And the annual World’s Ugliest Dog contest unearthed some true diamonds in the ruff on Friday when it was held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California.—Issy Ronald, CNN, 24 June 2024 Advancing players learn the reasons to delay: to ruff losers, preserve entries, set up a fast discard for a loser, and more.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 8 June 2024 Louie can count nine tricks for South: five trumps, the ace of hearts, a heart ruff in dummy, the ace of diamonds (South surely has that card to accept North’s invitational raise) and one club.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024 Then West should continue with two more high hearts, forcing dummy to ruff, and East’s king of trumps wins the setting trick.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024 West ruffs, and the defense takes the A-K of hearts.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024 If East’s ace covers, South ruffs, leads a trump to dummy and leads the last diamond, pitching a club.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024 East wins and leads a club, and South ruffs and leads a diamond to dummy’s jack.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024 If declarer leads another heart, Cy wins and leads a third heart, forcing dummy to ruff and removing a key entry prematurely.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
Verb
East couldn’t gain by ruffing a loser, so Aker took the queen and ruffed his last diamond in dummy.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024 East won with the jack and tried to cash the ace, and declarer ruffed and drew trumps.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 9 June 2024 South should ruff the second heart, delaying his discard.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024 East wins and leads a fourth diamond, ruffed in dummy.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024 Cy then takes the K-A of clubs — West can’t gain by ruffing — and, having won nine tricks, ruffs dummy’s last club.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024 Against five diamonds, West led the king of spades, and South ruffed in dummy and led the jack of trumps, overtaking with his queen.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2024 South can ruff only one diamond in dummy and loses a diamond.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024 South then ruffs a club high, leads a trump to dummy’s jack and discards a diamond on the ace of clubs.—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
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