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Your lead Is this a difficult choice?

#1 User is offline   Wackojack 

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Posted 2005-March-06, 06:33

Scoring: MP

RHO passes, you open 1♠, LHO overcalls 2♥, pd passes, RHO bids 3♣ and all pass.

What do you lead and briefly why? Please indicated if you think the choice is difficult or clear cut.

Thanks for your views. I could show the 4 hands if requested.
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Posted 2005-March-06, 08:10

Good hand to lead DK. Pd rates to have sth, I want to get a ruff and lead spade or hearts is even more dangerous.
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Posted 2005-March-06, 08:29

At IMPs this would be easier than at matchpoints imo.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2005-March-06, 09:02

Wackojack, on Mar 6 2005, 06:33 AM, said:

Dealer: East
Vul: Both
Scoring: MP
♠ KJ965
♥ J953
♦ K9
♣ A3
 

RHO passes, you open 1♠, LHO overcalls 2♥, pd passes, RHO bids 3♣ and all pass.

What do you lead and briefly why?  Please indicated if you think the choice is difficult or clear cut.

Thanks for your views.  I could show the 4 hands if requested.

i think i'd lead the ♣A and another club
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Posted 2005-March-06, 10:49

me too.. ill look silly if LHO has AKQxx of hearts... lol
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Posted 2005-March-06, 10:59

I'm with Luke. A-other club.

I don't consider it clear-cut. The unbid suit is also appealing, but I want to get rid of trump.
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Posted 2005-March-06, 11:21

At IMPs, the K♦. If partner is broke we aren't setting this. If partner has his cards in hearts, we probably aren't setting this.

There's no point to a spade. Unless partner is void, the trick Ihe ruffs is a spade trick I would have gotted anyway. And its doubtful that our spade can disappear.

At MPs, probably the A♣, but I still might lead a ♦
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Posted 2005-March-06, 13:57

K of D

Easier at MP, only one board and no teammates to go back and explain to. Jimmy is used to my poor opening leads.
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Posted 2005-March-06, 14:54

well the ♦K is certainly not a poor lead, it might even be best this hand.... i've seen similar leads work out very well...
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Posted 2005-March-06, 15:01

luke warm, on Mar 6 2005, 08:54 PM, said:

well the ♦K is certainly not a poor lead, it might even be best this hand.... i've seen similar leads work out very well...

Jimmy, this is not a fit auction, LHO passed 3C doesnt mean he has good club support. Otherwise he would take some action. He is more likely to have singelton or doubleton club. He wont have ruffing ability either. So leading CA and cx is rather bad I think. You give up the timing and control.

Of course I could be wrong with DK, but I am quite sure CA is the wrong lead:)
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Posted 2005-March-06, 18:27

I disagree. If you choose to go passive on this hand; hoping for say, a spade, a heart, a diamond, a club, then one in the wash, a club is fine.

And a club makes a whole lot of sense if you think -110 is a good score.

A lot of the time, it won't make a lot of difference what we lead. We exchange a diamond ruff for a 2nd diamond trick. But give pard the ♦A, and this is the only way to beat the hand.
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Posted 2005-March-06, 18:31

mike777, on Mar 6 2005, 02:57 PM, said:

K of D

Easier at MP, only one board and no teammates to go back and explain to. Jimmy is used to my poor opening leads.

Interesting, I thought the diamond was clear at IMPs, not at matchpoints!
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Posted 2005-March-06, 22:40

At Matchpoints: A♣ followed by another
At IMPS: K♦, nothing to lose.
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Posted 2005-March-07, 03:31

Matchpoints: ♥9
IMPs: ♦K
This is far from clear-cut.
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