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|Test the waters before finessing that Queen 1|cs|3|at|

 




                  {compiled by Harold Schogger}|cs|5|at|






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            (5th blackened icon along bottom line)|pg||st||nt|Some people are finesse mad and as soon as they see any KJ combination they want to finesse|md|CAKJ9,CQD2,C6543,Ct872|sk|ns|wt|n|pcpgpgpg||nt|you have that FATAL King Jack in hand and you are on your merry finessing way and lead the 3 from the North hand and when East follows small you try that @cJ|pc|c3|pc|c2|pc|cj|pc|cq|pg||nt|some time later you regain the lead and play the @cA  and west shows out not following suit|wt|s|pc|ca|pc|d2|pg||nt|Why did I take that finesse when the Queen was a singleton from the start ?|cs|4|at|

{^*BMaybe I should have tested the waters first before committing to an immediate finesse^*N}|st||pg||nt|Let me replay the hand and play the Ace first and I can always go over to the dummy afterwards to finesse second time around if West doesn't have that singleton Queen|md|CAKJ9,CQD2,C6543,Ct872|cs|4|at|

      {^*B I don't have to embarrass  myself at trick one^*n}|pg||nt|I'll start with the @cA  this time around and see what happens|wt|s|pc|ca|pc|cq|pc|c3|pc|c2|cs|4|at|

                                 {That's brilliant poor West has singleton Queen and                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                 I am so pleased that I didn't finesse first time around }|pg||nt|I better cash the King now to see if West is falsecarding and still has another club|pc|ck|pc|d2|pc|c4|pc|c7|pg||nt|          
                                now its a matter of getting over to North and making a legitimate finesse 
                                 against East for the remaining @c10|pg||md|CAKJ9,CQD2,C6543,Ct872|sk||nt|you can now see all four hands laid out and how futile it is to take that finesse straight away|pg||bt||nt|



                        ^*BDon't        be         a        finesse        freak^*N|cs|4|at|



                        {^*BTEST        THOSE       WATERS      FIRST^*N}|||||pc|C3|pg||