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Level 6 - Elimination

Elimination Notes​

  • Certain cards are so important that they must always be saved in normal situations, and discarding them promises that the duplicate is elsewhere in the hand.
  • These are known as Elimination Notes, which are slowly reduced as more information is learned.
  • Elimination notes are only written when:
    • a delayed playable card (or 2) is called to discard
    • a delayed playable card (or 2) is given Permission To Discard while there were 2+ clues
  • If elimination notes for a playable identity are reduced to a single card, even if it has 0 positive clues, that player is Loaded and is expected to play that card.
  • Otherwise, elimination does not apply.
Alice discards a playable r3 from slot 1, while having yellow clued in slot 3 and 4 clued in slots 4 and 5.
Alice discards a playable r3 from PTD, resulting in Elimination Notes for the second copy of r3 in slot 2. Alice is now Loaded.

Special Discards​

Sarcastic Discard​

  • Occasionally, multiple copies of an identity may end up between both players' hands.
  • This is typically resolved by having the player who realizes the duplication first discard their copy.
  • The other player is promised to have the duplicate, but it could be anywhere except chop (it may not even be clued).
    • The exception is when the discarded card is playable, which is referred to as a Gentleman's Discard and described below.

Gentleman's Discard​

  • When a playable card is discarded, the duplicate is promised in partner's rightmost possible position.
    • If the duplicate is not in the rightmost position, the card cannot be discarded, or a bomb will occur.
    • The exception is when a Layered Gentleman's Discard is performed, described below.
Alice has a clued b3 and a clued b5, while Bob has a known playable b3.
Bob cannot perform a Gentleman's Discard by discarding b3, otherwise Alice will bomb b5.

Layered Gentleman's Discard​

  • A Gentleman's Discard can be performed even if the duplicate isn't in the rightmost position as long as all possible positions until the duplicate (from the right) are playable.
  • This is known as a Layered Gentleman's Discard, since the duplicate is layered behind the other playable cards.
Bob has a playable g4. Alice has a playable g4 and p2 in slots 3 and 4, with a clued b2 in slot 5.
Bob can perform a Layered Gentleman's Discard discarding g4, which causes Alice to play p2 and then g4.

Trash Order Chop Move​