On May 5, 7:18 am, henrysun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On May 4, 8:22 pm, Charles Brenner <cbren...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> I disagree. Leading a black suit is nuts, and leading a heart or
> diamond from KJ10x carries very little risk.
>
> ***********
>
> Charles,
>
> give yourself this hand on the actual auction:
>
> xxx
> KJTx
> KJ9xx
> x
>
> and ask yourself, would a club lead be 'nuts'?
Yes. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.
> Remember, Brunner did not double 7c even holding an ace, so one might
> fairly conclude that the opponents are not off a fast trick (to be
> sure, perhaps South is gambling with
>
> AKQxxx
> x
> VOID
> AQJxxx
>
> or the like).
Zero chance of that. A bid of a small slam, especially if in a
somewhat blind auction, is often gambling. If my opponents are
inclined to bid grand slams on the kind of hand you show here, I do
not feel the need to out-psyche them. Indeed, the only way it can be a
profitable strategy for them is if it induces our side to indulge in
similar nuttiness.
But that hand has nothing to do with my reason for not leading a club.
The kind of gamble that South might be making, in bidding 7C, is the
gamble of picking up both black suits. Perhaps partner has just enough
in each one to make the hand awkward. I don't want to make it easier
by leading through partner's holding.
> A club lead might be wrong, in the sense that it might allow the
> contract to be made when a different lead might set it, but if you and
> I were sitting at the table and you led a club, I would hardly
> consider it nuts.
Thank you for that. Being non-judgmental is a fine attribute in a
partner, and I believe I possess it as well at the table even though I
talk tough here.
Charles
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