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What do you lead if 3♦ is explained (assume accurately) as:
a) Looking for a stopper for 3NT
b) Preemptive (We were playing a strong club at the table, so this was possible)
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Posted 2011-April-14, 07:49
IMPs.
What do you lead if 3♦ is explained (assume accurately) as:
a) Looking for a stopper for 3NT
b) Preemptive (We were playing a strong club at the table, so this was possible)
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 2011-April-14, 08:20
I would probably lead a low heart in both cases.
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Posted 2011-April-17, 15:39
1. Ace of spade and look at partner's signal
2.a small H
2.a small H
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Posted 2011-April-17, 15:52
king of hearts seems greatly superior to a small heart in all cases.
King of hearts vs Ace of spades in problem 1 is interesting. If you can run five spades, and they have 7 clubs and 2 red aces, the ace of spades should be better. however, if dummy has SK, 7 solid clubs, HA, and RHO has the QJ of diamonds or something, HK is going to be better.
With the AJ or AQ of diamonds, partner likely would have doubled 3D, so it's pretty likely RHO's stopper contains the ace. Overall that leads me to go for the spade ace in option 1.
King of hearts vs Ace of spades in problem 1 is interesting. If you can run five spades, and they have 7 clubs and 2 red aces, the ace of spades should be better. however, if dummy has SK, 7 solid clubs, HA, and RHO has the QJ of diamonds or something, HK is going to be better.
With the AJ or AQ of diamonds, partner likely would have doubled 3D, so it's pretty likely RHO's stopper contains the ace. Overall that leads me to go for the spade ace in option 1.
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