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If the nil bid is over to you left, okay, then this is a really ideal situation, because
you want to lead through the nil bid and force them to play low and give your partner a chance
to get rid of their high cards behind the nil. This is an ideal situation. So you want
to lead your low cards. Do not lead high cards against nils. You'll make the opponents happy,
you'll make your partner unhappy and the results will not be very pleasing. Nothing is worse
than be cashing aces and queens and let the nil bidders get rid of their kings, queens,
and jacks of their own suits. So leading low cards against a nil, creates an ideal situation
if the nil is over on this side, the idea is to force the cover hand to go up. For example,
if you're playing the deuce of diamonds, you're forcing that hand to go up in front of the
nil bids. He's not going to play a three because if you go deuce three and your partner plays
a four that nils gone so again, if the nil is on the right you'll lead again as low cards
through the cover hand forcing him to go out. If the nil is on the left same strategy, lead
through the nil force him to duck, forces him to weaken his hand and force him to maybe
get into a situation where his partner can't cover him. In summary, make sure you make
your bid, if you can set the opponents on a numerical bid fine, against nils, if you
lead low cards then you'll generally have a good result.