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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

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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

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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.

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