ruffing

ANSWER: You have enough values to invite game and mustn't hide your heart support when you have prime values and a possible ruffing feature in diamonds.

Bridge Frank Stewart 2010

If he plans ahead, he will correctly discard a diamond at Trick One instead of ruffing East's ace of clubs.

Bridge Frank Stewart 2010

With a knife you can do a lot more than a gun, but if your ruffing it long enough your blade will probably go dull and eventually be useless.

What's the Best Survival Weapon? 2009

A three-suit criss-cross ruffing squeeze – these pretty plays do come up at the table.

What are friends for? 2011

East exited with a club and North won the king, crossed to the ace of spades and led a diamond from the dummy – if West were to ruff he would be ruffing a loser, and if he were to follow then the diamonds "must be" 3-3.

Two unorthodox leads 2011

With a knife you can do a lot more than a gun, but if your ruffing it long enough your blade will probably go dull and eventually be useless.

What's the Best Survival Weapon? 2009

West led a spade and South was able to amass 10 tricks – he took the first seven by winning the ace of spades, crossing to the ace of hearts, ruffing a spade, crossing to a club, ruffing another spade, then cashing the king of hearts and another club.

Hoist by his own petard 2011

Perched on the rim of Michael's pannikin, this inconsiderable adventurer from out of the dark into the sun of life, a mere spark and mote between the darks, by a ruffing of his salmon-pink crest,

CHAPTER XI 2010

Then he returned to hand by ruffing a diamond, drew East's last trump with the 10, and claimed his slam.

The greatest kibitzer of all time 2011

A ♠ discard allows declarer to ruff out the ♠ queen; a ♦ discard will allow declarer to establish a long ♦ and throwing the ♥king will allow declarer to set up a heart trick by means of a ruffing finesse with the queen and eight against East's ace and seven.

What are friends for? 2011