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CROSSRUFF Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
a series of plays in a card game (such as bridge) in which partners alternately trump different suits and lead to each other for that purpose.
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Crossruff in Bridge - How to Play as Declarer - Bridgebum
In contract bridge, a crossruff is a method of scoring tricks by ruffing losers in both declarer's hand and dummy.
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[PDF] THE CROSS RUFF - Barbara Seagram
In a true cross-ruff, you must not draw trumps. You need to have them in dummy and in your hand. Therefore, if you own a long good side-suit (non-trumps) ...
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cross-ruff
▪ I. ˈcross-ruff, n. [cross- 9.] † 1. An obsolete game at cards: see ruff. Obs.1592 Greene Def. Conny Catch. (1859) 6 As thus I stood looking on them playing at cros-ruffe, one was taken revoking. 1693 Poor Robin's Alm. in Brand Pop. Antiq. (1870) II. 307 And men at cards spend many idle hours, At l...
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[PDF] Cross Ruff and Dummy Reversal
Cross Ruff: Ruff losers in both declarer's hand and in dummy: • Make extra tricks by scoring each trump separately. For example, with 4 trump in each.
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How to set up a crossruff - Andrew Robson Bridge Club
The key ingredients of a crossruff are: (1) Shortages opposite length in two suits (alternate hands) - the very essence of the strategy. (2) Good trumps, ...
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Ruff (cards)
In some cases, it is effective to cross-ruff after drawing the opponents' trumps, when this can be done with trumps remaining in both hands. In other cases, it is effective to cross-ruff only until one opponent becomes likely to be void in a particular suit, and revert to drawing trumps thereafter
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Ruff (cards) - Wikipedia
Ruffing and cross-ruffing in partnership games · A player gives a ruff by leading a card of a suit in which partner is void, enabling the trick to be taken with ...
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Crossruff: Bridge Article - Unit 390
The Crossruff. This form of trump play is made when there is a 4-4 or 5-4 trump fit (occasionally 5-3) and each hand is short in a different suit.
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[PDF] Cross Ruff Board 3 South Deals EW Vul
The keys to a cross ruff are: shortages in two suits (one in each hand), and good trumps, including spot cards. Count how many ruffs are needed without the ...
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CROSSRUFF definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
2 senses: 1. the alternate trumping of each other's leads by two partners, or by declarer and dummy 2. to trump alternately in.
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Cross-ruff - iBridge
Cross-ruff. You are cross-ruffing when you ruff from both sides. In order to do this, you need to have a singleton or a void in both hands (dummy and you).
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see-saw
▪ I. see-saw, int., n. and a. (ˈsiːsɔː) [A reduplicating formation symbolic of alternating movement; the particular form may be suggested by saw v., to which the oldest example refers. Cf. sitisot.] A. int. Used as part of a rhythmical jingle, apparently sung by sawyers, or by children imitating saw...
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Glossary of card game terms
cross-ruff
Two partners alternately trumping a different suit.
cross-suit
Suit of the opposite colour.
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