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#1 User is offline   3for3 

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Posted 2010-January-01, 10:44

After a Stayman auction, the opponents reach 3NT, with both players having one major. You are on lead with Jxxx of Diamonds and 98xx of clubs. It is matchpoints. Which minor do you lead (sorry, I don't know the rest of the hand).

Assume you have an entry and about 5 HCP in the majors, say Ax and Jxx.

Would you lead differently at IMPs?
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Posted 2010-January-01, 10:50

I'd lead a club at either form of scoring. I dislike leading from Hxxx, because it often costs a trick, and even when it doesn't it rarely sets up enough tricks.
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Posted 2010-January-01, 12:00

3for3, on Jan 1 2010, 11:44 AM, said:

After a Stayman auction, the opponents reach 3NT, with both players having one major. You are on lead with Jxxx of Diamonds and 98xx of clubs. It is matchpoints. Which minor do you lead (sorry, I don't know the rest of the hand).

Assume you have an entry and about 5 HCP in the majors, say Ax and Jxx.

Would you lead differently at IMPs?

neither is really great I might even prefer leading from Jxx in the major if dummy is the one who has that major.
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Posted 2010-January-03, 09:40

I would lead from 98xx.

Leading from Jxxx is quite likely to give away another overtrick.
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Posted 2010-January-03, 10:25

What holdings of partner's clubs would make a lead-direct double of Stayman? Many good C-holdings would. So, I choose a D opening lead.
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Posted 2010-January-03, 10:33

Agree with gnasher.
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Posted 2010-January-04, 19:34

I am a club leader. The bit about the failure to double 2♣ is a red herring, IMO.

RHO surely has 2+ clubs, and most competent LHO's do as well. The chances of partner having 5 clubs good enough are just so small that I deem the choice to really come down to what is in your hand, and that Jack of Diamonds is just too big a card to lead away from, especially at matchpoints.

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Posted 2010-January-04, 19:39

I wish I hadn't seen the answer yet since I don't know what I would have done. I have a long history in these situations of choosing whichever option works worse on the actual hand.
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Posted 2010-January-04, 20:02

clear club I think, almost the same chance of beating it, much less chance of blowing a trick.
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Posted 2010-January-05, 03:04

98xx
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Posted 2010-January-05, 04:31

3for3, on Jan 5 2010, 01:34 AM, said:

I am a club leader.

Wich club it is? do you accept dogs? :o

I'd lead a club and don't think it is close.
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