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Recently I was surprised to see the above statement, printed in huge letters, displayed prominently on the wall of the bridge club alongside such classics as lead K from KQ. Our local Easybridge presenter was drilling this advice into her pupils' heads (the Easybridgers meet the 2 hours before one of our regular club games.)
I questioned her as to where she had gotten this idea, and she said "it's in the book." I didn't believe her until she showed me the list of recommended opening leads in the Easybridge II book. It's deemed important enough to be repeated THREE TIMES WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT.
Does anyone have a reaction to that particular piece of advice?
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"Against a partscore, lead trumps!"
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Posted 2010-April-04, 12:03
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Posted 2010-April-04, 12:33
Hi,
this is certainly a oversimplification, e.g. if you have a single trump, I
doubt this advice holds true.
And similar I doubt, that the advice asks for leading trump from a holding
like Qxx.
If we assume sensible holdings, the advice will at least ensure, that they
dont present declarer with add. tricks, since a trump is quite often your
safest bet, and if the part score is close, not giving away tricks is certainly
a reasonable strategy.
With kind regards
Marlowe
this is certainly a oversimplification, e.g. if you have a single trump, I
doubt this advice holds true.
And similar I doubt, that the advice asks for leading trump from a holding
like Qxx.
If we assume sensible holdings, the advice will at least ensure, that they
dont present declarer with add. tricks, since a trump is quite often your
safest bet, and if the part score is close, not giving away tricks is certainly
a reasonable strategy.
With kind regards
Marlowe
With kind regards
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
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Posted 2010-April-04, 12:38
nonsense (:
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2010-April-04, 13:17
Reminds me of Fred's rule of 2.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-April-04, 15:25
I think a room full of beginners that always lead trumps against partscores is likely to do better than a room full of beginners who randomly lead a card out of 13 against partscores.
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Posted 2010-April-04, 16:32
rogerclee, on Apr 4 2010, 09:25 PM, said:
I think a room full of beginners that always lead trumps against partscores is likely to do better than a room full of beginners who randomly lead a card out of 13 against partscores.
That's pretty true, although later on in their progression someone has to tell them that this is not an absolute truth!
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Posted 2010-April-04, 16:38
For beginners or easybridgers, this advice is fine. At least put some wedge into their habit of always leading top of nothing. My experience is a beginner "never" leads trump even when the auction screams for a trump lead; something that time and experience will fix.
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Posted 2010-April-06, 00:38
Siegmund, on Apr 4 2010, 01:03 PM, said:
Recently I was surprised to see the above statement, printed in huge letters, displayed prominently on the wall of the bridge club alongside such classics as lead K from KQ. Our local Easybridge presenter was drilling this advice into her pupils' heads (the Easybridgers meet the 2 hours before one of our regular club games.)
I questioned her as to where she had gotten this idea, and she said "it's in the book." I didn't believe her until she showed me the list of recommended opening leads in the Easybridge II book. It's deemed important enough to be repeated THREE TIMES WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT.
Does anyone have a reaction to that particular piece of advice?
I questioned her as to where she had gotten this idea, and she said "it's in the book." I didn't believe her until she showed me the list of recommended opening leads in the Easybridge II book. It's deemed important enough to be repeated THREE TIMES WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT.
Does anyone have a reaction to that particular piece of advice?
Complete nonsense.
I guess the advice was meant to be "lead trumps against DOUBLED partscores." That seems more reasonable.
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