ILLUSTRATIVE HAND NO. 9
Refusing to Win Either the First or the Second Round of the Adversaries' Suit.
It is the rubber game. Score 24 to 0 against the dealer. Z, the dealer, makes it no-trump, and A leads for the first trick.
| ♠ A Q 8 7 3 ♣ K J 8 5 ♦ J 9 ♥ Q 5 | ||||||
| ♠ 6 4 ♣ 7 3 ♦ K 10 5 ♥ A J 9 7 4 3 | Y | ♠ K 9 5 ♣ 9 6 4 ♦ Q 8 6 4 2 ♥ 10 8 | ||||
| A | B | |||||
| Z | ||||||
| ♠ J 10 2 ♣ A Q 10 2 ♦ A 7 3 ♥ K 6 2 | ||||||
| TRICK | A | Y | B | Z | ||||||||
| 1 | ♥ 7 | ♥ 5 | ♥ 10 | ♥ 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | ♥A | ♥Q | ♥ 8 | ♥ 6 | ||||||||
| 3 | ♥ 3 | ♣ 5 | 2 ♦ | ♥K | ||||||||
| 4 | ♣ 3 | ♣K | ♣ 4 | ♣ 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | ♣ 7 | ♣J | ♣ 6 | ♣ 10 | ||||||||
| 6 | 4 ♠ | ♣ 8 | ♣ 9 | ♣Q | ||||||||
| 7 | 5 ♦ | 9 ♦ | 5 ♠ | ♣A | ||||||||
| 8 | 6 ♠ | 3 ♠ | K♠ | J♠ | ||||||||
| 9 | 10 ♦ | J♦ | 4 ♦ | A♦ | ||||||||
| 10 | ♥ 4 | 7 ♠ | 9 ♠ | 10 ♠ | ||||||||
| 11 | ♥ 9 | A♠ | 6 ♦ | 2 ♠ | ||||||||
| 12 | ♥J | Q♠ | 8 ♦ | 3 ♦ | ||||||||
| 13 | K♦ | 8 ♠ | Q♦ | 7 ♦ | ||||||||
Notes on Illustrative Hand No. 10
Trick 1.—As A may have both king and queen of diamonds, Z passes the first trick, hoping to win with his ten.
Trick 2.—Many players would lead the club suit because of dummy's weakness; but in the original play of this hand B led the queen of hearts.
Trick 3.—Z starts the spade suit and finds the queen is guarded in A's hand.