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            (5th blackened icon along bottom line)|pg||st||md|sk6,jt,92,a3|sk|ns|nt|You are again in charge of the North South hands BUT this time you want to try and make just one trick

|pg||pc|sk|nt|Firstly let us do it incorrectly|pg||pc|st|pg||pc|s2|pg||pc|sa|nt|East wins with the Ace|pg||Sk6,4,92,Antnt|You will now win no more tricks in this suit|pg||nt|Now let's see if we can make 1 trick|md|sk6,jt,92,a3|wt|n|pg||nt|we start  from the rubbishy side with the @s2|pc|s2|pg||pc|s3|nt|East follows with the 3|pg||nt|we boldly try the King|pc|Sk|pg||nt|west can only follow small|pc|st|pg||nt|Had East played his Ace straight away then our King will be good later|cs|3|at|
      

      {our task was just to make one trick from the holding}|pg||md|sk6,jt,92,a3|sk||nt|This is the layout of the original cards and as you can see to make that extra trick we have to start from North|pg||md|sk6,At,92,J3|nt|If the cards had been set out like this then we would have failed|cs|2|at|

     {again its a 50% chance}||You will win no more tricks in this suit||pg||pc|sk|pc|s4|pc|s2|pc|sa|pg||nt|you lost the trick to East|pg||pg||st||nt|you will subsequently lose your remaining 9 and 4 to the opponents high card|pg||st||nt|net result you lose both tricks.
|pg||pcmdmdpgmdpgpg||nt|now let us see what happens if we do it correct way|md|Sk8,q4,92,A3|pg|
|md|Sk8,q4,92,A3|pg||md|Sk8,q4,92,A3|nt|Let's now start from North , the hand without honours|wt|n|pc|S5|pg||npcSaqS5mdmdmd|Sk8,q4,92,A3|wt|n|pc|s2|pc|s3|pc|Sk|pc|S4|pg||md|Sk8,q4,92,A3|wt|n|pc|s5|pc|s3|pc|sq|pc|st|nt|you have won the trick with the King and you have made the one extra trick you wanted to achieve|pg||pgmdpgmd|Sk8,A4,92,Q3|nt|If, however, the Ace 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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