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Lead against a precision bidding sequence

Poll: What do you lead? (18 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you lead?

  1. Spade (1 votes [5.56%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.56%

  2. Heart (11 votes [61.11%])

    Percentage of vote: 61.11%

  3. Diamond (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. Club (5 votes [27.78%])

    Percentage of vote: 27.78%

  5. something tricky (1 votes [5.56%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.56%

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#1 User is offline   CSGibson 

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Posted 2012-May-14, 22:13



Playing against a precision bidding sequence (where 4♥ can be any number of hand types], what do you lead against 4♥?
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Posted 2012-May-14, 22:38

I'm making the same lead as I would if the bidding had gone 1 ♥ - 2 NT(strong raise) - 4 ♥ in a Standard American auction -- 4th best ♣.
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Posted 2012-May-14, 23:17

I am leading ♥
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Posted 2012-May-14, 23:21

Sorry to have put in you a spot with that auction Chris :D, but I would try a ♥. Q♠ and another is another option, but it's a gamble...
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Posted 2012-May-15, 11:15

I suck at opening leads, but:
  • Precision style 4♥ is almost always either a standard 4♥ call or a "weak NT"
  • Potentially, it could be "lighter with shape", sort of in the middle, but it's still going to be decent strength, as they don't want to be -100 into +140.
  • It's almost certainly not the "standard 4♥" - I have too many hearts.
  • So - what would I lead to 1NT(13-15) by LHO-3♥(GF); 4♥?
Again, I suck at opening leads, so I'm not answering that question, but that would be my thinking.
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Posted 2012-May-15, 11:21

View Postmycroft, on 2012-May-15, 11:15, said:

I suck at opening leads, but:
.........Again, I suck at opening leads, so I'm not answering that question, but that would be my thinking.


Just lead something ! You wont be sentenced to death if wrong, i promise :P
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Posted 2012-May-15, 15:44

Seems like you could not create a more obvious trump lead
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Posted 2012-May-16, 01:38

I thought this called for a trump, and it turns out a trump lead give declarer a difficult play problem, anything else not as much, but I'm not sure whether that was percentage or just dumb luck, which is why I posted..
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Posted 2012-May-16, 03:00

I don't think the auction calls for a trump lead, but our hand certainly does.
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Posted 2012-May-21, 03:26

Trump lead as my 4 spots are too weak to try pumping declarer. A passive lead here is good as declarer must work to find the missing honor cards. Can't wait to see dummy.
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