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Lesser Known Bridge Coups

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Posted 2013-March-19, 19:34

View PostCascade, on 2012-September-12, 01:00, said:

I call two plays - defensive errors - affectionately by the name "coup".

1. The Easter Coup - He has risen.

When a defender goes up with the ace in error.

2. The Elvis Presley Coup - the king is not dead

When with an king sitting under an ace the defender cashes the ace.

I suppose these could also be applied to declarer errors


Do you know why the Elvis Presley coup was named?
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Posted 2013-March-20, 02:15

View Post32519, on 2012-September-12, 03:14, said:

How about this one, called the Idiot Coup?

View Postbarmar, on 2012-September-12, 08:26, said:

Seems similar to the Grosvenor Gambit.


Maybe they are similar in a sense but I think that the idiot coup and Grosvenor are distinguishable.
With the idiot coup, you are giving declarer a losing option which he should not take. That is just good bridge.
With the grosvenor, you are giving him a winning option which he should not take.
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Posted 2013-March-20, 03:54

I performed a kind of idiot cup yesterday

♠Jx
♥7xx
♦AKxxx
♣542

♠A9xx
♥J10
♦-
♣AKQJ1063

I read from the bidding that neither opponent had 5 hearts despite bidding and raisng them, so I went for 3NT hoping partner would have ♥Q or ♦A. All true but wrong, there is no way to cash 9th trick as there is no way to reach dummy AND hand later.

On the 4th heart I pitched ♦K from dummy, LHO returned a diamond not really sure why.
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Posted 2013-March-20, 04:17

View PostGoal, on 2013-March-19, 19:34, said:

Do you know why the Elvis Presley coup was named?
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Wikipedia said:

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known by the single name Elvis. One of the most popular musicians of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or "the King".

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Posted 2013-March-20, 05:18

http://en.wikipedia....Elvis_sightings I should add too!
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