TON
Top of Nothing. This tells partner
that
you have nothing higher than this card. By seeing Dummy and his hand he
knows what honors Declarer has. Example: With 
8 5 4 lead the 8 .
MUD
Middle Up Down. When the suit
is
played again
your partner will know the highest
card
you have
in the suit and how many (3).
Example: With 
9 4 2 lead the 4
then the 9 .
When and where to use MUD or TON
leads
is by partnership agreement.
HIGH / LOW DOUBLETON
Try to ruff the third round.
Let
partner know that you have two of the suit by playing a high card then
a low card. Similar to the Count Signal. High / Low shows an even
number of cards. You can show the doubleton on opening lead or when
partner
or Declare play cards. Hope that your partner sees your cards and makes
use of the information. Example: With 
7 3 play the 7 .
Later when you play the 3 ,
partner will know that you started with a doubleton Diamond.
FOURTH BEST
If you have no sequences, and want to
lead
a suit headed by an honor, then lead the fourth
card from the top. Example: With 
Q 8 5 3 2 lead the 3 .
(see FOURTH BEST)
Why
the
Fourth Best? If your partner knows that you lead Fourth Best he
can
get a count of the suit. If you lead the 2 he will know you
started
with a four card suit. If you lead the 3 and he does not see the 2 then
he will know that you probably started with a 5 card
suit.
The
lead
of the Fourth Best also lets your partner use the Rule of Eleven
which places the high cards in that suit. What is the Rule of Eleven?
Eleven
what?. . . . To be continued. (see RULE
OF 11)
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