It is the rubber game, score sixteen to eight in favour of the dealer. Z, the dealer, makes it hearts and A leads for the first trick.
| ♠ 5 4 | |||
| ♣ K Q 6 5 2 | |||
| ♦ K J 4 | |||
| ♥ 7 6 4 | |||
| ♠ Q 10 9 2 |  | ♠ A K 6 | |
| ♣ 9 7 4 | ♣ J 10 8 3 | ||
| ♦ 10 9 5 | ♦ A Q 8 2 | ||
| ♥ K J 2 | ♥ 5 3 | ||
| ♠ J 8 7 3 | |||
| ♣ A | |||
| ♦ 7 6 3 | |||
| ♥ A Q 10 9 8 | |||
| TRICK | A | Y | B | Z |
| 1 | 2♠ | 4♠ | K♠ | 3♠ |
| 2 | J♥ | 4♥ | 5♥ | 8♥ |
| 3 | 10♦ | J♦ | Q♦ | 3♦ |
| 4 | K♥ | 6♥ | 3♥ | 9♥ |
| 5 | 2♥ | 7♥ | 2♦ | 10♥ |
| 6 | 4♣ | 2♣ | 3♣ | A♣ |
| 7 | 5♦ | K♦ | A♦ | 6♦ |
| 8 | 9♠ | 5♠ | A♠ | 7♠ |
| 9 | 10♠ | 4♦ | 6♠ | 8♠ |
| 10 | Q♠ | 5♣ | 8♦ | J♠ |
| 11 | 9♦ | 6♣ | 8♣ | 7♦ |
| 12 | 7♣ | Q♣ | 10♣ | Q♥ |
| 13 | 9♣ | K♣ | J♣ | A♥ |
The dealer loses three odd tricks.
ILLUSTRATIVE HAND NO. 26
Trick 1.—A is almost strong enough to lead the trump originally, but holding the ace and king of a suit his best play is to take a view of the dummy hand.
Trick 2.—The queen of spades falling in the dealer’s hand indicates that the weak hand will ruff. A leads trumps through the strong hand.
Trick 3.—B has no reason to wait for the trumps to be led through again, as he does not hold a tenace over dummy. He, therefore, leads the ace and then a low trump in order to exhaust trumps from the weak hand.
PREVENTING THE WEAK HAND
FROM RUFFING
It is the first game, score love all. Z, the dealer, passes the make. Y declares hearts. A leads for the first trick.