The Dispatch – 5 Sep 1977 by Alfred Sheinwold
If you take two finesses, the odds are 3 to 1 that you will win at least one of them. The problem is to recognize a finesse when you see it.
South won the first spade, drew trumps and led out three rounds of diamonds, hoping that his last diamond would bo good. Since the six missing diamonds failed to break 3-3, South had to lose a spade as well as a diamond. Down one.
After drawing trumps, South best online casino should get to dummy with the ace of trumps to lead the queen of clubs. If East plays the ace, South ruffs and gets to dummy with a king to resume the clubs. South discards a spade on the next club. West can win the trick, but declarer returns to dummy with the other king to make his slam with the good clubs.
THROWS LOSER
If East plays low on the first round of clubs, South throws a loser at once. West wins, but South returns to dummy to lead the jack of clubs—once more planning to discard if East plays low but to ruff if East puts up the ace. South makes the slam if East has one or both of the top clubs. He goes down only if West has both of the high clubs. The odds are 3 to 1 that East has at least one high club, but the odds are almost 2 to 1 against a 3-3 break in diamonds.
