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16 Cards in this Set
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What do sharks prefer? Active or passive leads? |
Passive leads, but sharks know when to attack! |
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When do you make an aggressive lead against NT contracts? |
ACTIVE LEAD |
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When do you make an aggressive lead against SUIT contracts? |
Don't lead away from A's and K's |
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How many points / trick in defending NT? |
3.5 HCP in partner’s hand equals a potential defensive trick against NT contracts |
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How many points / trick in defending SUIT? |
4.5 HCP in partner’s hand equals a potential defensive trick against SUIT contracts |
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How do we estimate how many points pard has? |
40 - opener's est. HCP's - responder's est HCP's - our HCP's |
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When is leading trump a good idea? |
1. Defender has good cards in all the other suitsand wants pard to lead back to her hand 2. When we know responder is short intrumps 3. Repsonder will need to trump losers indeclarer’s hand. |
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Why does it make sense to lead our short/weak suits? |
Because they may very well be our pard's LONG STRONG suits! |
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What is an "Ace from space"? |
An unsupported A lead, like A from A x x x |
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What does leader want to know when leading an "Ace from space"? |
Whenpartner leads the ace-from-space, she will usually want to know if you have theking.• Whenour partner leads an ace, then, show attitude, upside-down attitude. •Lowlike. “I have the king partner.” •Highhate. “I don’t have the king partner.” |
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All things being equal (and you should THINK before leading) which is the best lead? |
The K from A K
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Besides A K A from Space what are two other good leads- and why? |
A singleton or top of doubleton- because when we are weak/short our pard may by long/strong Against SUITS, such a lead might produce a ruff! |
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What do spot card leads show? |
COUNT! |
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Sharks don't lead 4th best! What do we lead? |
3rd or 5th best |
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What is the perfect passive lead? |
3rd or 5th from nothing x x x or x x x x x |
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How do you know if pard is leading actively or passively? |
You know because you know the situations when Active Leads are indicated! |