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Proper Lead from KQT43 What do you lead?

Poll: What do you lead from KQT43? (28 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you lead from KQT43?

  1. K (13 votes [46.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 46.43%

  2. Q (3 votes [10.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.71%

  3. If and only if playing Q means drop the J, the K (1 votes [3.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.57%

  4. If and only if playing Q means drop the J, the Q (6 votes [21.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 21.43%

  5. Low (lol) (5 votes [17.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.86%

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#1 User is offline   jdaming 

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Posted 2009-April-18, 11:19

Scoring: MP


bidding goes
P - P - 1♠ - 2♣
P - P - 2NT - PO

BTW the 1♠ 2nt is GIB if that changes things :ph34r:
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Posted 2009-April-18, 12:04

Well, I won't answer your poll because the question was written "what do you lead", rather than "what is the standard lead".

The *standard* lead is the K, the Q would imply KQT9x (or qjt/qj9/aqj) and ask for unblock the J, but without the 9 you don't really want an unblock from something like Jxx if spades aren't splitting.

But *I* lead the Q with my partners, because like a growing number of players, we have switched to having the *K* ask for unblock/count, leading the K from holdings such as KQT9xand AKJTx.
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Posted 2009-April-18, 13:10

King
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Posted 2009-April-18, 13:18

King
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Posted 2009-April-18, 13:28

Matchpoints?

King for sure.
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Posted 2009-April-18, 14:20

Definitely the K at MPs. Tougher problem at IMPs for me.
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Posted 2009-April-19, 13:02

I'm in the LOL crowd, I guess, But I'm leading the trey.

Too much upside, IMO. If I catch partner with the Jack-x, the trey obviously was right (Declarer may well have A98x).

But, if I simply catch partner with 9x or so, I'm loving it. That helps when Declarer has AJ8x.

If I catch air, I'm probably no worse off when Declarer has a simple AJx or AJ9.
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  Posted 2009-April-19, 13:26

What was the bidding & final contract?
Other things being equal, especially since I lead A from AK, I would probably suspect the the standard lead is the King. (Queen if playing lower of touching honors.)


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Posted 2009-April-19, 16:41

I like Q as "unblock jack or give count, pls" :P
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