprise Wayne, but I was surprised myself. There were already 2 non-heart votes.
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Posted 2007-August-30, 02:29

Heart six. Partner has all the high cards for our side. Very little is needed with North for the heart lead to work compared with other leads. The idea is that it will go: heart, heart ruff, side suit to partner's ace, heart ruff for one down.

It should be noted that we will almost never have a natural trump trick. Partner has only a stiff spade, so unless it is the ace, or perhaps the king, declarer if left to his own devices, will pick our trumps up.
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Posted 2007-August-30, 09:44

Here is the full deal for the hand I played. We set the contract, but I couldn't figure out why anyone would make it. The heart lead looked too obvious for me.

Scoring: IMP

1S P 2D P
2S P 4S ALL PASS


Club lead and West throws Hearts, Diamond lead and East throws Hearts.

And as you can see on the Heart lead, South gets to throw Diamonds.
♦♦♦♦♦♦

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Posted 2007-August-30, 10:38

Oh my god, 8 out of 29 votes for a non-heart.

Btw, there are many reasons why this contract might make on BBO, e.g. South throwing clubs instead of diamonds on the hearts.
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Posted 2007-August-30, 11:02

I must also add, it seems pretty unbelievable your partner wouldn't bid over 2♦.
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