{"id":1108,"date":"2010-12-30T17:26:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T01:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2013-01-09T15:52:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T23:52:49","slug":"1108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=1108","title":{"rendered":"Poll #21, Finesse: Missing King-Jack, 12\/31\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Contract and Duplicate Bridge: Finessing\u00a0King and Jack<\/h2>\n<p><noscript>JavaScript needs to be enabled for polling to work. <a href='http:\/\/www.constantcontact.com\/survey\/index.jsp?cc=ViraWidPOL'>Online Surveys<\/a> by Constant Contact.<\/noscript><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><br \/>\n <a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nOkay Bridge friends, what do you say we finish the year with some real finesse? Here at our virtual table, we appreciate holding both the Ace and Queen even if they are not both in the same hand (so called &#8220;working honors&#8221;). Yet playing in Notrump and holding the Ace allows us to control the tempo, should we wish to duck a trick along the way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>And as in real life, we&#8217;ve also included a hand with some nice body cards that might come in handy if we can figure out how to play a secondary finesse. Ah the joys of Bridge, a lifetime of learning. We here at <em>BridgeHands<\/em> wish you all a joyous New Year!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURE ON AN INTERMIM BASIS (Normally Protected Content):<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bridgehands-videos.s3.amazonaws.com\/Poll_21\/Poll_21.html\">Do you need instant gratification without study and training?<\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bridgehands-videos.s3.amazonaws.com\/Poll_21\/Poll_21.html\">Okay, go click here to go right to our animated video animation with bidding and play commentary.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bridgehands-videos.s3.amazonaws.com\/Poll_21\/Poll_21.mp3\">Or click here to download and play audio only<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/Download\/Polling_You\/123110_poll_21.zip\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to download zipped files of the above hand<\/a>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/Download\/Polling_You\/123110_poll_21.zip\" target=\"_blank\">WORD, PDF, HTML, LIN (Bridge Base), TXT (Deep Finesse),<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/Download\/Polling_You\/123110_poll_21.zip\" target=\"_blank\">PBN (DealMaster Pro, Bridge Composer), DUP and BRI (Dealing Machine)<br \/>\n<\/a>Creative Commons: Attribution &#8211; No-derivatives &#8211; Non-Commercial<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Similar to Poll #19 and 20, in today&#8217;s polling question we are faced with how to play a suit missing two honors: this time we are missing the King-Jack.\u00a0 As you will recall from our earlier lessons, we typically finesse toward the lower connected honors (giving consideration to length and placement of honors).<!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>South deals and opens 1 Notrump.\u00a0 Despite holding a lackluster 4-3-3-3 shape, South is pleased with the working honors in Diamonds and Clubs.\u00a0 North signs off in 3 Notrump with no interest in slam (holding 13 HCP and needing 33 HCP for slam, South cannot hold 20 HCP).\u00a0 <strong>Okay, off we go \u2013 West begins leading the Spade Jack.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"font: 12pt 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><!-- Board 3: Diagram --><\/div>\n<table class=\"bchd\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"left\">\n<h2>\u2660 Q 9 8<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2665<\/span> K 2<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2666<\/span> K J 8 6<br \/>\n\u2663 A 4 3 2<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<h2>\u2660 J<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2665<\/span> \u2014<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2666<\/span> \u2014<br \/>\n\u2663 \u2014<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table class=\"bcct\" width=\"64\" border=\"0\" frame=\"void\" rules=\"none\" bgcolor=\"#008000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff;\">N<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff;\">W<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff;\">E<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff;\">S<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<h2>\u2660 \u2014<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2665<\/span> \u2014<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2666<\/span> \u2014<br \/>\n\u2663 \u2014<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"left\">\n<h2>\u2660 A 3 2<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2665<\/span> 10 8 6<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2666<\/span> A Q 10 4<br \/>\n\u2663 K Q 9<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>*** To view our secure BridgeHands members bonus content below, please login***<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<strong>Please login or register to view this content.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please login or register to view this content.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best wishes to you and your loved ones in the New Year.\u00a0 Oh yes, and your Bridge partner, too!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy New Year,<br \/>\nMichael<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contract and Duplicate Bridge: Finessing\u00a0King and Jack JavaScript needs to be enabled for polling to work. 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