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My new partner's opening lead was the J from club holding of QJx. I know that some players lead that way, but I also know that most, or so I think:), naturally lead the Q. Isn't leading the Q standard unless there is an understanding between the partners? We scored badly due to my confusion on the lead.
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Leading from QJx A question about leads.
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Posted 2009-July-09, 21:02
Yes leading the queen is standard.
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Posted 2009-July-10, 00:20
There are three reasons to lead the jack:
1. You have agreed on some non standard leads like "Journalist leads".
2. You want to be funny and confuse partner and/or declarer.
3. You have no idea of the game.
So your partner was somewhere between 2 and 3, I guess the latest.
1. You have agreed on some non standard leads like "Journalist leads".
2. You want to be funny and confuse partner and/or declarer.
3. You have no idea of the game.
So your partner was somewhere between 2 and 3, I guess the latest.
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Posted 2009-July-10, 09:56
Q is standard. J is Rusinow (Journalist) or tricky or random.
In the absence of a specific agreement, you would expect that the lead of the J would deny the Q.
In the absence of a specific agreement, you would expect that the lead of the J would deny the Q.
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Posted 2009-July-10, 13:53
ArtK78, on Jul 10 2009, 10:56 AM, said:
Q is standard. J is Rusinow (Journalist) or tricky or random.
In the absence of a specific agreement, you would expect that the lead of the J would deny the Q.
In the absence of a specific agreement, you would expect that the lead of the J would deny the Q.
Are you sure? I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think rusinow and journalist are different... I think journalist is the jack denies a higher honour, while the 9/10 promise 0 or 2 higher (so J from J109..., 10 from KJ10....), while rusinow is the 2nd highest honour in a touching sequence, unless doubleton... J from QJx and Q from QJ tight.
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Posted 2009-July-10, 14:34
mikeh, on Jul 10 2009, 02:53 PM, said:
ArtK78, on Jul 10 2009, 10:56 AM, said:
Q is standard. J is Rusinow (Journalist) or tricky or random.
In the absence of a specific agreement, you would expect that the lead of the J would deny the Q.
In the absence of a specific agreement, you would expect that the lead of the J would deny the Q.
Are you sure? I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think rusinow and journalist are different... I think journalist is the jack denies a higher honour, while the 9/10 promise 0 or 2 higher (so J from J109..., 10 from KJ10....), while rusinow is the 2nd highest honour in a touching sequence, unless doubleton... J from QJx and Q from QJ tight.
Mike's right.
I don't need to look it up
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Posted 2009-July-10, 15:07
Journalist leads vs suits are basically rusinow (J from QJx). The more commonly known journalist leads are vs NT (jack denies).
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Posted 2009-July-10, 15:08
mikeh, on Jul 10 2009, 02:53 PM, said:
ArtK78, on Jul 10 2009, 10:56 AM, said:
Q is standard. J is Rusinow (Journalist) or tricky or random.
In the absence of a specific agreement, you would expect that the lead of the J would deny the Q.
In the absence of a specific agreement, you would expect that the lead of the J would deny the Q.
Are you sure? I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think rusinow and journalist are different... I think journalist is the jack denies a higher honour, while the 9/10 promise 0 or 2 higher (so J from J109..., 10 from KJ10....), while rusinow is the 2nd highest honour in a touching sequence, unless doubleton... J from QJx and Q from QJ tight.
Perhaps it depends on whether the contract is a suit or no trump. It was my understanding that Rusinow leads were adopted as part of the Journalist lead structure against suit contracts, but not against no trump contracts.
But I could be wrong about that.
In any event, the lead of the J from QJx is clearly a Rusinow lead.
Today, some players lead Rusinow against no trump contracts. So I guess anything is possible.
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Posted 2009-July-10, 16:15
Partner wanted to lead the suit but was deathly afraid of Dummy having A10x or K10x. So, he got tricky. Just my opinion.
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