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Poll: your lead. (23 member(s) have cast votes)

your lead.

  1. high spade (3 votes [13.04%])

    Percentage of vote: 13.04%

  2. low spade (6 votes [26.09%])

    Percentage of vote: 26.09%

  3. high heart (?!) (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. low heart (1 votes [4.35%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.35%

  5. diamond (1 votes [4.35%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.35%

  6. club K (2 votes [8.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.70%

  7. club J (5 votes [21.74%])

    Percentage of vote: 21.74%

  8. club 8 (5 votes [21.74%])

    Percentage of vote: 21.74%

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#1 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2008-February-16, 06:32

Scoring: IMP


Good opponents bid undisturbed

1♥-1♠
2♦-3♣*
3♥-...4♥

1♥ was limited to 15 hcp.

Opps are good, but they are not very sure this is the best contract - a certain nervousness can be felt, screens notwithstanding. When I ask RHO "did you promise 6-4 here?", he answers something along the lines of "well dude if you don't understand a natural sequence, then I can't do anything for you".

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Posted 2008-February-16, 06:47

Low spade.

A club lead is also very reasonable. Do we need to cash our clubs now, before they run away on the spades? I am hoping not. And, it is still possible they have the ♣A and ♣Q between them. So I hope to make 3 heart tricks, and perhaps a later club trick.

If I led a club here it would be the 8, not the K or J.
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Posted 2008-February-16, 08:48

gwnn, on Feb 16 2008, 01:32 PM, said:

When I ask RHO "did you promise 6-4 here?", he answers something along the lines of "well dude if you don't understand a natural sequence, then I can't do anything for you".

What did the director do?
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Posted 2008-February-16, 09:18

gnasher, on Feb 16 2008, 09:48 AM, said:

gwnn, on Feb 16 2008, 01:32 PM, said:

When I ask RHO "did you promise 6-4 here?", he answers something along the lines of "well dude if you don't understand a natural sequence, then I can't do anything for you".

What did the director do?

Probably chuckled hehe.

It seems to be a choice between black suits, I'll go for a club with no particular conviction.
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Posted 2008-February-16, 11:53

im going to lead a low spade.
low club 2nd choice
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Posted 2008-February-16, 11:56

I don't like a club that much. Spade for me...going with a small guy. Agree that either red suit lead is very poor.
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Posted 2008-February-16, 12:19

low spade is clear imo.
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Posted 2008-February-16, 14:40

Low or high spade. Might be able to establish the tap and it won't rate to give up a trick like a club might.

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Posted 2008-February-16, 15:52

I'm going for the low spade. No great conviction though, but that's what feels right for me.
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Posted 2008-February-17, 09:08

I like club, they seem to have a problem here, so lets try to exploit it before declarer discards on ♠AK.
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Posted 2008-February-17, 13:48

gnasher, on Feb 17 2008, 03:48 AM, said:

gwnn, on Feb 16 2008, 01:32 PM, said:

When I ask RHO "did you promise 6-4 here?", he answers something along the lines of "well dude if you don't understand a natural sequence, then I can't do anything for you".

What did the director do?

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Posted 2008-February-17, 13:52

I lead a club anyone could be right - maybe jack is best.
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Posted 2008-February-17, 13:59

OK the million dollar question: why did I lead a low heart?

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Posted 2008-February-18, 03:05

I'm leading the ♣J.
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Posted 2008-February-18, 03:06

gwnn, on Feb 17 2008, 12:59 PM, said:

OK the million dollar question: why did I lead a low heart?

I think even if you made this a billion dollar question, I could not answer this. :)
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