The Scissors Coup by John Brown
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• 20 July, 2017
Scissors coup (or, Scissor coup, ) is a type of coup in bridge, so named because it cuts communications between defenders.
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• 20 July, 2017Scissors coup (or, Scissor coup, ) is a type of coup in bridge, so named because it cuts communications between defenders.
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• 17 July, 2017West led his singleton club, which dummy’s king won. South read the lead as a singleton.
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• 15 July, 2017West led the singleton two of hearts. Declarer rose with the ace of hearts and then cashed the ace and king of diamonds, throwing a heart from hand.
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• 14 July, 2017After this rather agricultural auction, West led the jack of hearts and dummy’s queen held the first trick.
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• 13 July, 2017West led a low trump and declarer won the trick cheaply in hand. Declarer could count eight top tricks.
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• 10 July, 2017West led the queen of hearts. Declarer played low from dummy and East took the trick with his singleton ace, and then had to find the entry to West’s hand to acquire his ruff.
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• 9 July, 2017The aim of the hold up is lead or tempo-value reduction: The object is to reduce the value of possibe entry-tempi in one opponent’s hand.
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• 9 July, 2017South plays in 3NT and West leads the six of hearts, won by dummy’s ten.
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• 8 July, 2017The most familiar type of elimination play is the “ruff and discard elimination”. The defender who is thrown on lead has the choice between playing on a suit, to your advantage, or giving you a ruff and discard.
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• 3 July, 2017A diamond lead would have worked well but West led the club Q. How would you play the slam when two rounds of trumps reveal the 5-1 break?