But if I know you're opening with a 2, wouldn't I just lead a 2 as well? There is no best first card, actually. As long as you're following a strategy which I can anticipate any part of, I'm at an advantage over you. In this case, the advantage is slight, since I can make your 2 worth a contested point you might want to throw a high card on, instead of just a point to me which took a 10 or something. It's definitely useful to think about the different length suits. As you get to 4 cards, you get into Level 3 Yomi- there's a best card you want to play (4) and I have a counter (1) but you have the counter to my counter (2) and I have the counter to that (3) which is countered by your original best play (4). The 3 is third level yomi, and the fourth is loop around of first level yomi. It's the beginning of true strategiery! (Note:Made up/nonsense word for strategy.)