The Analysis of Leads, undertaken in order to ascertain the cases in which the third hand should unblock his partner's suit, showed that king led originally conveys less information to partner than the lead of any other high card. It is the only case in which the lead of a high card is made without at least five in suit, or without the accompaniment of at least two other high cards.
Hence the student was told[48] that when a king is led originally, he must not attempt to unblock the suit on the first round; and this recommendation is quite sound.
It seemed strange that when ace, queen, knave, or ten is led originally, the third hand, with four exactly in suit, should retain his lowest card for two rounds; but that, when king is led, he should abandon these tactics. The conclusion forced on the Author was, that king should never be led originally, when the leader desires to invite his partner to unblock.
The cases where the leader desires his partner to unblock, are those in which the original lead is from more than four cards, the third hand at the same time holding four of the suit exactly, as explained in Appendix B, p. 287.
Therefore, the argument on the previous pages being admitted, king should never be led originally from a suit of more than four cards; and it almost follows that king should always be led from a suit of four cards exactly, which contains an ace, king, or a king, queen combination.
Lead knave, in all suits.
Holding more than two small, follow knave with queen; holding two small, follow knave with king; holding one small, follow knave with ace.
Lead king, then knave, in all suits.
Ace, queen, exactly, are marked in the leader's hand.
Lead queen, in all suits.
Holding more than two small, follow queen with king; holding two small, follow queen with ace.
Lead king, then queen, in all suits.
Ace and at most one small, are marked.
Lead ace, then king, in plain suits.
In trumps the same, holding seven trumps; with less than seven trumps, lead fourth best.
Lead king in plain suits; the smallest in trumps.
Lead ten in all suits.
(a). If ten wins the trick:—
Holding more than two small, follow ten with knave; holding two small, follow ten with queen; holding one small, follow ten with king.
(b). If ten forces ace:—
Holding more than one small, follow ten with knave; holding one small, follow ten with queen.
In case b, ten cannot be followed with king, as then partner would be doubtful as to the position of the queen.
Lead king, then ten, in all suits.
Queen, knave, exactly, are marked in the leader's hand.
Here the leader runs the risk, in plain suits, of being blocked if his partner holds ace, and one small one, originally. There is a conflict of advantages and disadvantages; in favour, the Author believes, of the lead of king, if the suit contains only four cards (compare p. 67, bearing in mind that, when that was written, the lead of any card rather than a king, from suits of more than four cards, had not been the subject of consideration).
Lead knave, in all suits.
Holding more than two small, follow knave with queen; holding two small, follow knave with king.
Lead king, then knave, in all suits.
If king forces ace, or if partner holds ace, the leader, on the appearance of the knave, is marked with queen and one small. If ace is not forced, the presumption is that the leader remains with ace, queen, exactly (see lead from ace, king, queen, knave).
Lead queen.
If queen wins the trick, follow with fourth best remaining in hand. King is marked; so, exclude the king, and on second lead continue with the fourth best of the small cards.
Sooner or later, the leader will be marked with at least five trumps originally, including king, ten; or, if he has not the ten, with at least seven trumps originally.
If queen forces ace, on the appearance of the king, the leader is marked with at least five trumps originally (one being the ten); or, if he has not the ten, with at least seven trumps originally.
Lead king.
Sooner or later, the leader will be marked with exactly four trumps originally, including queen, ten.
Lead queen.
If queen wins the trick, follow with fourth best remaining in hand (compare, lead from king, queen, ten, and more than one small, in trumps).
If queen forces ace, on the appearance of the king, the leader is marked with more than four originally.
In trumps, the same, holding seven trumps; with less than seven trumps, lead fourth best.
Lead king, in plain suits.
On the appearance of the ace, the leader is marked with queen and at most two small.
In trumps, lead lowest.
Granted that the third player will not trump an honour led originally (and he will seldom lose by passing, even if weak in trumps), the foregoing leads are clearly advantageous, as they enable the third player to employ the unblocking system, and assist him in counting his partner's hand.
The mode of leading, here set forth, has been tried by a number of good players, and has been generally approved. It is, therefore, strongly recommended to the consideration of advanced players, assuming always that the leader's partner is himself an advanced player. Notwithstanding the strong opinion in its favour entertained by the Author, it is still retained in an Appendix, that it may be tested by further trial before being positively asserted as a substantive part of the game.
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