Trick 3.—A is placed in a difficult position.
Trick 7.—With the best trump against him, Z must force the commanding trump, for, no matter how the adversaries play, the spade suit must be brought in.
REFUSING TO ACCEPT A FORCE
It is the first game, score eight all. Z deals and makes it hearts.
| ♠ Q 4 3 | |||
| ♣ A 10 9 8 7 5 | |||
| ♦ 7 5 | |||
| ♥ 9 3 | |||
| ♠ 6 2 |  | ♠ 10 7 | |
| ♣ K | ♣ Q J 6 | ||
| ♦ A K Q 8 3 2 | ♦ J 10 9 6 4 | ||
| ♥ J 10 8 2 | ♥ 7 5 4 | ||
| ♠ A K J 9 8 5 | |||
| ♣ 4 3 2 | |||
| ♦ —— | |||
| ♥ A K Q 6 | |||
| TRICK | A | Y | B | Z |
| 1 | K♦ | 5♦ | 6♦ | 2♣ |
| 2 | Q♦ | 7♦ | 9♦ | 3♣ |
| 3 | K♣ | A♣ | 6♣ | 4♣ |
| 4 | 2♥ | 3♥ | 4♥ | A♥ |
| 5 | 8♥ | 9♥ | 5♥ | K♥ |
| 6 | 10♥ | 5♣ | 7♥ | Q♥ |
| 7 | 2♠ | Q♠ | 7♠ | 5♠ |
| 8 | 6♠ | 3♠ | 10♠ | A♠ |
| 9 | J♥ | 4♠ | 10♦ | K♠ |
| 10 | A♦ | 7♣ | J♦ | 6♥ |
| 11 | 2♦ | 8♣ | 4♦ | J♠ |
| 12 | 3♦ | 9♣ | J♣ | 9♠ |
| 13 | 8♦ | 10♣ | Q♣ | 8♠ |
The dealer wins four odd tricks.
ILLUSTRATIVE HAND NO. 8
Many players might criticise the make of this hand without realising its tremendous possibilities. A hand with five trumps and an established suit is a difficult one for the adversaries to defeat. As Z is short in two suits, there are not many tricks for the adversaries outside of the trump suit. Z hopes to find an honour in trumps with his partner which would enable him to exhaust the trumps and make his suit.
Trick 2.—Many players would find it difficult to resist the temptation of leading trumps up to the ace and queen in Y’s hand, but the danger lies in having the finesse go wrong, for this would enable the adversary to force the strong trump hand and the trump suit would be blocked. To get the lead the dealer would again have to force his own trump hand. If either adversary held four trumps this would be ruinous.