The laws and principles of whist stated and explained and its practice illustrated on an original system, by means of hands played completely through . 11) leads a club ; T makestwo more tricks in clubs, and YZ win two by cards. THE HANDS. • (Zs hand is given above.) As , Kv, 7,6,5,3,2 ^Ace, Qn, Knv ^ 6 * Kg, Qn . . ? Ys . . ^Kg, 7, 6, 5, 2 . VKnv, 10, 5,4, 3 ?7, 2 .... ? Bs , 8, 4 . .410, 9 .... ^Ace, 9, 7 . • ? 10, 9, 6, 4, 3 . ^ At Trick ^, Y plays badly to trump the doubtful spade(see p. 118). At same trick, B plays well to get rid of the-command of his partners suit
The laws and principles of whist stated and explained and its practice illustrated on an original system, by means of hands played completely through . 11) leads a club ; T makestwo more tricks in clubs, and YZ win two by cards. THE HANDS. • (Zs hand is given above.) As , Kv, 7,6,5,3,2 ^Ace, Qn, Knv ^ 6 * Kg, Qn . . ? Ys . . ^Kg, 7, 6, 5, 2 . VKnv, 10, 5,4, 3 ?7, 2 .... ? Bs , 8, 4 . .410, 9 .... ^Ace, 9, 7 . • ? 10, 9, 6, 4, 3 . ^ At Trick ^, Y plays badly to trump the doubtful spade(see p. 118). At same trick, B plays well to get rid of the-command of his partners suit (see p. 98). as A, from thelead, must have knave of spades, and Z, from the previousfall of the cards, must have the ten single. At Trick4. Ys continuing the trump is bad. after ruininghis numerical strength. For he has no particular strengthout of trumps (see his hand), and his partner is evidentlyvery weak in trumps. 168 WHIST. As the cards happen to lie, if Z does not put on ace ofdiamonds second hand at Trick 9, A brings in the spades,and Y Z lose the game instead of winning it. HAND VIII. Counting the Two of clubs turned up. Trick L
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