[Fluffy]

♠KJxxxx
♥109xx
♦xx
♣x


(4NT)-pass-(6♦)-all pass

4NT is minors, they are favourable.

your turn.

[Free]

♣

[TylerE]

Would help to know what 4N means. Minors I'm assuming?

[ArtK78]

Edited. A spade lead is not unreasonable. A decision has to be made. What are the odds that partner has the ♣A and can give me a ruff or, alternatively, the ♦A and can give me a ruff as opposed to the odds that we can cash or set up a spade trick which will cash before partner's hypothetical trump trick is dislooged.

I can't really decide between a club and a spade.

[gnasher]

I'd lead a club, as the easiest way to beat the contract.

[CSGibson]

♣. A spade lead is too much of a parlay - it says either partner has the spade ace and another trick, or that there is a losing 2nd round spade and no ability to pitch it on hearts. I don't see that as particularly likely - not only does our length make it more likely that North has spade shortage, but South would be far less likely to bid 6 off 2 quicks in a major, I think - at least, it would give me pause.

a club has the benefit of having a clear path to defeating the contract, with the risk of maybe killing partner's 3rd round club trick. Oh well.

[nige1]

Fluffy, on 2013-July-19, 12:06, said:

♠ K J x x x x ♥10 9 x x ♦ x x ♣ x
(4NT)-pass-(6♦)-all pass. 4NT is minors, they are favourable.

IMO ♠ = 10, ♣ = 9, ♥ = 8,♦ = 2. (Upgraded ♣ lead, in the light of persuasive arguments by Gnasher, CSGibson, and Mr Ace - although I fear that it's likely to clear up the ♣ suit for declarer)

[PhilKing]

4NT minors. Hmmm, that's unlikely to be done without 6-6 distribution, I would think, but it would be nice to know for sure.

Anyway, a club looks like the best chance for two tricks. Trying to grab a major suit trick looks like a mugs game.

[MrAce]

I am with those who leads ♣

But hard to hit the right lead when the hand is posted in BBF, especially in "interesting hands" Leading your stiff vs a suit slam ? Naaa it would not make its way to here if that was the case. More likely we are cashing 2 fast spade tricks.(which is possible if you hit the ♠ A with your pd, 4NT opener has 2 spades and 6♦ bidder was gambling/hoping for non spade lead or expecting hispd to have it, while club lead needs pd to hold any minor ace for success.

[Fluffy]

MrAce, on 2013-July-20, 05:18, said:

I am with those who leads ♣

But hard to hit the right lead when the hand is posted in BBF, especially in "interesting hands" Leading your stiff vs a suit slam ? Naaa it would not make its way to here if that was the case. More likely we are cashing 2 fast spade tricks.(which is possible if you hit the ♠ A with your pd, 4NT opener has 2 spades and 6♦ bidder was gambling/hoping for non spade lead or expecting hispd to have it, while club lead needs pd to hold any minor ace for success.

Wrong post for your logic, here I led a spade and let it make when partner had ♦A and some useless honors in the majors (♥KQ I think). Dummy had ♦K10xxxx ♣AK10xxx.

But had you posted this logic on the pitch or finesse hand you would had triumph , pitch goes down there.

[MrAce]

Fluffy, on 2013-July-20, 05:48, said:

Wrong post for your logic, here I led a spade and let it make when partner had ♦A and some useless honors in the majors (♥KQ I think). Dummy had ♦K10xxxx ♣AK10xxx.

But had you posted this logic on the pitch or finesse hand you would had triumph , pitch goes down there.

Well.....i knew one of these days someone will post a problem where the most likely winning action is actually the winning action in "interesting hands" section. So that should be it I was wrong in my previous assumption, i owe you a beer or 2 when we meet