| Carding (Signaling) - A defensive lead and discarding agreement 
    used by defenders to provide signals, including attitude, count, suit 
    preference and useful characteristics of one's holdings: Standard Attitude 
 
      
        | 1. | Attitude - An signal 
        to encourage/discourage continuation of partner's suit lead based on the 
        rank of the card played, typically
        Standard Attitude.  
        Also see
    Upside Down Count and 
    Attitude (UDCA) and Smith Echo |  
        | 2. | Suit Preference - A signal 
        indicating partiality of a certain suit based on the rank of the card 
        played.  See Odd-Even,
        Lavinthal,
        Standard Attitude,
    Upside Down Count and 
    Attitude (UDCA), Trump Suit 
        Preference, and obvious 
        suit preference |  
        | 3. | Count - A signal showing 
        the parity of a given suit as either an even or odd holding.  See
        Standard Count,
    Upside Down Count and 
    Attitude (UDCA) |  
        | 4. | Leads - Leads 
        showing a sequence, such as leading the top of touching honors, other
        
    Opening Leads, 
        fourth best or 
        third and fifth leads, 
        Journalist Leads,  bottom of 
        something and top of nothing,
        coded 9 and 10 
        (Jack denies, 10 implies), 
        obvious suit preference, and Middle 
        Up Down (MUD). |  Also see books on
     Leads, 
    Signals
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