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Ruff (cards)

In trick-taking games, to ruff means to play a trump card to a trick (other than when trumps were led). According to the rules of most games, a player must have no cards left in the suit led in order to ruff. Since the other players are constrained to follow suit if they can, even a low trump can win a trick. In some games, like Pinochle and Preferans…

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Ruff and discard

Suit contractTrumpEndplayCrossruffing
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Ruffing and cross-ruffing in partnership games

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Trick-taking gamesTrumpPinochlePreferansBridge
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Ruffing and cross-ruffing in partnership games

Ruff and discard

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trump trumps suit ruff play declarer one card trick hand dummy bridge lead tricks player ruffing discard two cards may

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