Bridge play: winning six diamond contract with spade finesse
West leads a club, you win with dummy, and after drawing trumps you finesse a spade sequence. By leading low toward dummy and then another spade after a favorable club ruff, you gain about 75 percent for success, versus a 36 percent spade 3-3 split.
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Horoscope by Jacqueline Eigar: A Mixed Day Guide
The stars forecast Aries a brief teamwork moment and keen insight, Taurus shows outreach with a nerve to accept new views, Gemini urges breaking patterns and cooperation, Cancer gains insight through humor and reflection, Leo stays steady amid excitement, Virgo welcomes imagination but slow pace, Libra should process feelings at home, Scorpio keeps talks moving with shared ideas, Sagittarius wary of financial risk, Capricorn sensitive to others’ limits, Aquarius stays low profile and gathers financial information, Pisces acts as conductor choosing measured responses tonight.
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