[wyman]

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Your lead? Is it automatic? If not, what else are you considering? (This was played at MP, but I suspect it makes little difference.)

[BunnyGo]

Spade Q. I considered a heart, and a club as well. But I don't think partner could have so many hearts (especially top ones) that he's doubling for a heart lead, and if a club is called for, it (almost surely) can't hurt to lead a spade first.

[Cyberyeti]

X to me says "lead your suit" so 10♠. I wouldn't have started from here though as I'd have bid 2♦ rather than 1♠ to show ♠/♥ with longer ♠ by our methods. That gives an interesting lead problem after the X.

[Raivis]

Automatic ♣9.

[wyman]

Cyberyeti, on 2011-February-24, 08:49, said:

X to me says "lead your suit" so 10♠. I wouldn't have started from here though as I'd have bid 2♦ rather than 1♠ to show ♠/♥ with longer ♠ by our methods. That gives an interesting lead problem after the X.

2D would be natural for us, for better or for worse. I could have bid 2N, but I don't consider bidding 1S here that strange.

[Cyberyeti]

wyman, on 2011-February-24, 09:06, said:

2D would be natural for us, for better or for worse. I could have bid 2N, but I don't consider bidding 1S here that strange.

Yeah, my methods are odd, not yours.

[gszes]

club 9

p cant depend on us have such a marvelous spade suit but they can see if
they have marvelous clubs (and an outside entry).

OR in a slightly more gambling mode something like AQJ of clubs 2 small spades and maybe another card hoping to use club entries to lead spades through rho.

[gnasher]

When dummy has shown a 6-card suit, I don't think double asks me to lead that suit. It just says that he thinks the contract is going down because his cards are well placed. I'd lead ♠K, which will probbaly hold the trick, and then decide what to do.

[nigel_k]

What gnasher said.

Maybe it's possible RHO has Jxxx in spades and partner has doubled with Ax to make sure I lead one but probably the double is just to increase the penalty since they have bid a thin game and suits are breaking very badly for them.

[Poky]

Heart.
Partner forbid the spade lead, probably has a singleton.

[wyman]

I led a high spade, also. By the way, why the K and not the standard Q (not that it makes a difference here)?

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[Bbradley62]

♠Q should be automatic. The hand sure is harder for declarer if p doesn't cover the ♦9.

[gnasher]

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By the way, why the K and not the standard Q (not that it makes a difference here)?

Because where I come from ♠K is standard from that holding.

Having seen the play, I'm surprised that you're so concerned about the opening lead. The main problem seems to have been partner's play of ♦10 at trick two, which is a bit of a shocker. If he plays low, I don't think declarer can make it, even double-dummy.

[wyman]

gnasher, on 2011-February-25, 13:16, said:

Because where I come from ♠K is standard from that holding.

Having seen the play, I'm surprised that you're so concerned about the opening lead. The main problem seems to have been partner's play of ♦10 at trick two, which is a bit of a shocker. If he plays low, I don't think declarer can make it, even double-dummy.

The issue was that pard was upset that I didn't lead a club, which he thought the X called for, and after which the defense is basically trivial.

Agree wholeheartedly re: the diamond. I don't know how he thought declarer was getting to hand, but he tanked for awhile before putting the 10 in.