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CERTAIN OBSERVATIONS, WHEREBY YOU ARE ASSURED THAT YOUR PARTNER HAS NO MORE OF THE SUIT PLAYED EITHER BY YOURSELF OR HIM.
1. Suppose you lead from queen, ten, nine, and two small cards of any suit, the second hand puts on the knave, your partner plays the eight: you holding queen, ten, and nine, it is a demonstration that he can have no more of that suit. Therefore play your game accordingly, either by forcing him to trump that suit, should you be strong in trumps, or by playing some other suit.
2. Suppose you have king, queen, and ten of a suit, and you lead your king, your partner plays the knave; this demonstrates he has no more of that suit.
3. Suppose you have king, queen, and many more of a suit, and begin with the king, in some cases it is good play in a partner, when he has the ace, and one small card in that suit only, to win his partner's king ; for suppose he is very strong in trumps, by taking his partner's king, he trumps out, and after clearing the board of trumps, returns his partner's lead ; and having parted with the ace, has made room for his partner to make that whole suit, which possibly could not have been done if he had kept the command in his own hand. And supposing your partner has no other good card besides that suit, nothing is lost by the ace taking the king; but if you have a good card to bring in that suit, you gain all the tricks made in the same, by this method of play. And as your partner has taken your king with the ace, and trumps out upon it you have reason to judge he has one of that suit to return ; therefore |
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