lead from QT2 in partner's suit at NT
#1
Posted 2018-December-03, 21:00
My question - is it better to lead the 10 from this combination? I still don't really like leading the Q from this because the K might very well be on my right.
#2
Posted 2018-December-03, 21:14
#3
Posted 2018-December-03, 21:20
#4
Posted 2018-December-03, 22:03
(Near)-expert players will sometimes figure out from the bidding and the entire hand that the Q is the better lead, more rarely the T.
#5
Posted 2018-December-03, 22:15
And yes, it is worth thinking about.
#6
Posted 2018-December-03, 22:48
#7
Posted 2018-December-04, 02:20
partners suit but this advice should be tempered with common sense as we grow more experienced. Bridge players are not automatons(!)
If an alternative suit was available,I would prefer to lead it and get a look at dummy rather than blindly follow "tradition"
- Dr Tarrasch(1862-1934)German Chess Grandmaster
Bridge is a game where you have two opponents...and often three(!)
"Any palooka can take tricks with Aces and Kings; the true expert shows his prowess
by how he handles the two's and three's" - Mollo's Hideous Hog
#8
Posted 2018-December-04, 03:14
#9
Posted 2018-December-04, 06:40
#10
Posted 2018-December-04, 06:46
#11
Posted 2018-December-04, 11:32
#12
Posted 2018-December-04, 16:27
I have NEVER seen the top card recommended. Leading the Queen could catch dummy with Ax and declarer with Jxx blowing a trick.
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#13
Posted 2018-December-04, 17:48
ggwhiz, on 2018-December-04, 16:27, said:
The top card is right when you expect declarer to be short in the suit.
#14
Posted 2018-December-05, 00:15
cherdano, on 2018-December-04, 17:48, said:
The OP is leading partner's known suit, which implies that they bid it and then declarer bid NT anyway. While sometimes players will consider Kx or Ax a sufficient stopper, it's not something you can generally expect.
#15
Posted 2018-December-05, 01:23
barmar, on 2018-December-05, 00:15, said:
Yes of course. If you had read my post, you would have realized that I only reacted to the claim that the Q is never the recommended card.
#16
Posted 2018-December-05, 01:37
barmar, on 2018-December-05, 00:15, said:
I think cherdano might have been talking about declarer being shorter than that in the suit.
#18
Posted 2018-December-05, 12:24