The laws and principles of whist stated and explained and its practice illustrated on an original system, by means of hands played completely through . Tricks I y z, 3 Trick 8. r B 4, 4. 4. 4»*^ A TRICKS {^B. 4 WHIST. 183 Trick 9. A Tricks < AB, 4Y Z, 5 Remark (Trick 9).—Asfinesse is unlucky. He hasno indication as to the posi-tion of the queen. The fi-nesse must not be judged bythe result. It is generallyright against one card if thesuccess of the finesse winsthe game. Tkicks 10 to 13.—YZ make two tricks in diamonds (seetheir hands helow) ; and YZ win the odd trick. THE HANDS. (As han
The laws and principles of whist stated and explained and its practice illustrated on an original system, by means of hands played completely through . Tricks I y z, 3 Trick 8. r B 4, 4. 4. 4»*^ A TRICKS {^B. 4 WHIST. 183 Trick 9. A Tricks < AB, 4Y Z, 5 Remark (Trick 9).—Asfinesse is unlucky. He hasno indication as to the posi-tion of the queen. The fi-nesse must not be judged bythe result. It is generallyright against one card if thesuccess of the finesse winsthe game. Tkicks 10 to 13.—YZ make two tricks in diamonds (seetheir hands helow) ; and YZ win the odd trick. THE HANDS. (As hand is given above.) Ys , Qn, Knv,4 4Qn, 5 ..... VAce, 4, 2 . . ?Kg, Knv, 8, 5, ? Bs , 9 .... ^Ace, 10, ... If9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 3Qn, 9, 3 . . ? Zs , 8, 5, 3 . .3, 3, 2 . . .Kg, Qn, 10. .Ace, 4, 2 . . ? 184 WHIST. HAND XIII. Counting the hands, and refusing a Hand.
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