sometimes you have a 2 way finesse and don't want to guess, something like A,J,x in one hand and K,10,x in the other. ![]() More often tho, you're trying to get the opps to lead into a tenace of yours. so you try to arrange the play so that both you and dummy have trumps left AND the opponent thrown in has to either lead hearts or lead a suit you can trump in either hand, so you can toss a heart from one hand while ruffing in the other you don't want to lead this suit at all, you much prefer the the opps lead it. say you have, in hearts, Qxxx in dummy and Jxx in your hand. ![]() you can arrange the play so that a ruff/sluff is an option also. you're trying to avoid what luis termed the phantom endplay (you're trying to exhaust the one to be thrown in of exit cards, or to leave him with only those cards that give up a trick if led)Īt a suit contract, an endplay doesn't have to have as its aim the forcing of an opponent to lead into a tenace. anyway, the most obvious and recognizable endplays do involve stripping (elimination plays) the hand, but that's just an ends to a means. ![]() sometimes there are even 2 or 3 endplays in the same hand. you probably already know this, but an endplay doesn't *have* to come at or even near the end of a hand.
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