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Partner opens 2♥ (weak). The opponents drive to 3NT
You're on opening lead, and decide to lead a heart.
You hold J98 in Hearts
Whats the "textbook" lead? (I think that its the 9, but I'm not sure)
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Posted 2008-September-09, 06:02
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Posted 2008-September-09, 06:06
I think you're supposed to lead 1-3-5 in partner's suit to get as much across as possible about the layout of the suit
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2008-September-09, 06:19
Aren't you just supposed to follow you normal trippleton leads, i.e. top-of-nothing, MUD or whatever?
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Posted 2008-September-09, 06:25
I'd have said it was the 8, that is I'd just treat it as Hxx.
I believe that 'top of internal sequence' only applies when you have the ten.
But I may be wrong
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I believe that 'top of internal sequence' only applies when you have the ten.
But I may be wrong
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Posted 2008-September-09, 07:10
8.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-September-09, 11:54
There's no "textbook" lead, this is an agreement issue.
With my agreements, I'd lead the 8 - 1st/3rd/5th in partner's suit.
With my agreements, I'd lead the 8 - 1st/3rd/5th in partner's suit.
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Posted 2008-September-09, 12:29
Probably the 8.
I can't think of any scenarios where I need to start unblocking by leading the J.
The 9 rates to be from 9 or 9x. I would never lead the 9. Even from 98x I'd lead small.
By the way, I had this situation the other day. I (weak 2 bidder) held KQ7xxx and pard lead the 8 and dummy came down with a low singleton. I figured this wasn't the time to play declarer for AJT9, but I might have on other layouts.
I can't think of any scenarios where I need to start unblocking by leading the J.
The 9 rates to be from 9 or 9x. I would never lead the 9. Even from 98x I'd lead small.
By the way, I had this situation the other day. I (weak 2 bidder) held KQ7xxx and pard lead the 8 and dummy came down with a low singleton. I figured this wasn't the time to play declarer for AJT9, but I might have on other layouts.
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Posted 2008-September-09, 12:31
skaeran, on Sep 9 2008, 12:54 PM, said:
There's no "textbook" lead, this is an agreement issue.
With my agreements, I'd lead the 8 - 1st/3rd/5th in partner's suit.
With my agreements, I'd lead the 8 - 1st/3rd/5th in partner's suit.
I think the question is: does H98 constitute an interior sequence? The Ten would be "textbook" from HT9, right? The Seven would be "textbook" from H87. I think the Eight is "textbook" from H98 -- that is, this is not an interior sequence -- but have been confused by this holding in the past.
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