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Matchpoints, none vul, partner deals.
pass-(1NT)-pass-(3NT)-all pass. You are up to bat with
♠QT976
♥J92
♦543
♣64
Your lead?
(There will be a followup question from partner's side of the table, too - as to how he ought to interpret your lead.)
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Leading against 3NT
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Posted 2011-November-13, 22:19
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Posted 2011-November-13, 22:38
♥2
I don't fancy being able to set up and cash spades, but partner has some high cards, so perhaps he has a suit to set up. I can offer more help in hearts than in clubs and diamonds, and if LHO had 4 hearts he may have Staymanned.
It's a shot.
I don't fancy being able to set up and cash spades, but partner has some high cards, so perhaps he has a suit to set up. I can offer more help in hearts than in clubs and diamonds, and if LHO had 4 hearts he may have Staymanned.
It's a shot.
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Posted 2011-November-13, 23:10
I lead a boring spade - ♠10
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dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
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Posted 2011-November-14, 03:45
Boring spade as well. We don't have any side entry, but there are still some layouts that enable us to run the suit.
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Posted 2011-November-14, 04:11
It depends on my partnership. Usually I would lead the spade ten. However, with some partners, the spade nine.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2011-November-14, 04:39
♥2, hoping to find my partner's suit.
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Posted 2011-November-14, 06:04
♠10 for me too.
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Posted 2011-November-14, 08:22
♥2 for me. This can win a couple of ways, including on the next board(s) after declarer plays for me to have 4 hearts and then tilts for the rest of the round after he sees he was cold. This is better in a long KO I guess.
I give serious consideration to leading the ♠10 though, especially at MP, since I think more people will lead it. But I think the heart is more likely to work out. I should really learn to run sims though to see whether this is true. My suggested meta-win on this hand, though, is not quantifiable thru sims.
I give serious consideration to leading the ♠10 though, especially at MP, since I think more people will lead it. But I think the heart is more likely to work out. I should really learn to run sims though to see whether this is true. My suggested meta-win on this hand, though, is not quantifiable thru sims.
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