[jh51]

matchpoint pairs

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Obviously, you cannot lead partner's suit.I faced this lead problem recently. I would be interested in knowing why you chose the lead you did, as I don't know if I thought wrong or was just unlucky in my choice of lead. I will post the entire hand at a later date.

[helene_t]

So 2♠ shows an invitational hand with clubs? It's a weird auction, playing 4 suit transfers opener would use 2NT/3♣ to distinguish between hand that accept an invite and hands that do not. The 3NT bid does not exist since responder could have less than invitational values.

[jh51]

helene_t, on 2011-July-20, 12:28, said:

So 2♠ shows an invitational hand with clubs? It's a weird auction, playing 4 suit transfers opener would use 2NT/3♣ to distinguish between hand that accept an invite and hands that do not. The 3NT bid does not exist since responder could have less than invitational values.

No, 2♠ is not necessarily even invitational. They were playing 3 way transfers and this was their way of playing in 3 of a minor with a weak hand and a long minor. In theory, North could have my hand and bid this way. I would tend to agree with your comment about the 3NT bid, but they did get to a sound game. All the NS pairs were in 3NT.

[jh51]

There does not seem to have been much interest, but I did promise to post all the hands.

Spoiler

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I lead a heart, thinking that without an entry, the diamond lead was not likely to be productive. Declarer had an easy path to 12 tricks.

At the other tables, a diamond was lead, and declarer had to hold up until the 3rd round. One failed to do so and went down 3 tricks. The spade finesse is marked, but it seems that one declarer refused even this finesse, just making his contract. The rest took 10 tricks.

[whereagles]

jh, a heart is a loooong shot because you'd need a lot of luck to find 4 good ones in pard, and even then the suit may not be long enough to set this. A diamond, on the other hand, is likely not to give anything a way and may even set some tricks.