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Pick a lead

Poll: Pick a lead (22 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you lead?

  1. Club (10 votes [45.45%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 45.45%

  2. Diamond (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. Heart (7 votes [31.82%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 31.82%

  4. Spade (5 votes [22.73%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 22.73%

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#1 User is offline   Nilz 

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Posted 2011-April-11, 15:40



Perhaps this is not an interesting hand, but there are certainly a lot of imps at stake. You hold a balanced 0-count, as always, and the above auction unfurls. 1C promised 4 (acol). 3D was a fit-jump. 5H was a cue, and 5S was a sign-off, apparently.
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Posted 2011-April-11, 18:48

I wonder why the suits were ordered so in the poll...

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


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Posted 2011-April-12, 16:05

It's either a passive trump or an active club (certainly not diamonds and pard didn't dbl 5♥). Since LHO went on despite a sign-off, he might have an ace out. Club then.
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Posted 2011-April-14, 09:49

Insta-♥. No way he is missing first round control in clubs for his leap.

Or did he level me? Poker is a subset of bridge, Rosenberg says.
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Posted 2011-April-14, 09:51

I auto-lead a heart also.
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Posted 2011-April-14, 10:49

hard to believe they're missing first round control anywhere. If they are, its in a red suit, so I'm leading red. Toss up from there. I'll be different and lead a diamond.
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Posted 2011-April-14, 18:03

View Postrduran1216, on 2011-April-14, 10:49, said:

hard to believe they're missing first round control anywhere. If they are, its in a red suit, so I'm leading red. Toss up from there. I'll be different and lead a diamond.

Note that the opponents just had a nonsense-auction. It makes no sense to make a 5♥ cuebid and then jump to grand opposite a sign-off. So 5♥ then 7♠ smells really bad. Combined with the fit jump, dummy has pretty much advertised a spade-diamond twosuiter. It's not a toss-up between the reds. If he is gambling without a first round control in hearts or clubs it is probably lacking in hearts. Perhaps lho is even encouraged by the non-double of 5♥. But again, lho might have outleveled me.
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Posted 2011-April-28, 15:58

LHO had solid diamonds, good spades, a heart void and Kxx of clubs. Partner had the club Ace. I didn't lead a club, and our trick vanished (RHO had the Q). Glad I'm not the only one fooled!
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Posted 2011-April-29, 15:46

These opponents bid at my level, so obviously I got it right. Obviously advancer has really good diamonds. Then he cuebid his first round heart control. When partner didn't cooperate he thought for a while, concluded that bridge was too difficult, crossed his fingers and bid the grand.

Lead a club.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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