cr|264|cb|2255|cg|2255|cr|1255|cb|164|cg|1255|cr|364|cb|364|cg|3255|cr|4255|cb|464|cg|464|cr|5255|cb|5255|cg|5255|bg|5|bt||mn|THE FINESSE compiled by Harold Schogger|cb|xy|nt|













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            (5th blackened icon along bottom line)|pg||st||md|Sa4,98,K6,qj|sk|ns|cr||nt|You are in charge of North and South and with the Ace and king between both the hands, you have 2 sure winners, no work needs to be done|pg||md|SA4,qj,k6,32|nt|and here|pg||md|S54,qj,ak,32|pg||md|SAQ,jt,54,k2|nt|But what if you don't have both missing High cards |pg||nt|What do you do  ?|pg||md|SAQ,jt,54,k7|nt|Firstly, let's do it incorrectly|pg||nt|we play off Ace first|pc|SA|pg||md|SAQ,jt,54,k3|pc|SA|pg||pc|St|nt|West follows with the 10, dummy the 4 
|pg||pc|S4|pg||nt|and East the 3|pc|s3|pg||nt|you win the trick with the 
Ace|pc|Sq|pg||nt|you now play off the remaining Queen|pc|Sj|pg||pc|S5|pg||nt|losing to East's  KING|pc|Sk|cs|3|at|

          {They win the trick, or more precisely East does with his King}|pg||nt|let's see what happens if we start with the Queen instead |md|SAQ,jt,54,k7|sk|ns|pg||pc|SQ|pg||pc|SJ|pg||pc|S4|pg||pc|SK|nt|Again East  wins the trick at his first opportunity with his King|pg||nt|you will subsequently make your ace some time|pg||nt|so how do we make 2 tricks out of two with this holding ?|md|SAQ,jt,54,k7|pg||md|SAQ,Jt,54,k3|nt|Let's now start from North , the hand without honours|wt|n|pc|S5|pg||npcSaqS5mdmdpc|s3|pg||pc|sQ|pg||nt|You have won the trick with the Queen  with the ace ready for a second trick shortly 

|pc|St|pg||pc|st|pg||pc|s5|pg||pc|s3|pg||nt|you now cash your Ace too  for a second trick
instead of one each|pc|sq|pg||md|SAQ,Jt,54,K3|nt|Because the King was with East you have now made 2 tricks instead of one each|pg||pgmdpgmd|SAQ,jt,54,k3|sk||nt|this shows the original layout of the opponents cards if the finesse is going to be successful|pg||nt|If, however, the King is with West, then when we try taking our finesse it will fail. 
Nevertheless a 50% chance is better than no chance.
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                                         it is better to have loved and 
                                lost than never to have loved at all !!||||Sa,j,4,k||||Saq,,54,3||Saq,,54,3||||pg|||md|SQ,J,4,K|pc|SQ|pc|Sj|pc|S4|pc|SK|pg||nt|They have now won second trick with their KINGnt|One trick each|pg||md||e,6SAQ,10,54,pcpgmdmd|SAQ,,5||||pg||pc|Sj|pg||pc|S5|pg||pc|SK|pg||md|SQ,J,5,K|tc|c|pc|SQ|pg||pc|SJ|pg||pc|S5|pg||pc|SK|nt|You have now ONLY won 1 trick||SQ,t,4,K||Sq,j,6,k||||S6||nt|West follows with the 10|pc|SA|pg||pg||nt|similarly here|nt|But what if you dont have both the top cards can you still make 2 tricks|md|SAK,,54,|A4,,k6,pg|||md|SAK,,54,,|nt|With this combiantion of cards we are alwasy guaranteed 2 winners|pg||pg||md|SAQ,,52,|nt|We are in control of the North South hands and we want to try and make 2 tricks out of two|