Lead

Here is your suit: ♣K987

You are on lead and decide to lead this suit. What card do you lead? Doesn't matter if the contract is NT or a trump contract. You lead the same card. Which card?

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Lead the 7.

Some people think you should lead the 9. Top of a sequence.

It is a sequence but it is an INTERNAL sequence. There is a higher card above the sequence. With an internal sequence you only lead the top card if it is an honour. The Ten is considered an honour but the 9 is not.

So from K987 lead your fourth best.

From KT98 you lead the Ten.