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| | From:  testiestcat1 (Original Message) | Sent: 12/5/2008 6:17 PM |
As North, you hold:
S-A95
H-J976
D-J72
C-AJ9
West, at favorable vulnerability, opened 2S. It was followed by 3 passes. What is your opening lead (matchpoints)? |
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S5 Benitos rule #1 "You must have a good reason to not lead trumps" I do not really worship his rules, but that is my choice (right, wrong or indifferent) on this hand. |
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For the record, I led the H6. The full deal: Puritan Bridge Club Braintree MA
Session: Open Pairs Date: 12/04/2008 BD: 12 S-A95
Dlr: W H-J976
Vul: N-S D-J72
C-AJ9
S-KJ8743 S-Q6
H-32 H-AKQ
D-K4 D-QT95
C-Q42 C-T653
S-T2
H-T854
D-A863
C-K87 My lead was not a success. Seven pairs out of 8 held 2S to 9 tricks. Let's go through the non-losing leads: - SA, to look at the dummy (Yes Bill, you can say Oh, what an overused excuse to yourself). Would looking at the East hand be likely to guide you to the right path? I dunno.
- A diamond. Leading any card from that suit is not high on my radar.
- C9. Leading away from an ace in a suit contract is not in vogue. Even Jack 4.0 would scream at you if you did that.
If you found a non-losing lead (and, in the case of the SA, a non-losing continuation), would pard be able to follow through? This is a tough problem. |
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| | | From: JoAnneM | Sent: 12/6/2008 3:59 AM |
Our club had the most amazing game today. 8 tables, my partner and I sat e/w. We bid and made 4 slams, had incredibly distributional hands, or huge hands most of the time. Our opps made 5 contracts against us (just showing that we had all the cards). And with all that we won 1st place with 53.87%  N/S, who just followed suit all day, was won with 62.5%. Everyone who played e/w went home saying "what a fun game". |
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I have seen that sort of thing myself, where the direction that had the playing strength had fun but had flattish matchpoint scores, while the other direction simply followed suit but one or two pairs matchpointed well with good defense. Typically, the side that defends most of the time will complain about the lack of high cards. Most members of that side, if they are the complainers, also don't defend well. On the days that the tables are turned and the complainers actually get a plethora of good hands and don't do well with them, I just shrug my shoulders. None of this means a thing anyway. I have learned over the years that people like to complain just for the sake of complaining. |
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| | | From: JoAnneM | Sent: 12/6/2008 5:20 AM |
I never shuffle any of the cards so their complaints fall on deaf ears. |
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So JoAnne, since you never shuffle the cards beforehand, when you assign seats to your players, do you ask each one, "Which direction would you like to sit: North-South, East-West, or the direction that has the cards?" Given the pre-condition, if anyone chooses the last option, that would speak volumes about that person's character. |
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| Low trump for me too. Want to defend very passively. |
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