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The auction went (RHO starting):
1♣ - 1♠
3NT - 4NT (3NT shows good hand with solid ♣s)
6NT - pass
Your lead and reasoning please?
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Lead against this slam
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Posted 2007-May-06, 10:35
You hold:
The auction went (RHO starting):
1♣ - 1♠
3NT - 4NT (3NT shows good hand with solid ♣s)
6NT - pass
Your lead and reasoning please?
The auction went (RHO starting):
1♣ - 1♠
3NT - 4NT (3NT shows good hand with solid ♣s)
6NT - pass
Your lead and reasoning please?
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Posted 2007-May-06, 12:17
Diamond, a spade is possible but partner might have Xed if that were the winning lead.
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Posted 2007-May-06, 12:21
♦.
We can assume that partner has at least one winner... if he holds none, not only can't we beat this, but the opps have underbid. If he has two winners, on any lead, then our lead is irrelevant.
If he has a red Ace and the ♠K, he'd double... sure, the ♠ might be behind him, but he has to double.
So we have to choose a red suit lead. We need more from him in ♥s for that to be right than we need in ♦s, because we are contributing the Q in that suit. If he has the ♠A (as an example) and the ♥K alone, then a ♥ will probably not do the trick... but if he has the ♦ K alone, the ♦ lead establishes our Q.
Against a grand, I'd lead a black suit, as the most neutral. Against a small, I lead aggressively unless the auction tells me otherwise, and this one doesn't.
We can assume that partner has at least one winner... if he holds none, not only can't we beat this, but the opps have underbid. If he has two winners, on any lead, then our lead is irrelevant.
If he has a red Ace and the ♠K, he'd double... sure, the ♠ might be behind him, but he has to double.
So we have to choose a red suit lead. We need more from him in ♥s for that to be right than we need in ♦s, because we are contributing the Q in that suit. If he has the ♠A (as an example) and the ♥K alone, then a ♥ will probably not do the trick... but if he has the ♦ K alone, the ♦ lead establishes our Q.
Against a grand, I'd lead a black suit, as the most neutral. Against a small, I lead aggressively unless the auction tells me otherwise, and this one doesn't.
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Posted 2007-May-06, 12:26
D ATTACK!
1) Against 6nt I almost always lead passive.
2) This hand is an exception with those solid clubs.
3) Once I decide to attack, D seems our best hope.
1) Against 6nt I almost always lead passive.
2) This hand is an exception with those solid clubs.
3) Once I decide to attack, D seems our best hope.
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Posted 2007-May-07, 08:44
Diamond. This auction calls for an aggressive lead, and this is the only one available.
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Posted 2007-May-07, 11:50
We aren't told the form of scoring.
I am less convinced of the merits of an attacking diamond lead were the scoring matchpoints.
I am less convinced of the merits of an attacking diamond lead were the scoring matchpoints.
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Posted 2007-May-07, 12:46
obvious diamond lead, as far as I'm concerned
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Posted 2007-May-07, 13:30
I was the one vote for a spade. Feels OK to me because I think it is an aggressive lead.
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