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Posted 2012-December-19, 21:14
My lead was wrong according to the cognoscenti kibbing my table.
Your opinions are appreciated.
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Posted 2012-December-19, 21:29
This cognoscent leads a spade.
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Posted 2012-December-19, 21:31
It was Kaplan? who said the good lord dealt me an AK so I wouldn't have to think before leading.
When a deaf person goes to court is it still called a hearing?
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Posted 2012-December-19, 21:39
You mean I have TWO good leads on this hand? Can I save one for a hand where I don't have a good lead?
Mostly it's just that a club or a trump is really bad here. I would lead a heart honor but I know that can concede a tempo sometimes.
Mostly it's just that a club or a trump is really bad here. I would lead a heart honor but I know that can concede a tempo sometimes.
I once yelled at my partner for discarding the 'wrong' card when he was subjected to a squeeze that I allowed by giving the wrong count with too high a card. Now he's allowed to pitch aces when the opponents have the king in the dummy. At trick 2. When he could have followed suit. And blame me.
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Posted 2012-December-20, 16:23
Garrozzo's rule: It's not a singleton if I don't lead it.
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Posted 2012-December-20, 16:38
I doubt there's that much in it. Today I lead a spade.
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Posted 2012-December-20, 17:59
Top Heart.
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Posted 2012-December-21, 01:28
I was thinking Spade at first, but after seeing Justin's post, I think a top Heart is better. For all we know, partner is something like 6214, and we need to get that ruff to set the contract.
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Posted 2012-December-21, 04:42
chasetb, on 2012-December-21, 01:28, said:
I was thinking Spade at first, but after seeing Justin's post, I think a top Heart is better. For all we know, partner is something like 6214, and we need to get that ruff to set the contract.
Where is the fifth trick? You still need a black ace with partner.
And if partner has a black ace, a spade lead should beat it. The advantage of a spade is that you may get partner in with the jack of hearts when he has no ace, but overall, there are not that many hands where it makes a difference.
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Posted 2012-December-21, 12:36
I lead a top heart.
We might be giving up a tempo in terms of allowing opener to establish slow heart tricks, but with our diamond A and the stiff spade, that risk appears remote. We might be leading declarer's void but it is hard to see how any other lead is odds-on better, and surely hitting a void in declarer's hand is a minor risk.
What's the hurry for the spade, anyway? Absent a ruff at trick one, aren't we usually going to be better placed to know what to do at trick 2?
A good friend of mine says he has written a book on defence.
Chapter One is entitled: 'The Opening Lead: my secret to success'
Chapter Two is entitled: 'Recovering from Chapter One'
I think a spade is suggested in chapter one
(holds breath expecting to find a spade to be the only winning lead)
We might be giving up a tempo in terms of allowing opener to establish slow heart tricks, but with our diamond A and the stiff spade, that risk appears remote. We might be leading declarer's void but it is hard to see how any other lead is odds-on better, and surely hitting a void in declarer's hand is a minor risk.
What's the hurry for the spade, anyway? Absent a ruff at trick one, aren't we usually going to be better placed to know what to do at trick 2?
A good friend of mine says he has written a book on defence.
Chapter One is entitled: 'The Opening Lead: my secret to success'
Chapter Two is entitled: 'Recovering from Chapter One'
I think a spade is suggested in chapter one
(holds breath expecting to find a spade to be the only winning lead)
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Posted 2012-December-21, 12:45
I guess if the point is we will always shift to a spade at trick 2 then we should lead a spade since the upside of seeing dummy is not a real upside. It is hard to construct layouts where we would shift to a club at trick 2 so maybe a spade is better. There is probably not much in it though.
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