ruffing

Void suit strategy

Ruffing is the act of playing a trump card when you can't follow suit, allowing you to win a trick you otherwise couldn't take.

The term belongs to bridge and other trick-taking card games: She made her contract by ruffing two hearts in dummy.

A cross-ruff involves both partners ruffing back and forth in different suits.

cardplay

trump

Suit outranking all others

declarer · dummy · discard · lead · follow suit · finesse · sluff · promotion · loser · winner

cardgames

bridge

Structure spanning an obstacle

  • whistTrick-taking partnership card game
  • euchreTrick or cheat
  • spadesFlat-bladed digging implements

hearts · pinochle · tarot · canasta · bidding · partner · hand · shuffle · deal · cut

texture

coarse

Rough in texture

fuzzy · tousled · rumpled · disheveled · feathered · bristled

Categories
Opposites
card play technique

ruffingfollowing suit

Imitating another's action

discarding · sloughing · throwing off · ducking · holding up

Family

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