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Part I - Opening Lead

Poll: How do you start? (29 member(s) have cast votes)

How do you start?

  1. Ace of Spades (3 votes [10.34%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.34%

  2. Queen of spades (8 votes [27.59%])

    Percentage of vote: 27.59%

  3. 10 of Spades (3 votes [10.34%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.34%

  4. 9 of spades (1 votes [3.45%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.45%

  5. 8 of hearts (12 votes [41.38%])

    Percentage of vote: 41.38%

  6. Diamond (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  7. Small club (2 votes [6.90%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.90%

  8. (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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Posted 2004-October-18, 15:31

LHO.....RHO
1♦.....1N
2N.....3N

1♦ is precision - 11-15 - might be short
1N is 8-11

What is your lead?

In a few days, I'll post my answer and another question on the continuation of the defense.

(Weird - had the hand in a matrix and it doesnt show up):

♠AQT9, ♥8x, ♦ Qxx, ♣K7xx

This post has been edited by pclayton: 2004-October-18, 19:16

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Posted 2004-October-18, 19:06

i don't see any cards to choose from
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Posted 2004-October-18, 19:15

A of S
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Posted 2004-October-18, 19:56

A♠
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Posted 2004-October-18, 21:09

I lead T of spade in case dummy has Jxx, declarer has Kxx.
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Posted 2004-October-18, 23:17

Q of spades:))
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Posted 2004-October-19, 00:08

After this bidding and no 5-carder I think, they have nothing to spare, therefore I would choose the passive lead of ♥8.
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Posted 2004-October-19, 03:34

I have also chosen the passive 8♥. They seem to be minimum, let declarer struggle for his 9th trick: with this bidding sequence I won't risk underleading a tenace or K with only a 4 card suit, the potentially wasted trick will not be compensated by developing a long trick in the suit.
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Posted 2004-October-19, 03:43

♥8...

while the ♠Q could be a good shot had the nt bidder been on my left, i'm not crazy about it when he's on the right
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Posted 2004-October-19, 03:46

luke warm, on Oct 19 2004, 09:43 AM, said:

♥8...

while the ♠Q could be a good shot had the nt bidder been on my left, i'm not crazy about it when he's on the right

Hehe, if the NT bidder were on ur left, you would not be on lead vs No Trump ;)
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Posted 2004-October-19, 03:49

♥8. Probably a poor lead since we'll need ♠s or ♣s to set this contract, but it was the first thing that came in my mind...
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Posted 2004-October-19, 07:44

mmm, what about a ♣? :-), maybe it isn´t dummy´s suit on this system.
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Posted 2004-October-19, 08:03

Partner has 3 to 5 hcp. I am hoping my club king is behind the ace, and partner's points are worth an entry to his hand. So that is partenrs entry, and my club trick. Now we need three more. Spade ACE is one. It would be nice to take three spade tricks... :-)...

So the "trick", if there is one, is to find the lead in spades that works best for us... If spade king is in dummy, lead spade QUEEN... If spade King is on your right, lead the ten. Any reasonable clue?

Well RHO has soem heart honors, and I am going to play him for club ACE, and I suspect he has a high diamond or two.. and he is limited to around 15 hcp. So if I give him CLUB ACE, HEART KJ, DIAMOND ACE., the spade king would give him 15. But he might have heart queen instead of jack, he might have two diamond honors, he might have another club honor.

I think the odds favor spade king on LEFT, and spade JACK on right... (all I really need is JACK on right).. so I am going to strike a blow for freedom with the creative spade QUEEN opening lead (this always works out badly for me when I do it... so I suspect, as usual, I guess wrong)....

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Posted 2004-October-19, 08:23

helium, on Oct 19 2004, 05:17 AM, said:

Q of spades:))

I like this lead.
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Posted 2004-October-19, 13:59

Chamaco, on Oct 19 2004, 11:46 AM, said:

luke warm, on Oct 19 2004, 09:43 AM, said:

♥8...

while the ♠Q could be a good shot had the nt bidder been on my left, i'm not crazy about it when he's on the right

Hehe, if the NT bidder were on ur left, you would not be on lead vs No Trump :D

what i meant was, had the person who first bid nt been on my left and they then play in another contract, the Q would be a better bet then... that's all
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Posted 2004-October-19, 14:07

Choice1=Q of S
Choice2=t of S
Choice3=A of S

Could argue for anyone of them.
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Posted 2004-October-19, 14:26

Well, as the other thread indicated; I led a ♥. If I held 8xx of hearts, I guess the poll would be more for a heart lead, although a lot led it anyway.
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Posted 2004-October-19, 18:22

luke warm, on Oct 19 2004, 07:59 PM, said:

what i meant was, had the person who first bid nt been on my left and they then play in another contract, the Q would be a better bet then... that's all

Hehe was just a silly joke of mine :)
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