Help
IMPs
1) Kx KQ J9xx ATxxx
1S-4H (splinter)
4S-P
2) Jx xx AQJxxx Txx
2D P P 4H
AP
Page 1 of 1
some lead problems
#1
- Group: Advanced Members
- Posts: 3,214
- Joined: 2007-December-16
- Location:Pasadena, CA
Posted 2010-October-28, 01:29
#2
- World International Master without a clue
-
- Group: Advanced Members
- Posts: 17,404
- Joined: 2003-November-13
- Gender:Male
- Location:madrid
Posted 2010-October-28, 03:54
rogerclee, on 2010-October-28, 01:29, said:
IMPs
1) Kx KQ J9xx ATxxx
1S-4H (splinter)
4S-P
2) Jx xx AQJxxx Txx
2D P P 4H
AP
1) Kx KQ J9xx ATxxx
1S-4H (splinter)
4S-P
2) Jx xx AQJxxx Txx
2D P P 4H
AP
Hand 1, opps have slam invitational, lack ♥KQ on dummy's shortness and we are suposed to defeat game?, I would lead ♥K to avoid overtricks at MPs, at IMPs it might be best to just avoid overtricks too, but if I am gonna find a way to defeat we need something very different, so a trump or a low club are the leads. Low club for me.
Hand 2 I'd lead a club.
#3
- Group: Advanced Members
- Posts: 3,814
- Joined: 2009-July-23
- Gender:Male
- Location:New Orleans
Posted 2010-October-28, 10:40
1) A♣... Hard to imagine north and east with 10♥ but my ♥ & ♣ holdings make a trump lead look ugly besides being hard to lead a trump anyway.
2) No raise keeps me away from a ♦ lead so ♠J
2) No raise keeps me away from a ♦ lead so ♠J
"Tell me of your home world, Usul"
the Freman, Chani from the move "Dune"
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
George Bernard Shaw
the Freman, Chani from the move "Dune"
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
George Bernard Shaw
#4
- Group: Advanced Members
- Posts: 10,093
- Joined: 2008-December-11
- Gender:Male
- Location:North Texas, USA
- Interests:Mountain Biking
Posted 2010-October-28, 10:43
1. ♣A - and I think this is pretty clear.
2. Low club on general principles. I'm sure I could come up with some exotic constructions that cater to just about any lead, or that show how any particular lead is the only lead that does not work.
2. Low club on general principles. I'm sure I could come up with some exotic constructions that cater to just about any lead, or that show how any particular lead is the only lead that does not work.
Hi y'all!
Winner - BBO Challenge bracket #6 - February, 2017.
Winner - BBO Challenge bracket #6 - February, 2017.
#5
- Scotland
-
- Group: Advanced Members
- Posts: 2,754
- Joined: 2008-August-22
- Gender:Male
- Location:Scotland
Posted 2010-November-04, 05:12
1) i'd lead a low club, since we have nearly all the defensive assets and we can see they are wasted in hearts I would try to place partner with a club honour and hope declarer has several clubs. Low club wins over the ace when partner has Kx or the Qx with the K in dummy (probably). A clubs wins when partner is singleton but if that is the case there is no transport back to hand and declarer might just play ace and another spade.
2) JS looks fairly clear to me.
2) JS looks fairly clear to me.
The physics is theoretical, but the fun is real. - Sheldon Cooper
#6
- Group: Yellows
- Posts: 6,772
- Joined: 2003-July-22
- Gender:Male
- Location:New Zealand
- Interests:Juggling, Unicycling
Posted 2010-November-04, 11:52
Low club and I think its pretty clear
♠J
♠J
Wayne Burrows
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
#7
- Group: Advanced Members
- Posts: 13,685
- Joined: 2005-June-15
- Gender:Male
- Location:Canada
- Interests:Bridge, golf, wine (red), cooking, reading eclectically but insatiably, travelling, making bad posts.
Posted 2010-November-04, 13:10
1. I think it is close between a low club and the club Ace. I doubt that either will prevail, but maybe partner has a stiff club and the heart Ace or a slow diamond winner or he has Qx in clubs and the suit is 3-3 with the K in dummy. The former argues for the Ace, the latter for the low. Throw in that the low club may cost a trick (probably only an overtrick) when dummy has Jxx(x) and partner holds K10(x)(x) and I go for what I see as slightly more likely probability-wise: the club A
2. Spade J. Low club distant 2nd, no 3rd or 4th choice
2. Spade J. Low club distant 2nd, no 3rd or 4th choice
'one of the great markers of the advance of human kindness is the howls you will hear from the Men of God' Johann Hari
#8
- Group: Advanced Members
- Posts: 2,207
- Joined: 2009-April-26
- Gender:Male
- Location:Wellington, NZ
Posted 2010-November-04, 13:30
1. Low club
2. Trump. Second choice is a club. Really hate the spade lead and would very seldom lead from Jx in an unbid suit. It has little upside compared to a club and a much greater chance of blowing a trick.
2. Trump. Second choice is a club. Really hate the spade lead and would very seldom lead from Jx in an unbid suit. It has little upside compared to a club and a much greater chance of blowing a trick.
#9
- Group: Full Members
- Posts: 327
- Joined: 2003-March-20
- Gender:Male
- Location:Indianapolis
Posted 2010-November-04, 18:08
1) CA, my last chance to do something good (or bad)
2: DA, 2 chances to be right (pd has K or a stiff), anything else is just a guess but anything could be right
2: DA, 2 chances to be right (pd has K or a stiff), anything else is just a guess but anything could be right
Page 1 of 1