2N-P-6N, pick a lead
#1
Posted 2014-January-18, 17:41
2N-P-6N-AP
Your lead:
Jxxxx
QJ8xx
J
Tx
Declarer is pretty bad, if that makes a difference.
#2
Posted 2014-January-18, 17:55
#4
Posted 2014-January-18, 22:57
Winstonm, on 2014-January-18, 17:55, said:
The dj is not passive but a highly aggressive lead. I will lead a high heart.
#6
Posted 2014-January-19, 04:29
"It's only when a mosquito lands on your testicles that you realize there is always a way to solve problems without using violence!"
"Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say."
#7
Posted 2014-January-19, 04:59
#8
Posted 2014-January-19, 05:14
#9
Posted 2014-January-19, 05:16
Cyberyeti, on 2014-January-19, 05:14, said:
Fwiw, if i decided to lead ♥, i would also lead a small one. Although ♥ 8 is giving a little edge to a top ♥
"It's only when a mosquito lands on your testicles that you realize there is always a way to solve problems without using violence!"
"Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say."
#11
Posted 2014-January-20, 08:12
#12
Posted 2014-January-20, 10:34
Hopefully, it won't resolve a restricted choice conundrum for declarer in ♦s. Given the comment about declarer's ability, I don't expect such a sophisticated analysis, but it might encourage declarer into finessing the against partner's presumed Q♦, when the play on some other lead might have been to bang down AK of ♦ to drop the presumed J..Q.
What were the actual hands?
#14
Posted 2014-January-20, 11:55
MickyB, on 2014-January-20, 11:43, said:
Tx
AKx
KTxx
QJxx
AKQx
x
Axxx
AKxx
Declarer managed to go off.
Help me out a bit here since I fear I am missing something. Unless there are important ♦ spots that you haven't told us about then it looks to me as if declarer should indeed go off unless a) you lead a ♠ away from the J or b) you don't lead a ♥ and neither do you/partner when declarer ducks a ♦ trick, thereby allowing a double squeeze.
#15
Posted 2014-January-20, 12:06
WellSpyder, on 2014-January-20, 11:55, said:
Yeah sorry I edited while you were replying. Brainfart, declarer would've gone off even with diamonds 3-2, I just forgot they weren't!
#17
Posted 2014-January-21, 00:42
#18
Posted 2014-January-21, 07:20
#19
Posted 2014-January-21, 10:24
Leading a spade is as gross as it gets in my book.
Leading a low heart is speculative and dangerous. (Sure a top one is too, but much, much less so than a small one.)
Minor suit leads into this auction are probably just going to help declarer guess and/or establish his sources of tricks.
This is a least of evils lead to some extent, but my votes would be:
any ♠ 0; Q or J♥ 10; low ♥ 3; J♦ 2; T♣ 1.