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| ♡2, | ♧8. | ♢6, | ♧9, | ♧A, | ♧10, | ♤K, | ♤2, |
| ♡Q, | ♧4, | ♡7, | ♢J, | ♤J, | ♤A, | ♧K, | ♡9, |
| ♡3, | ♤4, | ♧6, | ♤10, | ♡J, | ♤9, | ♧7, | ♤3, |
| ♤7, | ♢K. |
Taking up these 26 cards, without disturbing their order in any way, turn them face down, and you are ready to play out the example. As the non-dealer has the first play, you turn up four cards from the top of his hand. These will be found to be the ♡2, ♧8, ♢6, ♧9.
Begin by placing the ♧8 on the ♧9. (You could have put the 9 on the 8.) Turn up the next card, which is the ♧A and fills the space. The next card is the ♧10, and as it cannot be played, it goes into the place for discards, on the table at your right. Note that as you elected to put the ♧8 on the 9, the
