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 with QJ10 compiled by Harold Schogger|nt|














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            (5th blackened icon along bottom line)|pg||st||md|Sa742,S5H432,SQJt9,Sk863|sk|ns|cr||nt|You are in charge of North and South  with the Ace in one hand and QJ109 in the other and you want to entrap the King and if necessary do it more than once|pg||nt|so we will start from the QJ10 side and see what happens|pg||nt|we will play the queen and let it run|wt|n|pc|sq|pc|s3|pc|s2|pc|s5|pg||nt|The finesse appears to have worked as West did not beat North's Queen  |cs|4|at|

            {we enjoyed it so much Let's do it Again}|pc|Sj,s6,s4,h2|pg||nt|good job we were careful since west has now run out of Spades and we will need to finesse East one more time|cs|4|at|

       { we now lead the @s10 and do it one more time}|pc|st,s8,s7,h3|pg||nt|we now play out last card to our ace and 4 have made four tricks out of 4|pc|s9,sk,sa,h4|pg||nt|now let us look at the original layout of all four hands showing and see why starting with the Queen works and why you will have to take the finesse more than once if needed.|md|Sa742,S5H432,SQJt9,Sk863|sk||