Editing Finesse (section)

===Intra-finesse===
Finesses which involve a second-round drop or pin are sometimes referred to as "intra-finesses".

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In the first diagram, the declarer must lead a small card from hand towards the dummy's jack for an "indirect" finesse. If West plays the queen, East's king can be finessed against in the next round. If West [[duck (bridge)|duck]]s, the declarer will drop the queen by playing the ace. In the second, the declarer must lead a small card from dummy and play the 10 if East plays low. In the second round, the ace will drop the king.

In these and similar cases, declarer's first play must be a low card through the hand with two cards; thus, he must guess the position to collect three tricks in the suit.

In the third diagram where declarer also requires three spade tricks, he must first lead low to the dummy's 9, losing to East's 10. Next, the ace drops the jack, and leaves a simple-finesse position against East's queen in the third round.  Note that this maneuver will work with any doubleton honor with West, but will cost if West holds QJx, Q10x, or J10x