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Poll: Lead? (21 member(s) have cast votes)

Lead?

  1. sA (1 votes [4.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

  2. hQ (19 votes [90.48%])

    Percentage of vote: 90.48%

  3. dx (1 votes [4.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

  4. c2 (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. other (0 votes [0.00%])

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#1 User is offline   Apollo81 

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Posted 2008-December-09, 10:36

♠A4
♥QJT6
♦Q875
♣T82

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Posted 2008-December-09, 10:40

I'll lead heart queen, since I don't want ruffs myself, and I don't want declarer getting ruffs in either his hand or dummy with small trumps. Plus it's the safest lead.
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Posted 2008-December-09, 15:11

Agree with jd, except that I'm gonna lead a LOW heart, just in case pard has the singleton K or T.
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Posted 2008-December-09, 16:46

The ♥ Queen. I want to turn this hand into notrump ASAP!
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Posted 2008-December-09, 17:11

whereagles, on Dec 10 2008, 10:11 AM, said:

Agree with jd, except that I'm gonna lead a LOW heart, just in case pard has the singleton K or T.

Whoops I read this as J♦ then got confused when i looked at the hand.

A trump looks reasonable.

I hope we can get enough here? There are some players I would be happy to double and others I wouldn't - even at these colours.
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Posted 2008-December-09, 17:12

I actually like the idea of a low heart as well in case partner has the stiff A, K, or 9.
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Posted 2008-December-09, 17:12

Cascade, on Dec 9 2008, 11:11 PM, said:

I hope we can get enough here? There are some players I would be happy to double and others I wouldn't - even at these colours.

Actually, if we find pard with some min 15-17 balanced hand, we might not even make 3NT, so dbl seems ok.
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Posted 2008-December-09, 17:25

whereagles, on Dec 10 2008, 12:12 PM, said:

Cascade, on Dec 9 2008, 11:11 PM, said:

I hope we can get enough here?  There are some players I would be happy to double and others I wouldn't - even at these colours.

Actually, if we find pard with some min 15-17 balanced hand, we might not even make 3NT, so dbl seems ok.

Sure except that partner might not double with some of those hands.
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Posted 2008-December-09, 17:32

I had ignored that aspect, but I doubt I would have passed over the overcall.
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Posted 2008-December-09, 17:36

BLOOD!!!!, lead a hart, I have no guts for a low one. If partner can have stiff honnor, he can also have stiff small card more likelly.
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Posted 2008-December-09, 18:24

I don't want to ruff anything, I want to draw trumps.

If we need to hook dummy for some stuff we still have our 3rd high trump and the ♠A as entries.

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