[blml] Lead Problem

[Adam Beneschan]

Alain wrote:
 
> At 05:47 21/08/2007 +0100, Stefanie Rohan wrote:
> >Favourable at pairs, you pick up:
> >
> >Q86
> >K5
> >KQ842
> >1062
> >
> >You pass, and LHO, playing ACOL with 4-card majors and weak NT, opens 1C.
> >Partner bids 2H, weak.  RHO bids 3NT, and you find yourself on lead.  What
> >do you lead, and how strongly do you feel about it?
> >
> >(Please restrict your answer to your systemic leads, which are S6, HK, DQ
> >and C6).
> 
> To  avoid leading in partner's internally-solid suit (at least, it should 
> be), I'd need more than a mere KQ. The HK stands out, if only to preserve 
> partnership confidence. 

It depends on who your partner is.  At this vulnerability, *my*
partner might have T98762, but for him that would be "internally
solid" since it has a straight flush in it :-).

It's really impossible to answer this without knowing who you're
playing with.  With some partners I'd lead the HK, expect it to win,
and perhaps shift after looking at dummy.  With my regular partner (or
with myself as a partner), the HK could well blow a trick or two.
Leading something different wouldn't destroy partnership confidence,
in our partnership; I'm confident that partner can make a weak jump
overcall on garbage, and partner is confident that I'm aware that he
often makes weak jump overcalls on garbage.

                                -- Adam