[aguahombre]

Regarding the heart four vs. the Jack: on the vast majority of occasions it won't matter which one is led, but partner will be annoyed at trick two if I led low. And that can't be a good distraction.

[bluecalm]

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I think you underestimate this. Mixed raises of overcalls (via a jump cue) are practically standard among good players, and I would expect this call to be made frequently w/r.

You can't get me to show more interest in it Seems far too obvious and waste of resources, sorry.
I have a bit of aversion to trump leads as one of my previous partners led it much too often which blew hundred of tricks. One thing about leading trump in such situations is that even if it doesn't blow a trick instantly it requires finding difficult discards/switches later while leading obvious card makes subsequent defense much easier (once you lead a trump on this auction, partner will play you for Axx ♥ and nothing on the side for example).

[whereagles]

Lead vs 3♠, I guess?? That's because I bid 2NT for the minors before leading

oh... Jack of hearts, if you're interested.

[aguahombre]

whereagles, on 2011-June-13, 10:22, said:

Lead vs 3♠, I guess?? That's because I bid 2NT for the minors before leading

Partner will have 2-5-3-3 distribution and 11-14 HCP most of the time. Red vs. White, especially, I can see nothing good coming from competition by our side at the 3-level.

[whereagles]

Possible, but letting opps playing 2M on an 8 card fit isn't a top option either. At imps pass is ok, but at mps I think you should bid.

[matmat]

whereagles, on 2011-June-13, 15:50, said:

Possible, but letting opps playing 2M on an 8 card fit isn't a top option either. At imps pass is ok, but at mps I think you should bid.

and get doubled
and go for -200 vs the -110 or -140 you'd be paying if you let it make. did you even look at the colors?

[mtvesuvius]

matmat, on 2011-June-13, 15:57, said:

and get doubled
and go for -200 vs the -110 or -140 you'd be paying if you let it make. did you even look at the colors?

Colors are for children. Besides, they're all wrong, each and every one of them, myself included.

[Free]

aguahombre, on 2011-June-12, 09:43, said:

bluecalm, on 2011-June-12, 05:10, said:

J♥ - 892
4♥ - 893 (!?)

Yep, one of my mind-hashes while trying to get to sleep came up with this one.

Dummy has XXX and declarer KTX; If the Jack were led, partner might just duck to get his tricks in the suit. But if the 4 were led, declarer and partner might guess it was a singleton when the Ace pops and a low one is led back. The 4 is also better than the Jack if one does not trust partner.

That's all very irrelevant considering these are double dummy results. I have yet to see the first DD solver that guesses wrong or doesn't trust his partner.

[whereagles]

matmat, on 2011-June-13, 15:57, said:

and get doubled
and go for -200 vs the -110 or -140 you'd be paying if you let it make. did you even look at the colors?

Opponents will dbl you. Not me.