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	Dummy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crash test dummy, full-scale replica of a human being, weighted and articulated to simulate the behavior of a human body in an accident.
		Dummy reversal, technique in contact bridge to draw the opponents' remaining trump cards.
		Dummy Hoy, an American center fielder in Major League Baseball.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dummy (222 words)

	Dummy reversal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dummy reversal (also known as reverse dummy) is a technique in the card game of contract bridge, when the declarer uses trump cards to ruff from the hand with longer trumps, and retains the trumps in the other hand to draw the opponents' remaining trumps.
		Since, by rules, the declarer becomes the player which first mentions the trump suit in the bidding, usually the hand with long trumps will be declarer's one – thus the name "reverse dummy", as the normal roles of dummy's and declarer's trumps are reversed.
		In strict sense, dummy reversal can be called that only if it yields more tricks than the normal technique.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dummy_reversal (381 words)

	Another Dummy Reversal
		The classic dummy reversal involves ruffing out one of dummy's suits in the long trump hand, using the short hand to draw the opponents' trump after the final ruff has been effected.
		I prefer that definition because this type of hand is about 10 or 20 times as common as those of the classic dummy reversal and there are a number of players who simply can't break away from the habit of counting out tricks -- more specifically losers -- from the closed hand.
		The king of spades drew the ace, and now a diamond lead was rightly ruffed high, the jack of hearts drew the ace and the queen of clubs was won with the ace in dummy.
	users.rcn.com /hobo.nai/dummy18.htm (1035 words)

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		The main principle of the dummy reversal is this: Ruffs in the long hand do not start to gain tricks until the long hand _becomes_ the short hand.
		Since the dummy reversal is simply a case of the ruffing game, except that it uses the long hand for ruffs, we won't say much more about it here.
		It is the deliberate shortening of one's trump length _relative to an opponent's length_.
	www3.telus.net /ldh/bridge/xruff.txt (4959 words)

	Trump Leads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dummy has either zero or one heart because with two, he would prefer the major suit contract.
		This type of misfit is characterized by a mere preference taken by the dummy in a part-score contract.
		When your partner has made the opening lead showing a strong holding in a suit that the dummy has a singleton or void, you must lead trump as soon as you get in, to avoid your partner's loss of his tricks by the dummy's ruffs.
	www.verobridge.com /Trump_leads.htm (537 words)

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		DUMMY REVERSAL -------------- (i) NORTH S:10xx 6C by S: Lead H H:AJx --------------- D:KJ10 C:QJxx There is no need to play for -------------- split honors in S to make your WEST
		C:Jxx for reverse dummy, ruffing 3S -------------- in hand and making dummy good.
		C:xx reverse dummy ruffing 3H's in -------------- hand.
	www.employees.org /~pradeep/bridge/notes/cond/part_1/5 (1214 words)

	sonichurricane.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Reversal Sonic Hurricane vs Reversal Kim rush super causes the same crazy multiple-superfreeze, but the duration of the super is shorter than that of the Raging Demon, so Kim stays within effective Sonic Hurricane range.
		Reversal Sonic Hurricane vs Reversal Zangief Final Atomic Buster simply causes Gief to whiff, drains three levels of Guile's meter, and causes him to sort of freeze up for a second or two until everything returns to normal.
		All Tech Throw Reversal Glitch results are independent of the Grooves used, the character performing the throw, the use of HP or HK throws, or the throw direction.
	sonichurricane.com /notebook/cvs2techreversal01.html (867 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He crosses to dummy with a spade and ruffs a heart with the eight of clubs.
		Dummy's last heart is ruffed w:th the club King, East under- ruffing.
		Now dummy has the nine- seven of clubs, and East the ten- (Please turn to -page 5) NORTH 4 J 8 Q7643 * 4 3.
	www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_083/TECH_V083_S0024_P004.txt (1725 words)

	Revisited?
		And then another happy thought occurred to me, namely that this could easily be played as a dummy reversal.
		Now we have to get back to dummy and it only remains that West isn't looking at a singleton heart, for we know he's the only one with trump left, and if he can ruff the third round, we have the tenace over him.
		Now when the short hand is the closed one, playing as above wouldn't be a dummy reversal, of course, but an attempt to make the closed hand good.
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	A Dummy Reversal
		He wins in either hand, ruffs out the last diamond (when he's there with the ace of clubs), cashes the queen of clubs (if he didn't earlier win with the queen), and now the closed hand is good.
		Declarer had won the first round of trump with the ace in dummy, and so had to win the third round in the closed hand.
		If he were in dummy at this point, the contract is assured.
	users.rcn.com /hobo.nai/dummy7.htm (1464 words)

	Bridge Definitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dummy Reversal: a play technique by which declarer makes tricks by ruffing several times in his hand and ultimately drawing trumps with dummy's trump holding.
		Entry: a card of the declarer used as transportation from his hand to the dummy or from dummy to declarer's hand.
		Ruff and Sluff: the lead of a suit in which declarer and dummy are void, which allows the declarer to discard a loser from the hand of his choice while he ruffs in the other.
	www.bridgeguys.com /Conventions/Definitions.html (2416 words)

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		Demmaj: Dummy variable 1 if panel of judges has a democratic majority 0 otherwise.
		Reverse: Dummy indicating if the circuit reversed the district court in any form or fashion.
		Policy: Is this a potential policy making case (dissents or reversal of lower court).
	www.lsu.edu /faculty/lray2/data/sppq/agcases.txt (553 words)

	bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		My vision was to trump two clubs in dummy, draw trumps (assuming they broke 3-2) and claim the rest (the last club in my hand being discarded on the long heart).
		Here it would require trumping two small diamonds in dummy with the Ace and King of trumps, drawing trumps and claiming the rest of the tricks.
		This was a better vision because, instead of requiring a 3-2 spade break, it only required a 4-3 or 5-2 diamond break together with a 4-1 or 3-2 spade break.
	www.50connect.co.uk /50c/articlepages/leisure_index.asp?sc=bridge&aID=8386 (282 words)

	ipedia.com: Contract bridge Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		These cards are from then on played by the declarer, who tells the dummy which card is to be played whenever it is the dummy's turn to play on a trick.
		Generally speaking, if they hold an even number of cards, they are unlikely to be exactly divided; if the opponents have an odd number in the suit, the cards will probably be divided as evenly as possible.
		For example, if declarer and dummy have eight trumps between them, the opponents' trumps are probably (70% chance) divided 3-2 (one opponent with three trumps, the other with two) and trumps can be drawn in three rounds.
	www.ipedia.com /contract_bridge.html (3293 words)

	A rose is a rose (printable version)
		He therefore led a heart to dummy and tried a club finesse with the queen.
		If Rose’s opening lead is a spade, South makes the grand slam on a dummy reversal.
		He ruffs, takes the A-Q of trumps, ruffs a spade and gets back to dummy with the jack of hearts to draw the last trump and claim.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=76489 (249 words)

	Two Interesting Lines
		On any other lead, I would have expected to be able to ruff a spade in dummy for ten tricks.
		Entries are a problem; I'll need four entries to dummy, three to ruff clubs and one to draw the last trump.
		The latter line has the additional chance that whoever is forced to win the second spade may not be able to play a third round of trumps.
	www.gg.caltech.edu /~jeff/html/twolines.html (809 words)

	Tenerife Bulletin Front Page Master
		K is the entry to dummy to draw the last trump.
		On the forced diamond return (a heart would establish dummy´s last heart) declarer can insert the nine to land his contract, and that´s exactly what Louk Verhees did.
		K figured to be a valuable card, South still did not feel he had enough to go to game, so in three it rested.
	www.eurobridge.org /competitions/01Tenerife/Bulletins/20WenPg3.htm (869 words)

	Baron Barclay: Bridge column (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He then saw that if the spades produced four tricks, all would be well: He could discard two clubs from dummy and ruff a club in dummy for the 12th trick.
		So Berkowitz led a trump to dummy's nine, ruffed a diamond high, led a club to the king and ruffed a diamond high.
		In the actual deal East's spades were J-7-3, so the dummy reversal-and-squeeze was unnecessary: South could easily take six hearts, four spades, a club and a club ruff in dummy.
	www.baronbarclay.com /sheinwold/070305.html (264 words)

	Bridge: Test your play \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		This method of play enables you to score six trump tricks (dummy's Q-J-9 and the three heart ruffs in your hand), two spades and four clubs.
		This type of play is called "dummy reversal" because declarer reverses the usual procedure of ruffing losers in dummy and instead ruffs dummy's losers in his hand.
		If you don't lead the ten of hearts and instead play the A-K of clubs, planning next to ruff a low club in dummy, North can defeat you by trumping the third club, leading the heart jack to his partner's ace and trumping a club return by South.
	www.azstarnet.com /dailystar/snmedia/14331 (338 words)

	JUST REWARDS
		The first thing to do is to note that dummy's trumps are notably poor -- there are hardly any entries to dummy.
		If declarer can ruff two diamonds in hand he has the makings of a dummy reversal and a squeeze on us in the fl suits.
		If we exit passively, the entries to dummy are just not good enough.
	members.chello.nl /fvwezel/Articles/html5/rigal6.htm (405 words)

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		If the time label after the reversal is less than the first time label in the file, !
		the reversal was not removed, since condition (2) was never forfilled.
		Added this condition to find time reversals that need to remove all lines before it, see header.
	www.phys.uu.nl /~sluys/binarycode/programs/plot2plot_old_version.f (288 words)

	The Bridge World
		In the dummy reversal on page 70, a slightly better order of play is to use hearts for the first two crosses to dummy (but the club queen immediately if a defender discards a club on a spade).
		A small improvement for declarer in four hearts on page 10 is to win the trump shift in dummy, take an immediate heart finesse, and later play diamonds according to his needs in that suit and the count of the opponents' hands.
		In Board 1 of the Swiss Match, an improvement is to draw trumps without discarding a heart from dummy; continue with ace, king and another heart; ruff the third heart if East follows, discard (aiming at a double squeeze with spade the bilaterally-guarded suit) if he doesn't.
	www.bridgeworld.com /?d=editorial_dept&f=corrections.html (4331 words)

	Can You Spot the Winning Line
		As the clubs are 3-2, you lead the ClK to dummy's ace (it cannot help West to trump in) and ruff a second diamond.
		Finally, you lead the Cl2 to dummy's three and ruff a third diamond.
		Perhaps when you drive off the tee and either the wind blows the ball back behind you or, more realistically, you hit a neighboring tree and the balls roars back in the wrong direction.
	members.chello.nl /fvwezel/Articles/paren94/alder5.htm (293 words)

	Glossary D
		The manner in which the values and honors of the dummy are utilized.
		The dummy may forfeit his right to prevent his partner, the declarer, from revoking or leading from the wrong hand, if the fact has been established that the dummy has intentionally looked at the hand of his partner or at the hand of an opponent.
		It is the responsibility of all the players equally that the dummy’s hand shall be a proper one, such as the number of cards.
	www.bridgeguys.com /DGlossary/GlossD.html (8983 words)

	No Aces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		If suits are breaking reasonably, I can make 12 tricks on a dummy reversal.
		A second trump to dummy (East pitching a spade) is followed by a spade ruff.
		Another club to dummy (phew) holds, and I ruff the last spade in my hand with my last trump.
	www.gg.caltech.edu /~jeff/html/noaces.html (321 words)

	Role reversal backstage at the Emmys - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was role reversal night at the Emmys.
		Ellen DeGeneres brought viewers backstage, while actors and writers who were already there huddled around monitors to cheer on their friends and enjoy the show.
		LOS ANGELES --It was role reversal night at the Emmys.
	www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2005/09/19/role_reversal_backstage_at_the_emmys (367 words)

	In this country Bridge is run by the English bridge Union and under their umbrella is an organization called Bridge for ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Under these circumstances one has to resort to a technique known as reversing the dummy whereby one ruffs in the long hand and eventually usually uses the short hand for drawing trumps.
		Here the way to make 13 tricks is not to draw trumps but to ruff Diamonds in hand 3 times and to count your winners as only 3 trump tricks, 3 Heart tricks, 1 Diamond trick and 3 Clubs tricks and to produce the necessary 3 extra tricks from ruffing Diamonds in hand.
		Dummy’s trumps are good enough to draw the defenders’ trumps
	www.haroldschogger.com /bookmonth1.htm (314 words)

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