Notes on Illustrative Hand No. 12
Tricks 1 and 2.—A leads high, hoping in three leads to drop all the diamonds.
Trick 3.—B discards a spade, plainly indicating the suit he wishes A to lead.
If the discard of a heart is made, indicating weakness, A is compelled to choose between the clubs and spades, and as he cannot afford to lead from the king of spades once protected will undoubtedly lead the jack of clubs.
The discard from weakness in this hand, should A guess the wrong suit, may lose six or seven tricks.
ILLUSTRATIVE HAND NO. 12
The Discard of Strength versus Weakness.
The score is 24 to 0 against the dealer on the rubber game. The dealer, Z, makes it no-trump, and A leads for the first trick.
| ♠ 9 8 7 6 ♣ 8 3 2 ♦ 9 6 2 ♥ 10 5 2 | ||||||
| ♠ K 10 ♣ J 10 5 ♦ A K Q 4 ♥ 7 6 4 3 | Y | ♠ A Q J 5 4 3 2 ♣ None ♦ 7 5 ♥ K J 9 8 | ||||
| A | B | |||||
| Z | ||||||
| ♠ None ♣ A K Q 9 7 6 4 ♦ J 10 8 3 ♥ A Q | ||||||
| TRICK | A | Y | B | Z | ||||||||
| 1 | K♦ | 2 ♦ | 5 ♦ | 3 ♦ | ||||||||
| 2 | Q♦ | 6 ♦ | 7 ♦ | 8 ♦ | ||||||||
| 3 | A♦ | 9 ♦ | 2 ♠ | 10 ♦ | ||||||||
| 4 | K♠ | 8 ♠ | 3 ♠ | ♥Q | ||||||||
| 5 | 10 ♠ | 7 ♠ | A♠ | ♣ 4 | ||||||||
| 6 | 4 ♦ | 8 ♠ | Q♠ | ♣ 6 | ||||||||
| 7 | ♥ 3 | 9 ♠ | J♠ | ♣ 7 | ||||||||
| 8 | ♥ 4 | ♣ 2 | 5 ♠ | ♣ 9 | ||||||||
| 9 | ♥ 6 | ♣ 3 | 4 ♠ | ♣Q | ||||||||
| 10 | ♥ 7 | ♥ 2 | ♥ 8 | ♥A | ||||||||
| 11 | ♣ 5 | ♣ 8 | ♥ 9 | ♣A | ||||||||
| 12 | ♣ 10 | ♥ 5 | ♥J | ♣K | ||||||||
| 13 | ♣J | ♥ 10 | ♥K | J♦ | ||||||||