- have been led. The play
involves forcing that hand to ruff, only to be
overruffed. A
similar motive is met in coup en p****ant,
where indirect finesse is...
- will win a trick. But it is also
possible that a
subsequent player will
overruff (play a
higher trump). Historically, ruff
meant to "rob" i.e. exchange...
- ruffing; if
another player were to play a
higher trump, that
would be an
overruff or overtrump. The
tarot deck
contains a
fifth suit,
known in
gaming as...
- diamond,
declarer has two
unfavorable choices: if he
ruffs low, he will get
overruffed by West. If he
ruffs high (with an honor), the West's
spade jack will...
- To take more
tricks than bid or contracted. A
trick exceeding the bid.
overruff,
overtrump To play a
trump higher than any
previously pla**** to the trick...
- happen. For example, if a
defender does not
overruff,
declarer might conclude that he
could not
overruff. Or if
declarer does not ruff a
loser in dummy...
- by
means of ♦A and crossruffing, but West's ♠8 is in the way, as he can
overruff declarer's ♠7 if he
tries to ruff hearts. However, West also
protects diamonds...
- that
involves one of the
defenders ruffing high in the
knowledge that an
overruff by the
declarer will
result in the
promotion of a
trump card in
their partner's...
- 3-0
trump split, he now
ruffs another diamond in dummy. If this is not
overruffed, the
contract is now ****ured. Declarer's now
plays the king, ace, and...
- East
ruffs low, then
declarer overruffs low and
cashes the ace and king of spades. If East
ruffs high,
declarer overruffs with the ♠K and
finesses West...
