The various tables follow.
OPENING LEADS AGAINST A NO-TRUMP DECLARATION
| Holding | With a Reëntry | Without a Reëntry |
|---|---|---|
| Ace, King, Queen, Knave, with or without others | Ace | Ace |
| Ace, King, Queen, Ten, with one or more others | Ace | Ace |
| Ace, King, Queen, Ten | King | King |
| Ace, King, Queen, with three or more others | Ace | Ace |
| Ace, King, Queen, with one or two others | King | King |
| Ace, King, Knave, Ten, with two or more others | Ace | Ace |
| Ace, King, Knave, Ten, with one other | Ace | Knave |
| Ace, King, Knave, Ten | King | Knave |
| Ace, King, Knave, with three or more others | Ace | Ace |
| Ace, King, Knave, with two others | Ace | 4th best |
| Ace, King, Knave, with one other | King | King |
| Ace, King, and five others | Ace | Ace |
| Ace, King, and four others | King | 4th best |
| Ace, King, and two or three others | 4th best | 4th best |
| Ace, Queen, Knave, Ten, with or without others | Ace | Queen |
| Ace, Queen, Knave, with one or more others | Ace | Queen |
| Ace, Queen, Ten, Nine, and three others | Ace | Ten |
| Ace, Queen, Ten, Nine, with less than seven | Ten | Ten |
| Ace, Queen, and five others | Ace | 4th best |
| Ace, Queen, and two, three, or four others | 4th best | 4th best |
| Ace, Knave, Ten, with one or more others | Knave | Knave |
| Ace, Knave, with two or more others | 4th best | 4th best |
| Ace, Ten, Nine, with one or more others | Ten | Ten |
| Ace, Ten, Eight, with one or more others | 4th best | 4th best |
| King, Queen, Knave, Ten, with or without others | King | King |
| King, Queen, Knave, with one or more others | King | King |
| King, Queen, Ten, with one or more others | King | King |
| King, Queen, with five or more others | King | King |
| King, Queen, with four or more others | King | 4th best |
| King, Queen, with two or three others | 4th best | 4th best |
| King, Knave, Ten, with one or more others | Knave | Knave |
| King, Knave, with two or more others | 4th best | 4th best |
| King, Ten, Nine, with one or more others | Ten | Ten |
| King, Ten, with two or more others | 4th best | 4th best |
| Queen, Knave, Ten, with one or more others | Queen | Queen |
| Queen, Knave, Nine, with one or more others | Queen | Queen |
| Queen, Knave, with two or more others | 4th best | 4th best |
| Queen, Ten, Nine, with one or more others | Ten | Ten |
| Knave, Ten, Nine, with one or more others | Knave | Knave |
| Knave, Ten, Eight, with one or more others | Knave | Knave |
| Knave, Ten, with two or more others | 4th best | 4th best |
| Ten, Nine, Eight, with one or more others | Ten | Ten |
| Ten, Nine, Seven, with one or more others | Ten | Ten |
In all the above cases in which the fourth best is given as the lead, should the hand contain an intermediate sequence, headed by an 8, or higher card, the top of such sequence should be led instead of the fourth best. For example, King, Knave, 9, 8, 2, lead the 9; King, Knave, 9, 7, 2, lead the 7.
In any case not mentioned, in which there is not an intermediate sequence, headed by an 8 or higher card, the fourth best should be opened.
The lead of the fourth best, when it is an 8 or higher card, should be avoided whenever possible. For example, Ace, Queen, 10, 8, 6, 2, lead the 6; but never lead the lowest when holding more than four, so from Ace, Queen, 10, 8, 2, lead the 8.
In all the Ace-King combinations in the above table, in which the Ace is the conventional lead, it is selected in preference to the King, because the highest card of the partner is desired; when the King is the lead, the suit is not of sufficient strength to make that play advisable.
OPENING LEADS AGAINST A TRUMP DECLARATION
| Holding | Lead |
|---|---|
| Ace, King, Queen, Knave | King, then Knave |
| Ace, King, Queen | King, then Queen |
| Ace, King, Knave | King |
| Ace, King, and one or more others | King |
| Ace, King, without any others | Ace, then King |
| Ace, Queen, Knave[[22] ] | Ace, then Queen |
| Ace, Queen, and one or more others[[22] ] | Ace, then lowest |
| Ace, Knave, Ten[[22] ] | Ace |
| Ace, and one or more small | Ace |
| King, Queen, Knave, with or without others | King |
| King, Queen, Ten, with or without others | King |
| King, Queen, with or without others | King |
| King, Knave, Ten, with or without others[[22] ] | Knave |
| King, Knave, and one or more others[[22] ] | Lowest or 4th best |
| King, Ten, Nine, and one or more others[[22] ] | Ten |
| King, and two or more others[[22] ] | Lowest or 4th best |
| Queen, Knave, Ten, with or without others | Queen |
| Queen, Knave, Nine, with or without others | Queen |
| Queen, Knave, and two or more others | 4th best[[23] ] |
| Queen, Knave, and one or no others | Queen |
| Queen, Ten, Nine, with or without others | Ten |
| Knave, Ten, with or without others | Knave |
| Ten, Nine, with or without others | Ten |