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- When you finesse, you play the suit as if a certain opponent had one or more of the honors you're missing. To run a finesse, first try to visualize where you need a missing honor to be. Then lead the suit through the opponent you hope has the honor (arrange for him to be second to play to the trick).
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Glossary. Finessing. a technique that can help you, as declarer, win a trick even when you hold a lower card than your opponents. For example, you hold Q while the opponents hold K. Finessing is one of the first techniques people come across when learning bridge.
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By the end of this chapter you should understand the following terms: The finesse: The attempt to gain power for lower ranking cards by taking advantage of the favourable position of higher ranking cards held by the opponents. A double finesse: A finesse against two missing honour cards simultaneously.
A Finesse can be defined as: Gaining tricks with cards that are not the highest by their position relative to other higher cards. The finesse is one of the first card techniques we are taught; the mechanics are reasonably simple to describe and relatively easy to apply. Whilst teaching explains the principle of the
FINESSE. Is a Card Play Technique. Is a manoeuver that involves surrounding/trapping an important missing card. Is commonly used, much-needed and much-loathed . There are 5 types of Finesses often defined as DIRECT, INDIRECT, BACKWARD, RUFFING, OBLIGATORY.
- General
- Simple Finesse
- Leading Up to An Honor
- Combining A Finesse with Knocking Out A Stopper
- A Double Finesse
- Separated Double Finesse
- Two-Way Finesses
- Issues Related to Finesses
- Conclusion
When it comes to taking tricks, the immediate winners are the basics. Then come the winners that we can develop using Promotion, Length, or Finesse. Here we look in detail at the technique of finesse. A finesse is an act of taking a trick in a suit with a card that is not the “master” card in that suit. We do this by taking advantage of the locatio...
In a simple finesse we lead up towards two honors and try to produce an extra trick (or a first trick) that we could not take by leading that suit from the side that contains the honors. If the missing honor is “onside” (where we want it to be), we produce an additional trick. Here are some examples: 1. AQ 2. KJ 3. AQJ This finesse can be repeated....
A variation on a finesse (setting up an honor trick that is not certain to set up, depending on the location of another honor) is leading up towards an honor. Here are some examples: 1. Axx Qxx We want the King onside (leading small up to the Q). 2. xx Kx We want the Ace onside. 3. xxx KQx We want the Ace onside and to lead up to our honors twice.
There are also plays that combine a finesse with setting up tricks by knocking out an honor. This is sometimes called a Repeatable Finessein that if it wins, we can repeat it to produce the maximum number of tricks, and even if it loses we will be left with winners. 1. AQJT xxx 3 tricks for certain and 4 tricks if the finesse works. 2. AKJT xx 3 tr...
A Double Finesseis a finesse (leading up towards honors) that needs one (or both) of two missing honors onside. Here are some examples: 1. AJT xxx If either the K or Q are onside we will have 2 tricks. 2. AQT xxx If either the K or J are onside we will have 2 tricks (3 tricks if both are onside.) 3. AKT9 xxx If either the Q or J are onside we will ...
If we have lots of good spot cards supporting our honors, then we can take a double finesse even if our honors are in separate hands. We will lead an honor (like we did in our previous split honors example) and we only need one of two (or both) of the missing honors onside for the finesse to develop extra tricks. Some examples: 1. AQx T98 If the K ...
A Two-Way Finesseis usually just a simple finesse (though it can be a double finesse) that we can take through either player – we can lead up to either hand. The classic and very common example of this is a two-way finesse on the Queen of a suit. 1. AJx KTx We can finesse either player for the Queen with this holding. This two-way finesse can be co...
When we are considering using the techniques of finesse to try and develop additional tricks for our side there are many things to take into consideration. Some of these are: 1. Top Tricks vs. Potential Tricks– Finesses are potential tricks that we are trying to develop into winners (they have a chance of becoming winners, but they are not certain ...
There are many declarer play topics related to finesses that can help us make decisions about whether to take a finesse or which finesse to take: probability, controls, counting, etc. The important part of the discussion is for you to have a clear and simple understanding of a basic finesse -- how it works and what we need to consider when thinking...
What is a marked finesse? The marked finesse happens when one opponent has shown out of cards in the suit. We then know which opponent has the remaining cards.
