Finesse
CARD PLAY
Trying to win a trick with a lower honor by leading toward it, hoping the missing higher card sits in front of it — a roughly 50-50 shot that costs nothing to try.
Lead low toward AQ, playing the Q if LHO plays low.
Also searched as: hook, finessing
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Adapted from Wikipedia’s Glossary of contract bridge terms · CC BY-SA 4.0 — our adapted text is shared under the same license.