The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-10-16
ARTICLE No. 2

| ace of spades. Or, if it loses, he can still
discard the losing diamond on the ace
of spades and so has lost nothing by
the fnesse. 4
Second, he can play the ace Of spades
on trick one and then prepare to finesse
the diamond. This can be done by
leading the five of diamonds from the
dummy and winning the trick with the
king in his own hand. He should then
lead the trey of diamonds from his
hand and fnesse the jack in the dunn
my. Played in this way L must win
three diamond tricks if A holds the
queen of diamonds.
| Third, L must arrange to 6nesse the
heart suit. This can be done by leading
the deuce of hearts from US hand and,
if B also plays a low heart, Z should
play the ten of hearts. If B holds the
queen, the ten will force the ace, and
when Y next obtains the lead, Z can
again lead hearts, (the 81, and catch
the queen if it is in BIS hand. If A
holds the queen or ace queen, Z must
lose two heart tricks; but, if B holds
the queen, I can prevent it from max
ing by fnessing in the manner specified.
To accomplish this result, Z should be
careful to provide at least two re-
entries in dummy so that hearts can be
led from Us hand at least twice.
In the actual hand, Z decided to
fincsSe the spade and B won the trick
with the king. B then led a club which
| L won. Here is where L made mistake
Instead of leading diamond and play
ing the ace from VS. hand and then
taking discard on the ace of spades,
z fnessed the jack of diamonds which
B won. B lead another club which L
won. L then led another diamond,
winning the trick in VS. hand with the
ace. He then led a low heart from
dummy and played the ten from his
| own hand, forcing A to win the trick
with the ace. A then led low club
which B won. B then led a diamond
which L won in his own hand with the
King. Il had no re-entry in dummy SO
was forced to lead the hearts from his
own hand, thus letting B win a heart
trick with the queen. Played in this
way, L made only two odd, losing two
heart tricks, one club, one diamond and
one spade trick.
See how easy it is to make game by
avoiding two fr,esses when only one is
necessary, ard by preparing sufficient
number of re-crrries in dummy. There
are only two SIRE re-entries in dummy,
the ace of spades and the ace of dia-
monds. That fact should decide Z not !
to fnesse the queen of spades, for if it
loses and the jack of diamonds also
loses, there will be only one re-entry in
Us hand and there must be two.
Therefore, trick one should be won
by the ace of spades in Us hand and
the low heart led at trick two. Z should
play the ten which forces AS ace. Now, J,
no matter how the cards lie, Z should
make game. He has sure re-entry in
diamonds and can lead the nine of
hearts. This plan of play will pick up
BIS queen, even if guarded three times. .
All L should lose is one heart, one dia-
mond and one club trick. Even if there :
are four or more clubs to the queen
jack in one hand, Z should make game
by throwing the lead.
Played carelessly, the hand only
scored two odd. Played correctly, the
hand should score four odd, game and
rubber-quite difference. Study these
two example hands very carefully for
the principles involved are extremely
important and come up very frequently.