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S4s III - lead

Poll: What do you lead? (23 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you lead?

  1. Ace of spades (16 votes [69.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 69.57%

  2. Ace of hearts (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. Ace of diamonds (2 votes [8.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.70%

  4. Queen of clubs (5 votes [21.74%])

    Percentage of vote: 21.74%

  5. Other (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   FrancesHinden 

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Posted 2008-May-06, 14:19

You hold, at love all,

Scoring: IMP

1NT P 2♣ 2NT
P 3♣ 3NT 4♥
P P x P
P 4♠ x all pass


Partner (not you) opens a mini 1NT, 10-13 HCP, 5CM or 6Cm allowed, or any 5422 except both majors (but if partner has a 5-card major it will be weaker than a normal opening bid)

Your 2♣ asks for a 5-card major. It did not imply any high cards, so partner would always have passed over 2NT.
2NT was any 2-suiter
You bid 3NT to stop LHO giving RHO any help with the opening lead

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Posted 2008-May-06, 14:45

I'd lead the ♦A, although it seems like anything could be right here.
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Posted 2008-May-06, 15:14

Ace and another spade in real life.
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Posted 2008-May-06, 15:22

i'm sort of tempted to lead my small spade... but that probably blows the setting trump trick or something
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Posted 2008-May-06, 15:25

Gonna peek with the ♠A. Really tough one. I like ♦A as my second choice. Agree with Noble that it feels that anything can be right.
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Posted 2008-May-06, 16:15

♣Q.

Ace and another spade was my first thought, and perhaps that is best.

But LHO is likely 5-6 in the majors, possibly the ♥A is our only heart stopper and the hearts set up anyway.
So I lead the club to try and tap dummy.

Agree that ♦A is also possible. :P
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Posted 2008-May-06, 16:41

Ace of spades, second choice queen of clubs (better than a low club Justin).

I don't like the 2C call.
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Posted 2008-May-06, 17:31

Ace of spades. A low spade isn't fooling anyone since this is hardly an auction for a trump lead. I'll decide what to do after I see dummy.

I don't like the Ace of diamonds at all. What is the point?
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Posted 2008-May-06, 17:43

pclayton, on May 6 2008, 03:31 PM, said:

Ace of spades. A low spade isn't fooling anyone since this is hardly an auction for a trump lead. I'll decide what to do after I see dummy.

I don't like the Ace of diamonds at all. What is the point?

The point of the ♦A is obviously to collect our tricks before they disappear. Just imagine responder with say the ♣AK and out and declarer with a 5=6=2=0 distribution. I mean it's all a big guess as to what the best lead is. I mean the ♠A could blow a serious tempo to where now declarer can set up his long suit and draw an ample amount of trumps and the winning defense was to force him in a minor.
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Posted 2008-May-06, 18:56

Ace and (after seeing dummy) probably another trump. We have the balance of power, and if you don't lead trumps alot of tricks will be cross-ruffed. Could be wrong, and you need to set up tricks before you lose them, but that's life.
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Posted 2008-May-06, 20:37

Ace of trumps for me as well
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Posted 2008-May-06, 21:12

Echognome, on May 6 2008, 03:43 PM, said:

pclayton, on May 6 2008, 03:31 PM, said:

Ace of spades. A low spade isn't fooling anyone since this is hardly an auction for a trump lead.  I'll decide what to do after I see dummy.

I don't like the Ace of diamonds at all. What is the point?

The point of the ♦A is obviously to collect our tricks before they disappear. Just imagine responder with say the ♣AK and out and declarer with a 5=6=2=0 distribution. I mean it's all a big guess as to what the best lead is. I mean the ♠A could blow a serious tempo to where now declarer can set up his long suit and draw an ample amount of trumps and the winning defense was to force him in a minor.

What force? Both majors are splitting well.
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Posted 2008-May-07, 03:05

Doesn't RHO have like a 55 in the blacks? If so, small spade to keep control.
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Posted 2008-May-07, 05:20

Jlall, on May 7 2008, 03:37 AM, said:

Ace of trumps for me as well

Yes, this one won't be ruffed :P and I'll see the dummy
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Posted 2008-May-07, 05:31

♠A is normal imo
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Posted 2008-May-12, 14:42

♠A = 1400 if you get the rest of the defence right (it's not easy)
Low spade = 1100 as partner probably won't play you for Ax
Ace of hearts or any other heart = something silly such as +500, it's an absurd lead
♦A = +1100
♣Q = 1400 if you defend absolutely perfectly thereafter
Low club = easy 1400

As teammates have gone for 800 on the same hand, it's worth imps to get this right
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