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Team event, white/red
Your hand:
♠ 6543
♥ AK1082
♦ 92
♣ K4
Partner opened
Part RHO you
3 ♦ 3 NT ??
If it matters: You play in a league and so far you have crushed your opponents. They are solid citizens. Partners 3 ♦ is "normal"- white vs red in first hand, so 6-7 diamonds, 4-8 HCPS.
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Posted 2012-February-29, 10:27
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Posted 2012-February-29, 10:34
Pass and lead a low heart.
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Posted 2012-February-29, 10:44
I'd pass and start with a high heart to have a look at the table.
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 2012-February-29, 14:42
Hanoi5, on 2012-February-29, 10:44, said:
I'd pass and start with a high heart to have a look at the table.
Better to lead low with AKxxx. If partner has a doubleton honor, the low lead works out much better for your side; if a small doubleton, he can lead one back if he gets in first. Your diamond spots and the vulnerability (and your description of the meaning of 3♦ at the current colors) suggest that a diamond lead might work out terribly poorly for your side.
If partner craves a diamond lead, he can double 3NT.
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Posted 2012-February-29, 15:12
HighLow21, on 2012-February-29, 14:42, said:
Better to lead low with AKxxx.
With a 10-8 and a likely side entry? Don't agree.
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Posted 2012-February-29, 19:24
Phil, on 2012-February-29, 15:12, said:
With a 10-8 and a likely side entry? Don't agree.
OK. The 10-8 does increase the chance that they have only 1 heart stopper and decreases the chance that leading high will make the suit inextricably entangled. I still lead low, but I guess I'm not adamant that low is correct and high is incorrect.
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Posted 2012-February-29, 19:58
I'd pass of course and lead low ♥
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Posted 2012-March-01, 04:29
pass and lead a low heart for me as well.
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Posted 2012-March-01, 05:49
Pass and lead a top heart. I have a very likely entry, so I can afford to start with a high heart.
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Posted 2012-March-01, 12:21
ArtK78, on 2012-February-29, 10:34, said:
Pass and lead a low heart.
Pass and lead a high heart. I have the ♣K as an entry, so I'll lead high.
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Posted 2012-March-01, 12:21
whereagles, on 2012-March-01, 05:49, said:
Pass and lead a top heart. I have a very likely entry, so I can afford to start with a high heart.
Me too. I did vote (on impulse for a ♦).
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