Lesson 9 - REVIEW

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R-BR 9.1 - General

There are four different ways of making tricks in contract bridge.

  1. with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., and

  4. with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

There are two basic forms of the finesse, the Indirect finesse and the Direct finesse.
  • In an Indirect finesse a . . . . . . . . . . is lead from one hand to a . . . . . . . . . .in the opposite hand.

  • In a Direct finesse a . . . . . . . . . . is lead from one hand to a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the opposite hand.

In this lesson we deal with the Indirect finesse.

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R-BR 9.2 - Indirect Finesse against the Ace

Finesse Situation 1 - King against Ace and Queen

How do you plays this card combination ?

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This line of play will have a . . . . % chance of success.

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Finesse Situation 2 - King and Queen against the Ace

How do you plays this card combination ?
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This line of play will have a . . . . % chance of success of winning 2 tricks.

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Finesse Situation 3 - King and Queen in separate hands against the Ace

How do you plays this card combination ?

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R-BR 9.3 - Indirect Finesse against the King

Definition
Two cards separated by a one card gap is called a . . . . . . . . .

For example . . . . . . . .     . . . . . . . .     . . . . . . . . .

Finesse Situation 4 - Ace Queen tenace against the King

How do you plays this card combination ?

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Finesse Situation 5 - Ace and Queen in separate hands against the King

How do you plays this card combination ?

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Finesse Situation 6 - Queen and Jack against the Ace and King

How do you plays this card combination ?

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With two danger cards held by the Opponent . . . . . % of the time they will be divided equally between the two hands. The other . . . . .% of the time both cards will be in one hand, . . . . . % of the time by West and . . . . . % of the time by East.
Only when East holds both the A and K (. . . . . % chance) will you end up losing both Dummy's Q and J.

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Finesse Situation 7 - Q and J in separate hands against A and K

How do you plays this card combination ?

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R-BR 9.4 - Indirect Finesse against the Queen

Finesse Situation 8 - Ace King and Jack against the Queen

How do you plays this card combination ?

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Answer

Eight ever, Nine never

  • With . . . . . cards or less in a suite in the combined hands . . . . . . . . . . . . the Queen.

  • with . . . . . . . cards or more play for . . . . . . . .

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Finesse Situation 9 - Two way finesse against the Queen

How do you plays this card combination ?

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R-BR 9.5 - Finesse Thinking

Bridge is very much a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , and the finesse technique fits of course right in with this principle.

Good players will always try to follow the line of play with the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rate of success.

A finesse should therefore always . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Before the start of play always ask yourself :

  1. Will taking this finesse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?

  2. If this finesse looses, can it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?

  3. What are the odds of this finesse, and is there a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?
Here is an example of such thinking.
The contract is 4H, and the opening lead is the King of Diamonds.

Declarer
H - K Q J 10 9 8
S - 3 2
D - A 7 3
C - A Q 		Dummy
H - 7 6 2
S - A Q 9 6 5
D - 6
C - 8 7 5 2

What is your game plan ?

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Is there a line of play with a 100% chance of success ? . . . . . .

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