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Posted 2009-March-30, 02:09
A lead problem from yesterday :
(IMPs , good opps)
(5♠ showed 2/5 KeyCards+♠Q)
So what do you lead?
(IMPs , good opps)
(5♠ showed 2/5 KeyCards+♠Q)
So what do you lead?
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Posted 2009-March-30, 03:09
If you know it's a lightner double, lead a diamond!
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Posted 2009-March-30, 04:54
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wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
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Posted 2009-March-30, 06:03
I suppose the key to this question is:
If Opps are good, what kind of hand will use RKCB?
And why bid slam without a follow-up 5NT?
Is ♠?? ♥A??? ♦AQ10?? ♣A(+K/QJ)xx more likely or
Is ♠?? ♥A??? ♦x ♣AKQJxxx more likely?
I think 4NT bidder has a solid club (or even heart?) suit is more likely than a very strong 7-9 control hand. With the latter, he may have followed-up with 5NT as well.
So, I choose a low club. Hope partner ruffs and can cash his Ace
If Opps are good, what kind of hand will use RKCB?
And why bid slam without a follow-up 5NT?
Is ♠?? ♥A??? ♦AQ10?? ♣A(+K/QJ)xx more likely or
Is ♠?? ♥A??? ♦x ♣AKQJxxx more likely?
I think 4NT bidder has a solid club (or even heart?) suit is more likely than a very strong 7-9 control hand. With the latter, he may have followed-up with 5NT as well.
So, I choose a low club. Hope partner ruffs and can cash his Ace
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Posted 2009-March-30, 10:09
If you think partner has the diamond ace and a void you could lead your diamond king.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2009-March-30, 10:12
se12sam, on Mar 30 2009, 07:03 AM, said:
And why bid slam without a follow-up 5NT?
Bidding 5N at this point in the auction indicates an interest in seven. So you would not follow up with 5N for any of the following reasons:
1) You know you are missing one keycard already.
2) You have no interest in seven.
3) Having shown 2 keycards and the queen of trumps, its highly unlikely that the 4S bidder has anything else.
Is the word "pass" not in your vocabulary?
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So many experts, not enough X cards.
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Posted 2009-March-31, 03:08
hanp, on Mar 30 2009, 05:09 PM, said:
If you think partner has the diamond ace and a void you could lead your diamond king.
I agree. This is much superior to my suggestion of low club.
After all, if partner did have a diamond void, he can ruff the king instead of a low card.
And if he has the diamond Ace (dummy singleton etc), we can have a free look at dummy to decide the next lead.
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Posted 2009-March-31, 03:54
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I think 4NT bidder has a solid club (or even heart?) suit is more likely than a very strong 7-9 control hand.
se12sam actually got the hand right (almost).
Dummy had :
♠6
♥J85
♦A
♣AKQJ8632
Partner had a ♣ void and the ♥ Ace (declarer singleton ♥K).
So a low ♣ works, a ♦ doesn't (not even the King, which I agree is the better card to lead).
I lead ♦ J, just woodenly selecting my longest suit, but I keep hearing this little voice inside that says I could have done better....
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