Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-15
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ace OF spades. Or, II it loses, he can stfll
discard the losing diamond on the acc
Of spades and so has lost nothing b.
the hnesse.
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 2 must win
three diamond tricks if A holds tho
queen of diamonds.
Third, Z must arrange to finesse tho
heart suit. This can be done by leading
the deuce of hearts from Y's hand and,
if B also plays 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, 4 must
lose two heart tricks; but, if B holds
the queen, q can prevent it from maxi
ing by finessing in the manner specified.
To accomplish this result, 4 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
fnesse the spade and B won the trick
with the king. B then led a club which
u won. Here is where Z made mistake.
Instead of leading diamond and play
ing the ace from VS. hand and then
taking a discard on the ace of spades
Z fnessed the jack of diamonds which
B won. B lead another club which T.
won. Z 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. u had no re-entry in dummy so
was forced to lead the hearts from his
own hand, thus letting B win 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 illnesses when only one is
necessary, and by preparing sufficient
number of re-ertries in dummy. There
are only two sure re-entries in dummy,
the ace of spades and the ace of dia-
monds. That fact should decide L not
to finesse the queen of spades, for If it
loses and the jack of diamonds also
loses, there will be only one re-entry IL
Y's hand and there must be two.
Therefore, trick one should be won
by the ace CT spades in \ S hand ard
the low heart led at trick two. Il should
play the ten which forces AS ace. Now,
NJ matter how the cards lie, L 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 Z 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 a difference. Study these
two example hands very carefully for
the principles involved are extremely
important and come up very frequently.