♠A J 6 ♥9 6 3 ♦A K 6 ♣Q 10 9 5.
My right-hand opponent opened 1♥. What would you do? Normally, making a takeout double with 4-3-3-3 isn't a good idea, especially with only three spades. I did have 14 high-card points, however, and defending with a robot partner is dicey at best -- get in there! My LHO passed and North bid 1♠. RHO rebid 2♦, ending the auction.
I think trumps leads are usually a poor choice. It's not that you finesse your partner, but what usually happens is that you lose a tempo. You should be trying to set up your side's tricks, not helping declarer by drawing trumps.
Some auctions scream for a trump lead, however, and this was one:
I led the ♦K, the ♦A, cashed the ♠A to extract that card from declarer's hand, then exited with a low diamond.
Declarer played the ♥A K Q and another. Partner won the heart, shifted to a low club and declarer misguessed by playing low. I won my ♣Q and returned a club to partner's ♣A for down one and a score of 100%. Even if declarer had guessed clubs and made +90, we would have scored 72.73%.
Maybe I should rethink trumps leads? Nah -- I still hate 'em.
looks like it was your partner who bid 1S.
ReplyDeleteBut this was a preference auction, with LHO choosing diamonds over hearts and you anyway, you don't want to lead the ace of spades.
@Lakshmanan: Yes, I put the wrong auction in, but it's corrected now. Thanks.
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