Loser on loser

A loser on loser play is a type of declarer's play in contract bridge, usually in trump contracts, where the declarer discards a loser card (the one that is bound to be given up anyway) on an opponent's winner, instead of ruffing.^[1]

The loser on loser technique can be executed for the following goals:

to promote tricks in the suit being led (e.g. ruffing finesse)
to maintain trump control of the hand,
to transfer the ruff to a "safer" suit (e.g. in order to perform a later crossruff).
as part of an avoidance play (e.g. the scissors coup)
to rectify the count for a subsequent squeeze play.
as part of an endplay.

^ Manley, Brent; Horton, Mark; Greenberg-Yarbro, Tracey; Rigal, Barry, eds. (2011). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. p. 452. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1.

[1] Manley, Brent; Horton, Mark; Greenberg-Yarbro, Tracey; Rigal, Barry, eds. (2011). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. p. 452. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1.

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