[sceptic]

Can someone explain elimination play please?

[rona_]

Bridgemaster level 3 D-4. If you have the cd there are lots of deals with explanations on elimination play. If you have downloaded from bbo the above is there. That isn't the only one, there are dozens of deals where Fred explains what elimination play is...good luck

[inquiry]

sceptic, on Dec 11 2004, 10:32 AM, said:

Can someone explain elimination play please?

Many different type of elimination plays will be explained in the Squeeze Part III thread, problems with "L". So be sure to check there in the coming days.

[EricK]

An elimination play is where a defender is thrown-in and his options are either to give a ruff and discard or lead into a tenace.

It is called an elimination play because declarer eliminates one or more suita from his hand and dummy before performing the throw in so that the defender can't play that suit without conceding a ruff and discard.

Eric

[PriorKnowledge]

In other words, you are "eliminating" the defender's safe exits

[EricK]

PriorKnowledge, on Dec 12 2004, 03:58 PM, said:

In other words, you are "eliminating" the defender's safe exits

Yes, but if there is no ruff and discard possibility then this is just a "throw-in".

At least that is the normal usage here. It maybe that the exact terminology is different in other places.

It seems like a good idea for there to be different terms to describe these different sorts of end-plays.

Eric

[daswallow]

The most common elimination play is when, in a trump contact, you pull trumps finishing with trumps both in hand and in dummy, elimate two side suits and give the lead to the defence. The defence then either have to give you a ruff-discard or open up the fourth suit for you.
There are loads of variations and this type of play comes up very often.