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Don't lead from aces?

Poll: Your lead (29 member(s) have cast votes)

Your lead

  1. spade (10 votes [34.48%])

    Percentage of vote: 34.48%

  2. A of hearts (11 votes [37.93%])

    Percentage of vote: 37.93%

  3. Q of hearts (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. low heart (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. diamond (7 votes [24.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 24.14%

  6. club (1 votes [3.45%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.45%

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#21 User is offline   han 

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Posted 2005-January-25, 11:08

6 measly IMPs? never heard that before.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2005-January-25, 14:12

Time for the full hand I suppose:
Scoring: IMP

As you can see, anything except a heart leads to immediate defeat. On the heart Ace, your partner has to drop the king. I guess my partner would have found this, but I lead a spade instead.

I think I now like the ♥A best. Btw, does anyone here play XX by partner as "please lead hearts"?
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Posted 2005-January-25, 15:19

Didnt understand why partner has to drop the K.
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Posted 2005-January-25, 15:30

Flame, on Jan 25 2005, 05:19 PM, said:

Didnt understand why partner has to drop the K.

So you can lead a diamond now... only way to four tricks. If your partner wins, he will eventually be endplayed after spades are elminated and a diamond hook goes to his king or queen. You can't afford to switch to diamond at trick two, or the ACE wins, and a heart is discarded on a top spade.

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Posted 2005-January-25, 16:57

inquiry, on Jan 25 2005, 04:30 PM, said:

Flame, on Jan 25 2005, 05:19 PM, said:

Didnt understand why partner has to drop the K.

So you can lead a diamond now... only way to four tricks. If your partner wins, he will eventually be endplayed after spades are elminated and a diamond hook goes to his king or queen. You can't afford to switch to diamond at trick two, or the ACE wins, and a heart is discarded on a top spade.

Ben

You mean after a diamond to the 8.
Well this is nice and true but i still dont know if its right to play the K.
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