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Foster's complete Hoyle; (1914)

Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945 · New York, Frederick A. Stokes company · leaf 44

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the King, the King is the card to lead, not the Ace. If the Ace is accompanied by other honours, s.uch as the Queen or Jack, it is better to avoid opening the suit, unless you have five or more cards of it. But if you do lead a suit headed by the Ace, without the King, be sure that you lead the… … But with three honours, A Q J, the Ace should be led. Mules for Leading Short Suits. It will sometimes happen that the only four-card suit in the leader's hand will be trumps or a suit headed by honours not in sequence, which it is not desirable to

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