Opening Lead Line

When leading a suit for the first time as a defender (the opening lead and subsequent leads), the correct card in the suit is given by the Lead Line:

• Ace through Ten. These are the honour leads, showing the card immediately below and denying the card immediately above (although not necessarily higher cards than that) Eg: 
  • A K 5
  • Q J 6 2
  • K J 10 4
  • Q 10 9 4
• Nine through Six/Five(ish).These are the “high for hate leads”, saying that you don’t want the suit led back to you. Eg:
  • 9 4 3 2
  • 8 5 4 2
  • 9 3*
  • 8 3 2 
• Six/Five(ish) through two. These are the “low for like leads”, showing picture cards at the head of the suit (non-sequential ones, though, or you’d have led top of the sequence), Eg:
  • K J 5 2
  • Q 10 5 3
  • K  9 6 5
  • K 10 4