The laws and principles of whist stated and explained and its practice illustrated on an original system, by means of hands played completely through . Trick 10. B ¥ ¥¥ ¥¥^V z Tricks { y j Remaek (Trick 10).—A plays very well in putting on theace. He wants two more tricks besides liis ace of heartsto save the game. The last trump and best diamond areagainst him. It is clear, therefore, if A has the lead afterthe second round of hearts (when he must lead a diamond),he loses the game. It is also clear that unless B has king,knave, and a small heart, the game is gone. trick 11. Trick Tricks
The laws and principles of whist stated and explained and its practice illustrated on an original system, by means of hands played completely through . Trick 10. B ¥ ¥¥ ¥¥^V z Tricks { y j Remaek (Trick 10).—A plays very well in putting on theace. He wants two more tricks besides liis ace of heartsto save the game. The last trump and best diamond areagainst him. It is clear, therefore, if A has the lead afterthe second round of hearts (when he must lead a diamond),he loses the game. It is also clear that unless B has king,knave, and a small heart, the game is gone. trick 11. Trick Tricks ¥ ¥¥ ¥ ? ? A Tricks | A B, 5Y Z, 7 YZ score two by cards and two by honors. WHIST. 245 THE HANDS. (As hand is given above.) Ys , 8, 7 . .417, 6,4 . .Kg, 10, 5 . ? Ace,Knv, 10, 5 ^ Bs , 9, 6, 3 . ^Kg, Knv, 5,3,2 ^Qn, 4 . . +9, 8 .... ? Zs , Qn, 5. . ^10,9,8. . fAce, Knv, 9, 7, 6 ^3, 2 # At Trick 2, Y is in difficulties. His strong suit has beenled by his right-hand adversary. Under these circum-stances, his best game (bad as it is) is to lead from hisstrongest weak suit. At Trick 6, Ys play in continuing the trump is open tocriticism. His better lead seems to be knave of wins his partners ten of trumps in order to draw all thetrumps. It is very bad play, for if Z passes the ten, andY leads the knave of diamonds, the game is certain. Thisis an example of the very common error of winning part-ners trick. It should seldom be done, and only if a posi-tive advantage can be well-nigh demonstrated from doingit. At Trick 11, the a
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