DO
- Lead the highest from sequence of 3 honors
- Lead the higher from broken/inner sequence
- Lead low card if you have an honor
- Lead high card, often the 2nd highest if you don't have an honor
- Lead the higher card from doubleton
- Lead singleton in trump contracts if you want to get a ruff
DONT
- Don't lead unsupported honor
- Don't underlead Ace in a trump contract
- Don't lead an Ace against NT
- Don't lead a suit where you have AQ or KJ in a trump contract
- Don't lead singleton trump
- Don't lead singleton honor unless it is your partner's suit or you want to get a ruff
Lesson overview