I deal the hand, and the knock card is the 8 of diamonds. My hand is as follows: My opponent picks up the knock card and throws the 9 of diamonds, which normally suggests that he is filling in a spread of 8s. However, my first thought is that he may be using his 9 as a fisherman, seeking another 9 to be used in a run.
I draw the 7 of clubs from the deck and discard the King of diamonds, which is virtually dead. My cards are poor ones for a high knock hand, and I want to break away from high value cards having little chance of developing into melds. My opponent picks from the deck and throws— the Queen of diamonds! Whether he would have thrown it except on top of my King of diamonds is something I have no way of knowing. In any case, it does not alter the fact that my reasoning was sound on my previous play, and I do not dwell on what might have been but turn my mind to future plays. 
I draw the 6 of hearts from the deck.
My discard is the Jack of diamonds. In two plays I have filled in my hand with matching cards. But to no avail. Although the Jack of diamonds was a reasonably safe throw, my opponent picks it up for a spread of Jacks. He also holds three 8s, and knocks with 6. I have only my King-Queen-Jack of hearts to meld, and no layoffs, so my opponent picks up a net of 35 points on the hand. Dropping back to the beginning of the hand, when I speculated that my opponent was fishing for a 9 to fit into a run, it may now appear to you that my reasoning was off base. Not so.
When my opponent knocked, his turn-down card was a 10. In other words he was holding two Jacks and a 10 matching one of the Jacks in suit. He could have completed his meld with either a 9 to make a run or a Jack to make a spread. Had I given him the 9 he needed, he would have completed his meld two plays earlier. To date, the cards are running strongly against me and I must play cautiously and try to turn the tide.
Hand Five 
Since I lost the last hand, it is my deal and the turned-up knock card is the 9 of clubs. I hold the following cards:
My opponent refuses the knock card, and I pick it up. I am hopeful of a quick knock and I discard the 8 of spades, fully aware that this is a gamble since it is a wild card. If we were playing a 100 point game, I would hesitate to make this move with my opponent already holding 57 points and would instead discard the 4 of diamonds.
However, I decide that it is a good gamble, since the unmatched cards in my hand are all low value and should everything go wrong I don’t stand to lose many points. My opponent picks up the 8 of spades (my just reward for a wild play) and discards the King of diamonds. I pick the Queen of diamonds from the deck and, after moving it around in my hand, discard it.
