Expanding on that. If you lead a heart you should lead the king (or queen but top is standard and the queen would be a special agreement). The reason you lead the king is that if it loses to the ace then at least you have set up one trick - the queen. Especially in a suit contract that is a worthwhile ambition as very often someone will have only two (or fewer) cards in an offsuit. By contrast if you lead low then the jack can win and when declarer has that doubleton I just mentioned then suddenly there are no losers where the defense were entitled to one trick.
North is slightly too strong for 2D. 3D would be better. After South makes an invite with 2NT North should accept as (above) max for 2D.
ReplyDeleteLeading away from KQ against a suit contract is not recommended.
Expanding on that. If you lead a heart you should lead the king (or queen but top is standard and the queen would be a special agreement). The reason you lead the king is that if it loses to the ace then at least you have set up one trick - the queen. Especially in a suit contract that is a worthwhile ambition as very often someone will have only two (or fewer) cards in an offsuit. By contrast if you lead low then the jack can win and when declarer has that doubleton I just mentioned then suddenly there are no losers where the defense were entitled to one trick.
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