| ♠ 9 4 3 2 | |||
| ♣ A K 6 | |||
| ♦ 7 | |||
| ♥ K J 9 5 3 | |||
| ♠ A K J 10 |  | ♠ 8 7 6 5 | |
| ♣ Q J 8 3 | ♣ 10 2 | ||
| ♦ A Q 2 | ♦ K J 8 4 | ||
| ♥ 7 6 | ♥ A Q 8 | ||
| ♠ Q | |||
| ♣ 9 7 5 4 | |||
| ♦ 10 9 6 5 3 | |||
| ♥ 10 4 2 | |||
| TRICK | A | Y | B | Z |
| 1 | K♠ | 2♠ | 5♠ | Q♠ |
| 2 | 7♥ | 3♥ | Q♥ | 2♥ |
| 3 | 6♥ | 5♥ | A♥ | 4♥ |
| 4 | 2♦ | 9♥ | 8♥ | 10♥ |
| 5 | 3♣ | K♣ | 2♣ | 4♣ |
| 6 | 8♣ | A♣ | 10♣ | 5♣ |
| 7 | J♣ | 6♣ | 6♠ | 7♣ |
| 8 | A♠ | 3♠ | 7♠ | 9♣ |
| 9 | J♠ | 4♠ | 8♠ | 3♦ |
| 10 | 10♠ | 9♠ | 4♦ | 5♦ |
| 11 | A♦ | 7♦ | 8♦ | 6♦ |
| 12 | Q♣ | J♥ | J♦ | 9♦ |
| 13 | Q♦ | K♥ | K♦ | 10♦ |
The dealer loses two odd tricks.
ILLUSTRATIVE HAND NO. 27
Trick 2.—The dealer after taking the force leads trumps in order to bring in the established spade suit.
Trick 4.—This is the critical point in the hand. A can continue to force the strong trump hand, but as the trumps are evidently all established in the dealer’s hand, it would enable the dealer to take out the remaining trumps and make the spades.
This situation is interesting and deserves careful study. It is too late to force when the adversary holds an established suit against you. You must make what you can in the other suits before giving up the lead.
Trick 5.—A overtakes the queen of clubs in order to continue the lead.
Trick 7.—B discards his only spade.
Trick 8.—A gives B the opportunity to make his losing trump.