{"id":29,"date":"2009-01-19T11:10:59","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T19:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/2009\/01\/19\/newcomer-novice-4-trump-power-ruff-sluff-cross-ruff-and-ruff-it-out\/"},"modified":"2009-01-19T11:10:59","modified_gmt":"2009-01-19T19:10:59","slug":"newcomer-novice-4-trump-power-ruff-sluff-cross-ruff-and-ruff-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Newcomer &amp; Novice #4: Trump Power &#8211; Ruff, sluff, cross-ruff, and ruff it out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/Services\/eMagazine_Archive\/eMag_NN_4_0406.htm\">READ THE NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Welcome to our \u201cApril Fools\u201d issue of Bridgehands \u2013 we hope you are ready to add some more tricks (literally and figuratively) during the play of the hand. Following last month\u2019s ruffling theme, this month we will put ruffing play into action, adding several tactics to our ruffing arsenal. Our lesson will focus on two of declarer\u2019s favorite ploys, ruffing and sluffing; next month we will follow- up with cross-ruffing and ruffing out a side-suit.<\/p>\n<p>We are proud to announce our affiliation with Marty Bergen. Marty\u2019s work is legend &#8211; a world-class Bridge player and theorist, renowned teacher, Cruise Teacher, and prolific Author\/Publisher! Bridge players are blessed by the thousands of nuggets he shares in book after book. At BridgeHands, we invite you to sample two of Marty\u2019s leading books: Points Schmoints and Marty Sez. Please call Marty directly at 800 386-7432 or send EMAIL to him at mbergen@mindspring.com to place your order. Mention Coupon Code BHB1 when you order any hardbound book and you will receive two free softbound books!<\/p>\n<p>With all the \u201cRules of\u201d (15, 20, Anticipation) discussed in prior issues, can there be more? For sure, yes! This month let\u2019s go to the head of the list and examine the Rule of 1, a useful tactic during play.<\/p>\n<p>As dummy, are you allowed to help the declarer in any way? If you said \u201cno\u201d, then you should brush up on Bridge Laws 42 and 43 and learn more about the three dummy rights and limitations. For instance, did you know that if you look at the declarer\u2019s hand during play, you\u2019ve lost the three rights? Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness may be \u201cunalienable rights\u201d in the United States Declaration of Independence, but in our fair game of Bridge be careful or you can lose your \u201cqualified\u201d rights!<\/p>\n<p>Are you looking for an extra edge to literally see through your opponents\u2019 cards? Then our April issue has just the device for you! Step up and be the first at your table to sport your very own xray vision glasses at the table! Better yet, using this approach you do not have to read any Bridge book (Right Through The Pack). Okay, we were just pulling your leg \u2013 April Fools! We hope you enjoyed our well-meaning prank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>READ THE NEWSLETTER Welcome to our \u201cApril Fools\u201d issue of Bridgehands \u2013 we hope you are ready to add some more tricks (literally and figuratively) during the play of the hand. Following last month\u2019s ruffling theme, this month we will put ruffing play into action, adding several tactics to our ruffing arsenal. Our lesson will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}