Tricks 7 and 8.—Clever play to unblock the club suit and to obtain the lead with the eight of spades. Z discards his losing diamonds.
NOT HOLDING UP AN ACE
It is the rubber game, score love all. Z, the dealer, makes it “no-trump.”
| ♠ 8 6 5 | |||
| ♣ K Q 4 | |||
| ♦ 7 6 5 4 2 | |||
| ♥ A 10 | |||
| ♠ A 10 |  | ♠ 4 3 2 | |
| ♣ 8 3 2 | ♣ J 10 9 7 6 5 | ||
| ♦ K 8 | ♦ J 10 9 | ||
| ♥ K Q J 5 3 2 | ♥ 7 | ||
| ♠ K Q J 9 7 | |||
| ♣ A | |||
| ♦ A Q 3 | |||
| ♥ 9 8 6 4 | |||
| TRICK | A | Y | B | Z |
| 1 | K♥ | A♥ | 7♥ | 4♥ |
| 2 | A♠ | 5♠ | 2♠ | K♠ |
| 3 | Q♥ | 10♥ | 5♣ | 6♥ |
| 4 | J♥ | 2♦ | 3♠ | 8♥ |
| 5 | 2♥ | 4♦ | 4♠ | 9♥ |
| 6 | 10♠ | 6♠ | 6♣ | Q♠ |
| 7 | 2♣ | 4♣ | 7♣ | A♣ |
| 8 | 3♣ | 8♠ | 9♣ | 7♠ |
| 9 | 8♣ | K♣ | 10♣ | 3♦ |
| 10 | 3♥ | Q♣ | J♣ | Q♦ |
| 11 | 8♦ | 5♦ | 9♦ | A♦ |
| 12 | 5♥ | 6♦ | 10♦ | J♠ |
| 13 | K♦ | 7♦ | J♦ | 9♠ |
The dealer wins four odd tricks.