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NS 2♠; EW 1N; EW 2♣; EW 1♥; NS 1♦; Par +110
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| 1 NT | All pass |
| lead=6H |
Difficult opening lead. Bird/Anthias (Winning No Trump leads) suggest a slight major suit bias exists. Further analysis is called for.
See hand 8 for DDA description. Despite a major suit bias in favour of a major lead, the actual holdings are very unattractive to lead from. DDA indicates a very very mild advantage for a diamond lead in both IMPs and MPs
ReplyDeleteIn general queens are good cards to lead from (assuming you do not have a safer lead like a sequence of honours). A lead from a queen can work out when partner has the ace, king or jack. That is three ways to win.
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