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||Finessing when you have good intermediates compiled by Harold Schoggeratmn|Finessing with Good Intermediates compiled by Harold Schogger|






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            (5th blackened icon along bottom line)|pg||nt|having good intermediates means having a good share of|cs|4|at|


         {8's, 9's 10's etc}|pg||st||nt|let us look at the Spade suit above

In order to make 4 tricks we will have to assume that West has the missing @sK|md|SJ965,k432,aqt8,7D432|sk|ns|pg||nt|so let us begin by playing the @s5 and if west Plays low we will try dummy's Queen|pc|s5|pc|s2|pc|sq|pc|s7|pg||nt|now we have to get back to South with one of our precious entries in the other suits  (you can at this stage assume there are entries in South)


Assume we have got back to South and we will now finesses West again|wt|s|pc|s6|pc|s3|pc|st|pc|d3|pg||nt|East has shown out and this means that YET AGAIN
we will have to return to South using up another precious entry!!

Assume you have done this and now let us finesse West for one last time by leading the @sJ|wt|s|pc|sJ,s4,s8,d3|pg||nt|we can now merely play off the remaining cards and we have made 4 tricks out of 4|pc|s9,sk,sa,d4|pg||nt||cs|4|at|
     {in order to finesse We had to return to South 3 times
  
         and this was a real pain in the neck wasn't it ?}|pg||nt|so let us start again and look carefully at all these LOVELY intermediates|pg||md|SJ965,k432,aqt8,7D432|sk|ns|nt|let us look at these intermediates more carefully

Since between the 2 hands we have everything from the Queen down to the 8 we should be able to do some finessing  without the awkardness of having to use up entries to get back to South each time|hc|Sqjt98|pg||nt|we need to be in South each time to finesse so let us manage these intermediates more carefully

Since they are all equal let us start with the Jack

This also gives us the advantage of staying in South if West plays low. Also it enables us to start a finesse  that might need to be taken three times.|lc|sJ9Qt8|pc|sj|pg||nt|west of course plays low since he knows there is no mileage in covering

We have won in the south hand and no longer need to re-enter with valuable entries.|pc|s2,st,s7|pg||nt|we can now play the 9|pc|s9,s3,s8,d2|pg||nt|because we were careful to play the Ten on the first trick

when we played this 9 we remain in South HURRAH|pgnlet us now play thwe are in South to take the last finwe can now play @s6 and take one final finess5,s4,spg||nt|We can now play @s5 and  take one last finesse against West|pc|S5,S4,Sq,d3|pg||nt|we can now plonk the ace down and we have made four tricks out of four having successfully finessed West three times|pc|sa,d4,s6,sk|cs|4|at|

       {and we didn't waste any valuable entries each time}|pg||md|SJ965,k432,aqt8,7D432|sk||nt|This was the original layout of all 4 hands and as you can see we needed to finesse west 3 times|pg||md|SJ965,k432,aqt8,7D432|bt||nt||cs|4|at|
     


                      {Just be aware of those valuable 10's 9's and even 8's}|cs|3|at|


                         {if you are well endowed, with care,  you will not have to waste any entries}|cs|2|pg||at|






                                     {HAPPY FINESSING}||pc|sq|pc|d4||pn|South,West,North,East,South,West,North,East|md|2SHDC,SHDC,SHDC,SHDC|sv|0|
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