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Lose 22 Lead Problem

Poll: Your lead against 7S XXed?!? (18 member(s) have cast votes)

Your lead against 7S XXed?!?

  1. Small Spade (2 votes [11.11%])

    Percentage of vote: 11.11%

  2. King of Hearts (7 votes [38.89%])

    Percentage of vote: 38.89%

  3. Diamond (5 votes [27.78%])

    Percentage of vote: 27.78%

  4. Ace of Clubs (4 votes [22.22%])

    Percentage of vote: 22.22%

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#1 User is offline   mtvesuvius 

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Posted 2009-April-05, 15:00

All NV at IMPs (Playing 2 Juniors) you hold:

♠Jxx
♥KQx
♦xx
♣Axxxx

The (insane) auction:

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       (1♠) - Pass - (2♦)
3♣ - (3♠) - 5♣ - (6♠)
7♣ - (X) - Pass - (7♠)
Pass - (Pass) - X - XX
All Pass.
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Posted 2009-April-05, 15:33

A bit of a toss between heart and club ace. Usually a heart, unless you know LHO is a joker.
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Posted 2009-April-05, 16:54

why did i double 7s?

ok - this is a problem hand so i have to finde the winning lead - i try dia!
dummy will be ♣ void, runnning dias and 2 spades, decl has ♥A, other spades and ony one dia - i kill the entry to the dummy, jackpot?
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Posted 2009-April-05, 23:55

It is not impossible that declarer has Kx of clubs opposite void. I've recently heard some pretty good players suggest that leading from KQ against the grand might not be so good as it might place the missing honors and let them know which squeeze or finesse to take, but I'd still be quite tempted by the K of heart lead in practice. But I think when presented as a problem, and maybe at the table, I try for the top diamond.
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Posted 2009-April-06, 08:11

I opted for the K♥. This netted me Kxx x AKJxxxxx x in dummy. Declarer also had a stiff club. Lose 22. So yes, I guess LHO was a joker...
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Posted 2009-April-06, 08:13

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  I opted for the K♥. This netted me Kxx x AKJxxxxx x in dummy. Declarer also had a stiff club. Lose 22. So yes, I guess LHO was a joker...


Depends on what you mean by joker. If he knew you were probably going to believe him and not lead ♣A, he bid correctly.
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Posted 2009-April-06, 09:47

mtvesuvius, on Apr 6 2009, 09:11 AM, said:

I opted for the K♥. This netted me Kxx x AKJxxxxx x in dummy. Declarer also had a stiff club. Lose 22. So yes, I guess LHO was a joker...

Ouch, but not really sure what the X was supposed to accomplish? If you pass, wouldn't P's next call suggest a lead? If P x's, wouldn't that suggest a need for an unusual lead, either a ♥ or ♦ on this auction. I'd lead a ♦ if he x's. Pass indicates no need or preference for unusual lead, so wouldn't you then lead ♣ A? Just asking. :P
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Posted 2009-April-06, 10:11

oldman5757, on Apr 6 2009, 10:47 AM, said:

mtvesuvius, on Apr 6 2009, 09:11 AM, said:

I opted for the K♥. This netted me Kxx x AKJxxxxx x in dummy. Declarer also had a stiff club. Lose 22. So yes, I guess LHO was a joker...

Ouch, but not really sure what the X was supposed to accomplish? If you pass, wouldn't P's next call suggest a lead? If P x's, wouldn't that suggest a need for an unusual lead, either a ♥ or ♦ on this auction. I'd lead a ♦ if he x's. Pass indicates no need or preference for unusual lead, so wouldn't you then lead ♣ A? Just asking. :P

That's true :)

I doubled on principle, which of course was a bad choice, but it looked fun at the time...
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Posted 2009-April-06, 10:14

How did losing 22 look at the time? :P
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Posted 2009-April-06, 10:22

jdonn, on Apr 6 2009, 11:14 AM, said:

How did losing 22 look at the time? :)

It actually was a push board for a while... :)

Then it looked really awful :P
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