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worst lead decision I've seen in many time ok, just my opinion

Poll: your lead (38 member(s) have cast votes)

your lead

  1. spade (23 votes [60.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 60.53%

  2. heart (6 votes [15.79%])

    Percentage of vote: 15.79%

  3. diamond (5 votes [13.16%])

    Percentage of vote: 13.16%

  4. club (4 votes [10.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.53%

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#21 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2009-December-10, 22:27

That's how I read it as well jon but then I realized Fluffy was referring to the horrors of the decision for the leader (no lead looked good for him), not how bad/ridiculous the decision really was.
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Posted 2009-December-10, 22:29

You're smart.
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Posted 2009-December-11, 03:32

hey, I checked again, I was wrong, partner had ♦Q109xx, and declarer couldn't hold more than once with ♦Ax. You can get one down.
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Posted 2009-December-11, 10:20

I would lead king of diamonds.
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Posted 2009-December-11, 11:10

jdonn, on Dec 11 2009, 06:20 PM, said:

I would lead king of diamonds.

Great lead :lol:
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Posted 2009-December-13, 12:31

My first thought is : "anything but spade" then I look at my cards.... still not spade but other choices aren't attractive either. At mp's it's probably H for me.
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Posted 2009-December-13, 14:48

I think this was a really mundane problem....far, far from being 'the worst' lead problem 'in many a time'. You lead either a heart or a spade.... at matchpoints, you lead a minor only if you are absolutely desperate...say it is barometer scoring, it is the last hand, and you are a third of a board out of 1st and a board ahead of second, or don't care if you drop from 2nd to 8th.

As for which major, the habits of a lifetime (which I view, perhaps optimistically, as internalized experience) suggest the spade 8, but I would never argue that it is significantly better, on average, than a low heart.

In real life, of course, I lead a diamond honour.
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