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|Keeping your "TENACES IN TACT 2"|cs|3|at|

 




                  {compiled by Harold Schogger}|at|









Use the  ^$40  button on the toolbar below to advance to the next page. (6th blackened icon along bottom line)|pg||st||nt|There is of course no problem if the suit breaks 22 or 31 as the Jack will come down in two or three rounds and then your 10 or 9 become high|cs|4|at|

               {But what if the suit breaks 40   - can we still guarantee 5 tricks ?}|md|C AQ943,CJ852,CKT76,D9832|sk|ns|pg||st||st||nt|What is the correct way to guarantee all the tricks then ?|cs|4|at|
  
   {In the North hand you have one tenace combination of K10}|cs|3|at|

      {In the South hand you have a Q9  tenace}|pg||nt| 
NB  the AQ is not a relevant tenace here since we have the king in the North hand|cs|4|at|
           
   {NB we are finessing against their Jack if there is a 40 break from either opponent 
                - that is why the Q9 and the K10 are the relevant tenaces}|pg||nt|   Now let me reveal all the remaining cards

  The cards can be like  this|cs|4|lc|cq9kt|at|
                                                    { with West holding all four clubs}|sk||pg||nt|
          or like this |md|C AQ943,D9852,CKT76,CJ852|cs|4|at|

                                                       { with East holding all four clubs}


|pg||nt|In order to finesse either player we will need to keep those Tenaces in tact in BOTH HANDS NOW|sk|ns|hc|Cktq9|cs|3|at|

              {so let us deal with the second example first where East turned up with 4 clubs}|pg||nt|Bearing all this in mind we start with the Ace retaining the Q9 and K10 tenaces|hc|cktq9|pc|ca|pc|d2|pc|c6|pc|c2|pg||nt|Although the suit has broken badly we can now go over to dummy's King and finesse East for the Jack as follows|pc|c3,d3ck,c5|st||pg||nt|Now we are in dummy we play the 7 ready to finesse our 9 as follows|pc|c7,c8,c9,d8|pg||nt|Now we can plonk down our Ace and bring in the last two club winners not losing a trick in the suit|pc|cq,d9,c10,cj|cs|2|at|

         {the @c4 is now high}|pg||nt|Now let us look and se what happens when West has all four clubs|md|C AQ943,CJ852,CKT76,D9832|cs|4|at|
   
                   {Again we must remember to keep the Q9 and K10 tenaces in tact
                    so again we can start with the Ace}|pc|ca|pg||nt|west follows low and East shows out|pc|c2,c6,d2|pg||nt|now its just a matter of taking the marked finesse against  West  to bring in the whole suit for no losers.|pg||nt|Now let's see what might have happened had we been careless and not kept both tenaces in tact|pg||md|C AQ943,CJ852,CKT76,D9832|lc|cq9kt|nt|we just cash the King first (since we are following that other rule of high card from short hand!!!)|wt|n|pc|ck,d2,c3,c2|cs|4|at|

{Oh Dear, no second chances, now West gets to make his @CJ          UGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!}|pg||bt||nt|

                  Look for a tenace in either hand, and sometimes you might have to keep
                  the tenace in both hands as with these examples covered|cs|4|at|

     {Now make sure you Keep that TENACE IN TACT (TITS to you)}|cs|3|at|




                              {or if you prefer RETAIN THE TENACE    
                    ("raise the Titanic"- See Ron Klinger's Book     
                                Improve  Your Bride Memory)}|cs|2|at|







          {look out for  more examples soon}|