Terence Reese, in "Play of the Cards", lists four ways of winning tricks, which match pretty well with what you say: 1. Play a high card that nobody else can beat 2. Trump (ruff) someone else's trick 3. Establish a card using it's position, such as with a finesse or leading up to a king 4. Establish long cards. And, as he says, the first two ways are easy :-)
Did you mention that "top of a sequence" is three cards in NT but only two cards otherwise? After partner bid spades, isn't that enough reason to lead it (regardless of whether it's your joint longest suit)? Not sure how you worked out to return a spade when partner led a diamond...spent a long time wondering what the 8D lead might be but West had overcalled spades so should have had 5+; South had 3, so should have expected North to have more than 3....but spades was the only suit that might not have lost the lead.
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Terence Reese, in "Play of the Cards", lists four ways of winning tricks, which match pretty well with what you say:
1. Play a high card that nobody else can beat
2. Trump (ruff) someone else's trick
3. Establish a card using it's position, such as with a finesse or leading up to a king
4. Establish long cards.
And, as he says, the first two ways are easy :-)
1. Not sure you always want to play an ace unless you've also got the king.
@@archie6945 Reese wasn't talking about opening leads, just about the mechanics of taking tricks. Which match pretty well with what Graham was saying.
@@VictorMollo And I was just commenting on "1. Play a high card that nobody else can beat"
35:33 how do you know north has the ace of hearts?
Did you mention that "top of a sequence" is three cards in NT but only two cards otherwise?
After partner bid spades, isn't that enough reason to lead it (regardless of whether it's your joint longest suit)?
Not sure how you worked out to return a spade when partner led a diamond...spent a long time wondering what the 8D lead might be but West had overcalled spades so should have had 5+; South had 3, so should have expected North to have more than 3....but spades was the only suit that might not have lost the lead.
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if u only had the k/9 or k/3 would the k be the right lead ?
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Why did the 8 of diamond automatically say to play spade?
What about choosing which suit? On this auction isn't it best to lead a major?
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It's often good to lead up to weakness in dummy.
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all of this pertains only for NT games?
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Lead the unbid suit, Diamonds. Save spades to knock off East's spades
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Developing tricks in your long suit only works in NT contracts really, doesn't it?
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middle up down
4th highest
8 of d
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establish hrts 6h lead
3s
Diamond
High/low
middle diamond
Not bid suit
6 of diamondsd
it was bid
8
As then return spade
lead 6H
lead the 8 of diamond
4th H
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8s
D8
7
8D
7d
opponents bid spade
diamonds
6h
opp bid
unbid suit
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top of nothing
when you do not lead from the Ace
middle up down
8
8D
unbid suit
top of nothing