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- Subject: Re: opening lead against 6NT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.001141.10552@ramon.bgu.ac.il>
- From: avir@chen.bgu.ac.il (Avi Roy Shapira)
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 00:11:41 GMT
- Sender: usenet@ramon.bgu.ac.il (The Ever-So-Great Usenet)
- References: <1992Dec17.153844.10560@linus.mitre.org>
- Organization: Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- bs@gauss.mitre.org (Robert D. Silverman) writes:
- : In article <1992Dec17.145526.17546@walter.bellcore.com> mie@faline.bellcore.com (Martin I. Eiger) writes:
- : :Matchpoints, opponents vulnerable.
- : :
- : : You LHO Prt RHO
- : :S - 9 7 P 1D 1S 4N 4N = Blackwood
- : :H - 9 7 2 P 5C X 6N 5C = 0 or 4 aces
- : :D - 9 7 P P X P
- : :C - T 9 6 4 3 2 P P
- : :
- : :What do you lead and why?
- : :
- : :Please e-mail responses to me, and I'll summarize opinions and present
- : :all four hands when the dust settles.
- :
- : This is a non-problem. When partner bids a suit, then subsequently
- : doubles a NT contract, he is DEMANDING that you lead his suit.
- : [unless, of course, you play lead inhibiting overcalls]
- :
- : In the above situation, If partner wanted a CLUB lead [after doubling
- : 5C] he would NOT double the final contract. You would then lead a club.
- :
- : This is not a matter of opinion.
- : --
-
- Bob's treatment is certainly standard convention, and without prior
- agreement to the contrary, this is what one should unquestionably do.
-
- However, the wisdom of this treatment IS a matter of opinion. I for one,
- expect partner to ALWAYS lead my suit, unless he is void or has an equally
- valid excuse. I take that into consideration when I overcall, as I am sure
- Bob does too. Consequently, why should I double to force a lead in my suit
- is beyond me. I think that a lead directing double (and all doubles of
- vulunatarily bid slams are lead directing) should convey the opposite
- message. That is, don't lead my suit, or lead dummy's first bid suit.
- All the above is true, had partner not doubled the conventional club call.
-
- In this case, the double of 5C was also a lead directing double. So without
- the ubsequent double, I would expect partner to lead clubs. Since the
- second lead directing double reverses the usuall lead, I too think that
- the 2nd double is a call for spades, just as Bob did.
-
- I should add that a double of 3NT IS an absolute demand for leading
- spades, even in my methods.
-
- Avi
-
-
- --
- Aviel Roy-Shapira, M.D. Ben-Gurion University Medical School
- Dept. of Surgery A. POB 151, Beer Sheva, Israel
- avir@chen.bgu.ac.il AVIR@BGUVM.BITNET
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