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#1 User is offline   Antrax 

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Posted 2012-February-09, 02:33

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Posted 2012-February-09, 03:03

Does RHO's 1♥ show an unbalanced hand?
assuming the answer is "no" , and his bidding is consistent with 3433 , I would lead a ♣.
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Posted 2012-February-09, 03:15

The answer is indeed "no" - it just shows 4 hearts. He could be 4-4-3-2 or 4-3-3-3, probably not anything else (they seemed the sort that would rebid 2♣ on 5-4-2-2 because it's imbalanced)
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Posted 2012-February-09, 03:37

i have a long suit and a lot of entries, i am leading my longest suit, ♣
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Posted 2012-February-09, 04:17

Opponents might have more clubs than us, but at least we won;t normally give away any trick with clubs so I would lead one.
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Posted 2012-February-09, 05:27

Thanks. That was my reasoning (figuring declarer could be 4-3-3-3), I was wondering how other players managed to hold it to 1NT=
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No clue how we can hold declarer to under 9 tricks when he tackles diamonds before spades, yet most tables managed to.
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Posted 2012-February-09, 05:56

Your diagram isn't loading for some reason. I too would lead a club.
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Posted 2012-February-09, 06:20

Thanks, I think the spoiler tags broke it. Since a club seems to have been the right choice, no point in spoilering, there's no big reveal, just bad luck or suboptimal defense after the lead.
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Posted 2012-February-09, 06:31

Why would he tackle diamonds before spades ?
Spades are his suit, natural play is to play them, playing diamonds could be -1/-2 in no time if A♦ is off.
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Posted 2012-February-09, 06:40

Beats me, but that's how the hand played out. Club to K and A, diamond (I hop with the ace), club won in hand, spade to partner's K, partner looks for me with a heart but declarer plays the A, continues spades, I hold up a bit to get a signal from partner, win the A, continue club, dummy wins, heart to K dropping my Q, diamond to K dropping my Q, diamond to J.
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Posted 2012-February-25, 16:07

View Postbluecalm, on 2012-February-09, 06:31, said:

Why would he tackle diamonds before spades ?


Yes, this is what I was thinking -- seems bizarre.
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Posted 2012-February-25, 16:20

been mulling it over for the last 2 weeks evidently
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