First lead strategy for beginners – which SUIT to lead

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DO

  • Lead your partner's suit
  • Lead your longest unbid suit against NT
  • Lead your singleton against trump contract
  • Lead the suit with a sequence
  • Lead of the suit without an honor is passive, lead of the suit with an honor is active

DONT

  • Don't lead the declarer's long suit
  • Don's lead the suit with an ace against trump contract and if, lead the Ace
  • Don't lead singleton trump or singleton K

Lesson overview