~Preferred Leads
Preferred Leads Against a Suit Contract
~Partner’s bid suit
~A singleton in a side suit
~High Runs
~AKQ
~KQJ
~QJT
~JT9
~T98
~Broken Runs
~AKJ
~KQT
~QJ9
~KJT
~Top of Nothing
~T87654–prefer a 6-card suit
~Fourth High
~K9754
~QT87
Poor Leads
~An Ace*
~Underlead an ace
~A doubleton in a suit unbid by partner
Preferred Leads Against a NT Contract
~Partner’s suit*
~Fourth high in a long suit–four cards or more
~A short suit when the bidding denies the suit in the enemy hands
Poor Leads Against NT
~Fourth down from
~Jxxx
~Qxxx
~Kxxx
Prefer a suit with two+ honors if only four cards in length
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