Deal 8	♠ A Q ♥ 6 4 3 ♦ 8 7 4 2 ♣ 6 5 3 2		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1♣ pass 1NT pass 3♣ pass 4♣ pass 5♣ pass pass pass South is to play 5♣. West leads the ♠J. Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
	♠ K 9 ♥ A J 9 ♦ 6 ♣ A K Q J 9 8 7

 

Deal 8 5♣ OL: ♠J	♠ A Q ♥ 6 4 3 ♦ 8 7 4 2 ♣ 6 5 3 2		South is to play 5♣. West leads the ♠J. Losers:   ♠ = 0   ♥ = 2   ♦ = 1   ♣ = 0   Total = 3 You have no way to get rid of the Fast ♦ loser, but you might be able to eliminate one of the ♥ losers. If East holds either ♥ K 10 x or ♥ Q 10 x then a Deep Finesse would save one loser. Should you pull trumps right away?  NEXT
	♠ K 9 ♥ A J 9 ♦ 6 ♣ A K Q J 9 8 7

 

Deal 8 5♣ OL: ♠J	♠ A Q ♥ 6 4 3 ♦ 8 7 4 2 ♣ 6 5 3 2		South is to play 5♣. West leads the ♠J. Losers:   ♠ = 0   ♥ = 2   ♦ = 1   ♣ = 0   Total = 3 You have no way to get rid of the Fast ♦ loser, but you might be able to eliminate one of the ♥ losers. If East holds either ♥ K 10 x or ♥ Q 10 x then a Deep Finesse would save one loser. Should you pull trumps right away? No, you cannot pull trumps yet. For the Deep Finesse to work you must lead twice from dummy. The only way to get into dummy twice is in the ♠ suit and one of those times must be at trick 1. Win the first trick with dummy's ♠Q and play a ♥ to your ♥9. Assume West wins with the ♥K or ♥Q, and plays another ♠. In dummy for the last time, play a ♥ to your ♥J and hope it wins.  NEXT to see all four hands.
	♠ K 9 ♥ A J 9 ♦ 6 ♣ A K Q J 9 8 7

 

Deal 8 5♣ OL: ♠J	♠ A Q ♥ 6 4 3 ♦ 8 7 4 2 ♣ 6 5 3 2		As you can see, you must play ♥s twice from dummy in order to take the two finesses. So you couldn't pull that one round of trumps because you couldn't waste either visit to dummy for anything other than the ♥ finesses.  Deal 9
♠ J 10 8 6 3 ♥ Q 8 7 ♦ A Q 10 5 ♣ 4		♠ 7 5 4 2 ♥ K 10 5 2 ♦ K J 9 3 ♣ 10
	♠ K 9 ♥ A J 9 ♦ 6 ♣ A K Q J 9 8 7