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|More Finessing compiled by Harold Schogger|cs|5|bt||mn|Finessing 3 compiled by Harold Schogger|nt|
















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            (5th blackened icon along bottom line)|pg||st||md|Saq54,t92,j763,k8d7|sk|ns|nt|with this holding how would you attempt to make 4 tricks out of 4 ?|pg||nt|For you to have any chance of making all four trick you must start from the North hand BUT Which card ?
Should you squander the @sJ ?  or should you start with a low one ?|pg||nt|let us first do it incorectly and see what happens

We will start with the Jack|wt|n|pc|sj|pc|sk|pc|sa|pc|s2|pg||nt|superficially it seesm that the finesse has worked 
BUT
 
lets see what happens next|pg||pc|sq|pc|s9|pc|s3|pc|s8|nt|we have certainly won the trick but we will of course have to lose to the outstanding 10 held by West|pg||pc|s5|pc|st|pc|s6|pc|d7|pg||nt|Oh Dear only three tricks out of four- Let us now try to replyay it carefully  not squandering that Jack first time around|pg||md|Saq54,t92,j763,k8d7|wt|n|nt|let us pls@s3|pc|s3,s8,sq,s2|pg||nt|we have won the trick. Since we dont have the 
@s10 we will HAVE TO PLONK our S@SA on the table and hope that East only has the King left|pc|SA,S9,S6,SK|pg||nt|your wish is their command |pg||pg||nt|now its just matter of playing low towards dummy's Jack to tkae out their remaining 10|pc|s5,st,sj,d8|pg||nt|you will subsequently make the estabished 7 for a total of 4 tricks out of 4|pg||sk||md|Saq54,t92,j763,k8d7|nt|seeing all four hands    lets examine why this has now worked

Because East started off with a doubleton King we finessed him at the start and then we played the Ace off to take the King second time around without wasting dummy's Jack|pg||bt||nt||cs|2|at|

          Just remember dont squander Honours                           
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