The score is 22 to 0 against the dealer, Z, who makes it no-trump. A leads for the first trick.
| ♠ K 7 ♣ K 8 ♦ Q 10 7 3 ♥ Q 10 5 4 3 | ||||||
| ♠ A J 6 4 3 ♣ Q 10 ♦ 8 6 4 2 ♥ 8 7 | Y | ♠ 10 8 2 ♣ J 4 2 ♦ 9 5 ♥ A K J 9 2 | ||||
| A | B | |||||
| Z | ||||||
| ♠ Q 9 5 ♣ A 9 7 6 5 3 ♦ A K J ♥ 6 | ||||||
| TRICK | A | Y | B | Z | ||||||||
| 1 | 4 ♠ | K♠ | 2 ♠ | 5 ♠ | ||||||||
| 2 | ♣ 10 | ♣ 8 | ♣ 2 | ♣ 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | A♠ | 7 ♠ | 8 ♠ | 9 ♠ | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 ♠ | ♥ 3 | 10 ♠ | Q♠ | ||||||||
| 5 | ♣Q | ♣K | ♣ 4 | ♣ 5 | ||||||||
| 6 | 2 ♦ | 3 ♦ | 5 ♦ | A♦ | ||||||||
| 7 | 6 ♠ | ♥ 4 | ♣J | ♣A | ||||||||
| 8 | J♠ | ♥ 5 | ♥ 2 | ♣ 9 | ||||||||
| 9 | 4 ♦ | ♥ 10 | ♥ 9 | ♣ 7 | ||||||||
| 10 | 6 ♦ | ♥Q | ♥J | ♣ 6 | ||||||||
| 11 | 8 ♦ | 7 ♦ | 9 ♦ | K♦ | ||||||||
| 12 | ♥ 7 | Q♦ | ♥ K | J♦ | ||||||||
| 13 | ♥ 8 | 10 ♦ | ♥ A | ♥ 6 | ||||||||
The dealer wins eleven tricks.
Notes on Illustrative Hand No. 9
Trick 1.—The correct second in hand play of this combination is the queen, hoping to win two tricks in the suit. Z, in order to win three by-cards and the rubber, must take a finesse in spades; and so not only refuses to play the queen second in hand, but will not take the trick fourth in hand. His object is to wait until B's last heart has been played.
Trick 2.—If B starts the diamond suit, the dealer cannot make more than the odd trick; but the situation looks as if A holds both ace and king of hearts.
Trick 3.—A, having a possible re-entry card, must establish his suit.
Trick 4.—Z leads the club suit in order to force discards, and arranges the lead so that his tenace in spades may be led up to.