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Opening Lead

Poll: Lead - 12/27/10 (22 member(s) have cast votes)

Your lead?

  1. A heart at IMPs and Matchpoints (21 votes [95.45%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 95.45%

  2. A diamond at IMPs and MPs (1 votes [4.55%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 4.55%

  3. A heart at IMPs and diamond at MPs (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. A diamond at IMPs and a heart at MPs (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. Something else (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   Phil 

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Posted 2010-December-27, 22:44



See poll choices. Thanks.
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Posted 2010-December-27, 22:54

Surely a heart is way better than anything else at any form of scoring.

Responder won't have hearts and opener only might have hearts.

Diamonds is way to risky at MPs and at IMPs even if right will usually not defeat the contract out of hand given we only have four of them.
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Posted 2010-December-28, 10:00

My partner didn't double 2♥, though if he had I'd probably be playing the hand (hahaha). I have more faith in my diamonds, but I'm a lousy opening leader so don't read my answer.

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

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Posted 2010-December-28, 10:27

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Posted 2010-December-28, 10:35

View PostPhil, on 2010-December-27, 22:44, said:


See poll choices. Thanks.
IMO ♥ = 10, ♦ = 6, ♣ = 3, ♠ = 2. At any form of scoring, a heart seems best.
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Posted 2010-December-28, 11:22

Is this a UI problem? I can't see any other possible reason for posting this.
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Posted 2010-December-28, 13:00

No, my partner led a diamond, and I was seeing if there was any support for it. I didn't care for it, but you surely can come up with some rationale. Was hoping a canape leader or a matchpoint maven would step up and offer something.

I could have doubled with KJ8x of hearts (dummy held Ax).
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Posted 2010-December-28, 13:29

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Was hoping a canape leader or a matchpoint maven would step up and offer something.


A matchpoint maven might refuse to lead away from AJxx even if that was the best chance of setting the contract, not the other way round. (For instance make the your hand Txxx Tx AJxx T9x and you'd get votes for the club lead.)

Edited to add: see Hanoi's lead thread today for another example of avoiding an otherwise appealing AJxx.
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Posted 2010-December-29, 01:55

View PostPhil, on 2010-December-28, 13:00, said:

No, my partner led a diamond, and I was seeing if there was any support for it. I didn't care for it, but you surely can come up with some rationale.


I guess one could argue pard didn't dbl 3♥, so a diamond is better. But yeah I'd still lead a heart because there are a couple of holdings, like Kxx over Ax and stuff, which make a heart lead good.
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Posted 2010-December-29, 04:46

5 card suits rule against notrumps. Heart is 100% obvious.
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Posted 2010-December-29, 07:36

I think both choices (the H7 and the H3) are reasonable, I'd choose the 3.
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