The players at tables 1 and 2 then change adversaries; dealing, playing and exchanging two fresh hands. The players at the third table remain idle, or look on.
| c | d | f | ||||||
| a | 1 | a | b | 2 | b | e | 3 | e |
| c | d | f | ||||||
| Hands 5 and 6 played and exchanged. | None. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The b and c pairs now give way to e and f:—
| e | d | b | ||||||
| a | 1 | a | f | 2 | f | c | 3 | c |
| e | d | b | ||||||
| Hands 7 and 8 played and exchanged. | 3 and 4. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
While tables 1 and 2 are playing two fresh hands, the trays containing hands Nos. 3 and 4 which were left at table 3 are overplayed by the b and c pairs, which makes a match between them and the e and f pairs.
Again the pairs at the first two tables change adversaries; dealing, playing and exchanging two more hands; the third table remaining idle.
| f | d | b | ||||||
| a | 1 | a | e | 2 | e | c | 3 | c |
| f | d | b | ||||||
| Hands 9 and 10 played and exchanged. | None. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The pairs a and d now give way to b and c, and the b c e f pairs play two hands and exchange them; then change adversaries for two more hands; a and d remaining idle all the time. All the pairs have now been matched but a and d, and they take seats E & W at two tables, the N & S positions being filled up by any of the other players in the match.
| any | any | ||||
| a | 1 | a | d | 2 | d |
| any | any |