{"id":1026,"date":"2010-12-26T21:24:56","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T05:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2013-01-09T15:59:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T23:59:36","slug":"poll-19-finesse-missing-ace-queen-12272010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=1026","title":{"rendered":"Poll #19, Finesse: Missing Ace-Queen, 12\/27\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duplicate and Contract Bridge: Finesse missing Ace-Queen<\/h2>\n

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On today’s poll,\u00a0we have good news and some bad news.\u00a0 The good news is we have 3 honors on a side suit.\u00a0\u00a0 The bad news is we are missing the Ace and Queen.\u00a0\u00a0 Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to win 2 tricks in your side suit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay, your are the declarer, your\u00a0partner and the opponents are eagerly watching how you will play this side suit.\u00a0 Go get ’em Ace!\u00a0 Or should we say, go get ’em\u00a0King-Jack-10!\u00a0\u00a0 After taking the poll, try your skill and luck (always nice to have both) at the hand below.\u00a0\u00a0 Please login for additional written commentary and downloadable files.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2660 K 4 3 2
\n\u2665<\/span> A K Q 2
\n\u2666<\/span> A 7 3 2
\n\u2663 3<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u2660 \u2014
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\u2660 J 10 7
\n\u2665<\/span> 4 3
\n\u2666<\/span> K Q J 10
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6 NT by South<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In today’s polling question, we are faced with how to play a suit missing the Ace-Queen.\u00a0 Enter the world of finesses or more properly stated,\u00a0suit combinations.\u00a0\u00a0 While our BridgeHands has hundreds and hundreds of\u00a0suit combinations, that’s way too many\u00a0for most of us to memorize<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 So on combinations like the one above, we need a general guideline we can use to follow is most situations. <\/strong><\/p>\n

And when missing the Ace-Queen and holding the Jack-10-x, the general guide when needing 2 tricks in the suit is to play low to the Jack-10-x suit.\u00a0\u00a0 In fact, you’ll find that in many instances your odds of making an extra trick are increased by first taking the *LOWER* tenace finesse, then later taking the higher finesse.\u00a0 Wow, that guideline sure beats memorizing over 700 suit combinations!<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the above hand, South opens 1 Notrump with a balanced 16 HCP.\u00a0 North bids 2C Stayman, hoping South will bid a 4 card major (up the line, Hearts first with both majors).\u00a0 And with a nice 16 HCP held by North, slam looks very possible (33 points is a good benchmark for slam, with sufficient Aces).\u00a0 When South bids 2D denying major suit support, North bids 4 Notrump – a Blackwood Ace-ask with strong interest in slam.\u00a0 South rebids 5D, showing 1 Ace.\u00a0 With a strong hand and lots of honors, North signs off in 6 Notrump.\u00a0 West is on lead and begins with the Club Jack.\u00a0 Plan your play.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Michael<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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