On May 9, 7:52 pm, Hank Youngerman <dontspa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> the reason I posted that hand, is that these are the hands:
>
> Jxx
> AK
> AQxxx
> Axx
>
> AQTxxxx
> xx
> Jxx
> x
>
> My partner, as declarer, won the low diamond lead with the Ace, lost
> the spade finesse, and scored a 10% board for making 5. His later
> comment was "I should have looked at the guy's profile. He was an
> intermediate player, and an intermediate might have led away from the
> diamond K, but I assumed it had to be a singleton because why risk
> leading from the King?
>
> It's one thing to lead passively yourself. But I thought it was a bit
> extreme to assume a far less likely layout (small stiff on his left)
> than that the opponent might have failed to lead passively. The small
> stiff is about a 5% shot, I think.
>
> On May 8, 3:25 pm, Hank Youngerman <dontspa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Matchpoints, both vul, you hold:
>
> > Kx
> > Txx
> > Kxx
> > T8xxx
>
> > With your side silent, your LHO opens:
>
> > 3S - 4C
> > 4H - 4S
>
> > 4C is keycard, 4H shows one keycard. (Please ignore the bidding,
> > there was a mixup - this is what you have been told.)
I am not a world champion but just look at Hugh Kelsey's, Mike
Lawrence's and Kantar's books on defense and what they have to say on
the subject mentioned by your partner i.e. the never ending story that
you can hear from time to time and it goes: 'never lead away from the
king'.
Boris
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