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Hanoi5, on 2011-March-12, 22:44, said:
What's the purpose of the 3rd question? Your answer should be the same as in the first.
no it shouldn't. you're allowed to be clever with no hesitation. with a hesitation you need to do something pedestrian
Pick a lead against 3nt at teams P - 2D (nat, preemptive) - P - 3nt
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Posted 2011-March-13, 01:56
no it shouldn't. you're allowed to be clever with no hesitation. with a hesitation you need to do something pedestrian
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Posted 2011-March-15, 13:21
I thought a club lead was obvious. I still think its obvious. The only way partner can have a good enough hand to beat this and not have overcalled is if he has clubs. Second choice is a spade. A red suit lead is off the planet imo.
If partner hesitates then my instinct was that the `normal lead' would be a spade if polled (even though I think its wrong). However, the only (relevant) thing partner can have to think about is if he has a long strong suit, and he cannot have a long strong major suit. Alternatively he could just have a strong balanced hand with diamonds well stopped and be considering a pen X. I do not think this second is likely given the lack of a 2NT over-call. After much umming and ahhing I decided that you have enough AI to be allowed to lead a club. Its just too unlikely that anything else is right. Would hope for a sympathetic TD.
If partner hesitates then my instinct was that the `normal lead' would be a spade if polled (even though I think its wrong). However, the only (relevant) thing partner can have to think about is if he has a long strong suit, and he cannot have a long strong major suit. Alternatively he could just have a strong balanced hand with diamonds well stopped and be considering a pen X. I do not think this second is likely given the lack of a 2NT over-call. After much umming and ahhing I decided that you have enough AI to be allowed to lead a club. Its just too unlikely that anything else is right. Would hope for a sympathetic TD.
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