Third & Fifth Leads
Rev: June 8, 2000
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Usually against
suit contracts, though some play it against notrump contracts. Purpose is to
help partner count the hand.
If holding a sequence
one will still lead the top of the sequence, otherwise:
 |
With an even
number of cards lead highest card affordable telling partner you have
a suit with 2, 4, or 6 cards (or it could be a singleton). |
|
With an odd number
of cards lead the lowest card telling partner you have a suit with 1,
3 or 5 cards. |
Length Leads Using 3rd and 5th (high-low for even,
low-high for odd)
xx, xxx, xxxx, xxxxx,
xxxxxx, AKx, T9x, KQx, KJTx,
QJx, KT9x, JT9, QT9x, KQT9