The coup is a trump reducing play, the virtual discard of a trump by the declarer, because he has too many. This sound rather odd.
The only thing that distinguished a grand coup from its humbler brother, the coup, is that in the reducing play it is winners instead of losers that are ruffed.
Let us illustrate a grand coup, where South had to get rid of three superfluous trumps, in order to make his contract of 6
|
A Q 7
K 3
K Q 4
A Q 9 6 2 |
|
J 9 8 2
—
A 10 8 7 3 2
J 10 5 |
|
10 4 3
Q 9 8 6
J 9 5
7 4 3 |
|
K 6 5
A J 10 7 5 4 2
6
K 8 |
Contract 6
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
Opening Lead:
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
A
The
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
A followed by the
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
2. At trick two South ruffs his good diamond. This play would be automatic with a first class player in this situation. Now a heart to the King reveals the position, the declarer has still two trumps too many.
A heart is lead and the
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
10 finessed. Dummy is re-entered with the
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif)
Q, and the King of diamonds is lead and ruffed. This is followed by the
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif)
K, and small to the
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif)
Q, now the
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif)
A is ruffed with the seven of trumps, leaving this position:
|
A 7
9 6 |
|
J 9 8
10
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif) |
|
10 4
Q 9
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif) |
|
K 6
A J
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif) |
Dummy is entered with the
![](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif)
A and a good club is played. If East discards, so does South.