ILLUSTRATIVE HAND NO. 5

Keeping the Hand Holding an Established Suit from Getting into the Lead.

The score is 24 to 0 against the dealer, Z, who makes it no-trump. A leads for the first trick.

♠ Q 10 8
♣ A K 9 8 7 2
♦ Q 9
♥ J 2
♠ 5 4 2
♣ Q 4 3
♦ K 8
♥ K 10 5 4 3
Y ♠ 9 7 6
♣ J 10 6
♦ 5 4 3 2
♥ A 9 6
A B
Z
♠ A K J 3
♣ 5
♦ A J 10 7 6
♥ Q 8 7
TRICKAYB Z
1 ♥ 4 ♥ 2 ♥A ♥ 7
2 ♥K ♥J ♥ 9 ♥ 8
3 ♥ 3 8 ♠ ♥ 6 ♥Q
4 ♣ 3 ♣ 7 ♣ 10 ♣ 5
5 8 ♦ 9 ♦ 2 ♦ A♦
6 2 ♠ Q ♠ 6 ♠ 3 ♠
7 ♣ 4 ♣A ♣ 6 6 ♦
8 ♣Q ♣K ♣J 7 ♦
9 4 ♠ ♣ 9 7 ♠ 10 ♦
10 5 ♠ ♣ 8 9 ♠ J♦
11 ♥ 5 ♣ 2 3 ♦ J ♠
12 ♥ 10 10 ♠ 4 ♦ K ♠
13 K♦ Q♦ 5 ♦ A ♠

The dealer wins ten tricks.

Notes on Illustrative Hand No. 6

Trick 1.—A leads from his only four-card suit. The dealer plays the ace second in hand in order to trump his losing diamond.

Trick 2.—The dealer false-cards so that the adversaries will not know that he holds the queen.

Trick 3.—As A led the deuce of diamonds, showing but four cards in the suit, the dealer knows that B has one more diamond. He therefore, before leading trumps, allows dummy to trump a losing card.