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B should play the three; his partner’s lead indicates the top card, and also shows that both ace and queen are in the dealer’s hand.
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A’s lead of ten with jack on the table indicates the top of a short suit. King and queen should be placed in the dealer’s hand.
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The lead indicates the top, probably, of a short suit. King, queen, and jack are all marked in the dealer’s hand.
ORIGINAL TRUMP OPENINGS
If a trump has been declared by the dealer it is not, as a rule, good play to lead trumps up to his strong hand; this lead would necessarily place any high trump cards that your partner may hold in a bad position. If, however, you hold a sequence in trumps and strength in the side suits consisting of combinations from which you do not wish to lead, a trump lead is admissible.
The following are given as examples of hands from which the trump should be led when the dealer is the maker. In these cases hearts are trumps.
| ♥ | ♦ | ♣ | ♠ |
| K Q J | A Q x x | K x | K J x x |
| K Q | K J x x | A Q x | K x x x |
| Q J 10 | A J x x | A Q x | K x x |