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	ruff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Ruff are migratory, wintering in southern and western Europe, Africa and India.
		The males display at a lek during the breeding season, standing erect, crouching or taking a variety of postures with the ruff erected.
		A ruff is also an extended stiff collar, like that of the bird, formerly worn as an item of clothing.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Ruff.html (315 words)

	WHIST - LoveToKnow Article on WHIST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Soon after this (1872) followed the echo of the call for trumps, and contemporaneously with the echo the lead of the penultimate card from suits of five cards or more, nut including the ace, a lead that was so vigorously opposed by some players that the grand battle of the penultimate ensued.
		His cards being exposed he is not considered able to revoke; if he does, there is no penalty, nor is his partner liable for any mistake of his own whereby he cannot profit, e.g.
		The second hand generally plays his worst card, but if an honor is led and he holds the ace, he should play the ace; also holding queen and king he should play the queen, or with knave, queen and king, the knave.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WH/WHIST.htm (6632 words)

	'Ruff' @ encyclopaediaOnline: the FREE online encyclopaedia (encyclopedia), dictionary, and grammar reference site
		in the ruff of all their glory, have been taken down from the head of a conquering army to the wheel of the victor's chariot!
		The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face.
		A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck.
	www.encyclopaediaonline.com /Ruff.html (322 words)

	Bridge - Card Play (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		However establishing the location of a missing honour card does not change the likelihood of the location of another missing honour card unless the bidding, leads or play allows inferences to be made.
		When the opening lead is low, partner normally plays his or her highest card (though the lowest of equivalent touching cards), but generally keeps covering honours when dummy holds one or more honours.
		False carding by a defender is useful against good declarers in removing declarer certainty provided that it cannot lure partner into a wrong course of action.
	www.austega.com /diversions/bridge/cardplay.htm (2050 words)

	Game Report: Ruff and Trump
		Ruff and Trump seems to be one of a family of relatively straightforward trick-taking games, with fewer extra elements than Picket or Gleek.
		It appears to be a close relative of Ruff and Honours, described in Cotton; at first, I thought them to be the same game, but have concluded that they are more likely variations on a theme.
		Since there will be more than four cards left over in the head, you should rub the top four cards of the head, instead of the entire thing.
	jducoeur.org /game-hist/game-recon-ruff-and-trump.html (912 words)

	Gleek
		The Ruff ends when you return to the last player who vied; at this point, anyone still in the Ruff shows the relevant cards, and the winner takes the pot.
		This should be an even trade with the pot coming out empty, unless the Ruff was not claimed, in which case there should still be that money in the pot when you are done.
		Ruff= the winner of the Ruff has the "most of a suit in his hand" This is added pip values, not numbers of cards.
	www.geocities.com /ladysveva/games/Gleek.html (636 words)

	Elizabethan Card Games
		Scoring is as follows: aces are 11, face cards are 10 and the rest are their face value.
		It must be noted that the cards are dealt three at a time and not one to each player in order to make three.
		After the cards are dealt and trump is determined, the player with the ace of trump declares "I have the honor" and then asks her/his partner "Have ye?" If the team has three of the four honor cards (ace, king, queen, jack) they score one point.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~wew/Tattershall-tb/cards.html (999 words)

	WHIST - Online Information article about WHIST
		Practical Whist, 1879) was the first to propose an analogous system, namely, that six cards in a suit, not including the ace, could be shown by leading the antepenultimate card, but his proposal, logical though it was, did not at first find favour.
		Such a lead is called a " forced " lead, and from three cards the highest should invariably be led, and, if the opportunity occurs, the second best at the second lead, but from four the lowest should be led.
		Leading from a " singleton " (your only card in one suit), in order to be able to trump— sometimes disparagingly called " Whitechapelling "—is not generally good play, and results badly unless the side is strong in trumps, but in some circumstances it is useful.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /WAT_WIL/WHIST.html (6152 words)

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		East ruffs with the jack in (7) and with the ace in (8), gaining a trick for his side.
		KT With the lead in his hand and needing three more tricks, he ruffs with the A, then with the K, then with the J. If he were to ruff low earlier, a defender might overruff and return a trump, holding declarer to 2 tricks.
		East should lead the trump K instead of the J. Either card stops a ruff at the cost of a trump trick, but the K removes dummy's _small_ trump, which is the one that matters.
	www3.telus.net /ldh/bridge/t_promo.txt (1513 words)

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		When declarer and dummy are dealt 6 or fewer combined cards in a suit, it is very unlikely that a defender was dealt a singleton or void in that suit.
		An entry is a winning card that allows declarer to transfer the lead between the dummy and his own hand.
		A blocked suit is a card combination in which all the tricks cannot be "cashed" unless an entry exists in another suit and declarer unblocks the suit first.
	www.employees.org /~pradeep/bridge/lessons/trumps.txt (2931 words)

	David Parlett on Gleek
		As first described by Cotgrave in 1662, it is a compound game for three players, involving an exchange of cards with a view to gaining a flush, a gleek (three of a kind) or mournival (four of a kind), followed by a round of trick-play.
		Next, you speak for the Ruff: and he that has most of a suit in his hand, wins it, unless some of the Gamesters have four Aces, and then he gains the Ruff, though you have fourscore of a suit in your hand.
		Buying, or bidding for the Ruff is, when you are in likelihood to go in for Mournival, Gleek, or increase of Trumps; that so if you have bad cards, you may save your buyings, and your cards too, whereas otherwise you should lose all.
	www.davidparlett.co.uk /histocs/gleek.html (2501 words)

	Wits Interpreter. Or, Certain Games, &c.
		The Cards are all valued according to the number of the spots they bear, the Ace only excepted, which goes for eleven, and wins all other Cards.
		A Quart is a Sequence of four Cards, a Quint of five, a Sixiesm of six, &c.
		A Card once play'd, may not be recalled, unlesse he that play'd it, find a Card of the same suit in his own hand; and then he may, without the imputation of false play, answer the others Cards with the same suit.
	astro.uchicago.edu /~ruben/cards/wits_picket.html (1763 words)

	The Royal and Delightfull Game of Piquet
		If the elder has a blank, she may declare the blank and the number of cards she is going to discard.
		A ruff is the total number of points in a suit.
		For the first trick, the elder leads a card, and the younger tries to play another, higher card in the same trick.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/andrew.cmu.edu/org/Medieval/www/src/contributed/grm/games/piquet.html (900 words)

	Ruff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		These types can be distinguished by appearence and behaviour: Resident or independent males (84%) have intensely-colored ruffs (fl or chestnut) and stake out and occupy mating territories in the lek.
		Satellite males (16%) have light (white or mottled) ruffs and do not occupy own territories, but rather use those occupied by resident males and mate opportunistically with females that wander across the territory.
		If ruff females (which are always non-territorial) are given testosterone implants, they display the male territorial behaviour according to their genotype.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Ruff.htm (653 words)

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		Pseudocontrol Larry Hammick larry@hammick.com 2002.02.28 Contents ;Introduction ;Control of ruffer count ;Control of a enemy long cards by the short trump hand ;Control of enemy high cards: waiting moves in "ruff-or-sluff" deals ;Introduction The ace of trumps, or the highest outstanding trump, may be more than a sure trick.
		The deal is borderline between two different (usually incompatible) lines of play: to ruff a loser, or to discard from that _same suit_ on dummy's length.
		Two heart ruffs would suffice for declarer, but if he starts by conceding his heart loser, the defenders will pull Ax of trumps, and it will be too late to use the clubs: on winning with CQ, West would force dummy with a heart, killing the dummy because the defence still has a trump.
	www3.telus.net /ldh/bridge/ps_cntrl.txt (1959 words)

	Ruff (cards) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In (additional info and facts about trick-taking game) trick-taking games, to ruff means to play a (A playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps) trump card to a trick (other than when trumps were led).
		When your partner gets back to you by leading a void suit of yours, it sets up a (additional info and facts about crossruff) crossruff.
		In order to gain tricks by trumping, the ruff has to be taken in the short hand, or enough ruffs must be made in the hand which was originally longer in trumps to make it shorter than the other hand.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ru/ruff_(cards).htm (425 words)

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		Proper handling of the small cards can be worth many tricks to a careful player.
		Ruff a diamond, cash the high trumps and exit with your last trump to East.
		East might refuse to ruff and dummy would be squeezed when you exit in trump.
	www.cbf.ca /BCanada/10-95Gitel (786 words)

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		bidding principle that if you have two eight card major suit fits it is usually better to play in the one with less high cards.
		The key to the play is to ruff the heart losers before drawing any trumps.
		After a small trump lead, declarer wins, plays ace of hearts, ruffs a heart, crosses to the ace of diamonds and ruffs a second heart.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /GlenfieldTechnique/rufflosers.htm (1379 words)

	Beloit Daily News
		C.J. Tubbs missed a shot inside the paint, but Ruff went up and grabbed the offensive rebound, getting fouled as he tried to put up a shot.
		Ruff had some motivation before grabbing the big rebound and making the clutch free throws.
		Garrett Granitz made a three to cap off a 13-4 run that forced Bautch to call the timeout that sparked Ruff.
	www.beloitdailynews.com /articles/2005/01/08/sports/sports01.txt (723 words)

	Boldo's - Tourny Report from Cameron Miller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Mike Ruff had a recurring Lab Rats due to his double mana, and Sean had Urza to maintain board control.
		Mike Ruff is not making me happy as he is attacking everyone for 2-4 points of damage.
		Sean is playing very conservatively with his Urza card, and doesn't kill as many creatures as he can.
	www.boldo.com /magic/tourny_miller_20000829.html (353 words)

	Boldo's - Wacky Draft with Sean Fletcher
		Ruff and I both had Crypt Rats in our decks, and plenty of mana to feul them.
		Two kids come in to attempt tosell or trade heavily-used Pokemon cards, and Ruff "assists" them for the twenty minutes it takes for them to realize the have nothing the store is interested in.
		When I asked the kid if it was an "Erica" card, it was like I'd just told him his father was really Santa Claus, and when I informed him I hadn't seen it, it was like Rudolf peed on Santa's grave.
	www.boldo.com /magic/tourny_fletcher_wacky.html (1088 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		And lastly, you must bear in mind that when there is a differential in a suit, i.e., when dummy has more cards than the closed hand, you can sluff as many cards from the closed hand as the difference in length between the two hands when you have all top cards.
		You must have an entry to the long cards, and there must be losers to sluff or there won't be any advantage to the sluffs.
		He sluffed a heart on the ace of diamonds, but that was a heart he could always ruff, and then ran clubs, meaning he couldn't lead toward his king of hearts, though as the cards lay, that didn't matter.
	users.rcn.com /hobo.nai/lessona.htm (3598 words)

	The Ingenious Game, called Picket
		He that is the elder, after that he has lookt over his Cards, if he finds never a Court Card among them, says, I have a Blank, and I intend to discard such a number of Cards, and that you may see mine, do you discard as many as you intend to do.
		This being done, he takes in from the Stock as many Cards as he laid out; And if it should chance to fall out that the other have a Blank too, the younger's Blank shall barre the former, and hinder his Picy and Repicy; though the eldest hand's Blank consists of the bigger Cards.
		As for Sequences, and their value, after the Ruff is plaid, the Elder acquaints you with his Sequences, if he have them, and they are Tierces, Quartes, Quintes, Sixiesmes, Septiesmes, Huictiesmes, and Neusiesmes, As thus.
	jducoeur.org /game-hist/cotgrave.ed2.picket.html (1754 words)

	Be Aware of Hidden Dangers
		Those cards are like Trojan Horses (read Helen's story at the left) in your hands..When you see dummy's hand, look for the dangerous cards in your hand..
		Opponents could make three tricks with their three aces; the only danger here was the diamond ruff..
		To prevent club ruff, South should win the second trick with ace of trumps.
	www.bridge7.com /enteresan/xent19.htm (498 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Ace is called Tib, the Knave Tom, and the four of Trumps Tiddie, Tib the Ace is fifteen in hand, and eighteen in play, because it wins a Trick.
		Next you speak for the Ruff and he that has most of a suit in his hand, wins it, unless some of the Gamesters have four Aces, and then he gains the Ruff, though you have forescore of a suit in your hand.
		Buying, or bidding for the Ruff is, when you are in likelyhood to go in for Mournival, Gleek, or increase of buyings and your Cards too, whereas otherwise you should lose all.
	bits.bris.ac.uk /imran/games/gleek.txt (506 words)

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		ace and another club at the first opportunity and ruff two clubs in dummy.
		However, if West leads a trump it will only be possible to ruff one club in dummy.
		seven while we still have the queen of spades to re-enter dummy with a club ruff.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /GlenfieldTechnique/ruffing.htm (713 words)

	ruff - OneLook Dictionary Search
		ruff, ruff : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
		Phrases that include ruff: neck ruff, pupillary ruff, a ruff, fl ruff, falling ruff, more...
		Words similar to ruff: choker, ruffed, ruffing, ruffle, trump, trumping, neck ruff, philomachus pugnax, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=ruff&ls=a (280 words)

	Gaming Art Gallery: A Friend In Need
		Coolidge was already known for his paintings of dogs playing cards before he was approached by the publishers Brown and Bigelow.
		The scene has a surprisingly modern look to it, which may account for its timelessness; only the cards, minus corner "indices," betray the period.
		Also, you can look at this painting time and again and still notice new things.
	gaming.unlv.edu /gallery/a_friend_in_need.htm (604 words)

	Ruff
		(b) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its
		(Card Playing) To play a trump card at bridge; as, he
		n 1: a high tight collar [syn: choker, ruffle, neck ruff]
	dictionary-x.com /Ruff.html (554 words)

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