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Any suggestions what should be led here as there was a wide variation in the number of tricks made.
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Posted 2015-October-27, 18:32
Any suggestions what should be led here as there was a wide variation in the number of tricks made.
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Posted 2015-October-27, 22:56
With soft values in both minors, I'd lead a trump.
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Posted 2015-October-28, 01:47
I am not fond of leading stiff trumps but this looks like good plan, protect your minor cards.
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Posted 2015-October-28, 04:47
5♠, partner may have 4 trumps and RHO is probably short in ♠ - thus, a forcing defense is called for as I have the minors controlled.
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Santa Fe Precision ♣ published 8/19. TOP3 published 11/20. Magic experiment (Science Modernized) with Lenzo. 2020: Jan Eric Larsson's Cottontail ♣. 2020. BFUN (Bridge For the UNbalanced) 2021: Weiss Simplified ♣ (Canape & Relay). 2022: Canary ♣ Modernized, 2023-4: KOK Canape.
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Posted 2015-October-28, 07:12
Can North have 5 good spades for 1NT?
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Posted 2015-October-28, 07:32
ahydra, on 2015-October-28, 07:12, said:
Can North have 5 good spades for 1NT?
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noone was suggesting he does. methinks you misread the post above yours.
anyway, opps are low on hcp. a trump seems pretty clear.
btw, why did i lebensohl to 3c with my 3 suited hand?
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Posted 2015-October-28, 07:44
I would lead trump. And I would double 2♥. Agree with Wank that lebensohl with 5 card suit and when all 3 others suits are playable is weird.
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Posted 2015-October-28, 08:31
wank, on 2015-October-28, 07:32, said:
noone was suggesting he does. methinks you misread the post above yours.
anyway, opps are low on hcp. a trump seems pretty clear.
btw, why did i lebensohl to 3c with my 3 suited hand?
anyway, opps are low on hcp. a trump seems pretty clear.
btw, why did i lebensohl to 3c with my 3 suited hand?
My options were pass or 2N intending to pass 3♣, no ToX available, X is pens.
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Posted 2015-October-29, 04:22
I do not like the look of either minor so it is either a trump or a spade. I quite like the idea of ♠8 here trying to set up a spade or 2 before the minor stop disappears but most likely the trump was the winning option.
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Posted 2015-October-29, 05:05
wank, on 2015-October-28, 07:32, said:
noone was suggesting he does. methinks you misread the post above yours.
No, I didn't misread anything. I was just asking as it might have influenced my lead.
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Posted 2015-October-29, 07:56
ahydra, on 2015-October-29, 05:05, said:
No, I didn't misread anything. I was just asking as it might have influenced my lead.
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We open all 5332s 1N, unless we're prepared to lie that we have a 6th one.
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Posted 2015-October-29, 08:03
I led a trump, which I thought was reasonably obvious, Q♠ would do just as well as long as you lead a trump next, small spade would depend on partner's actions.
The full hand was something like:
There would have been other auctions at other tables as many pairs were playing strong NT. Our declarer made 8 tricks, some made 11 on other leads.
And yes declaring anything would have been ugly
The full hand was something like:
There would have been other auctions at other tables as many pairs were playing strong NT. Our declarer made 8 tricks, some made 11 on other leads.
And yes declaring anything would have been ugly
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Posted 2015-October-29, 19:45
I'm leading a trump. My tricks are in the minors so I want to reduce potential ruffs in dummy.
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