The Hand-book of Games: Comprising New Or Carefully Revised Treatises on Whist, Piquet, Ecarté, Lansquenet, Boston, Quadrille, Cribbage, and Other Card Games; Faro, Rouge Et Noir, Hazard, Roulette; Backgammon, Draughts; Billiards, Bagatelle, American Bowls; Etc. EtcHenry George Bohn H.G. Bohn, 1850 - 617 pages |
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Page ix
... rules for playing the , 169 . CALCULATIONS , rules for making , 7 , 30 ; of odds , 73 ; for laying wagers , 75 ; for the whole rubber , 76 ; of chances on the deal , 77 , 167 . Call , the , rules for regulating , 117 ; the term ...
... rules for playing the , 169 . CALCULATIONS , rules for making , 7 , 30 ; of odds , 73 ; for laying wagers , 75 ; for the whole rubber , 76 ; of chances on the deal , 77 , 167 . Call , the , rules for regulating , 117 ; the term ...
Page 103
... rule , should there be in the pack a faced card , which from the cutting has become the trump card , the cut held good . This rule was made to save time , and also for this reason , that as the trump card was intended to be seen , its ...
... rule , should there be in the pack a faced card , which from the cutting has become the trump card , the cut held good . This rule was made to save time , and also for this reason , that as the trump card was intended to be seen , its ...
Page 251
... rule can never be but a dead letter . But as many who read this little treatise may perhaps either play with Foreigners abroad or at home , I insert the rule , in order that they may not fall into the very commonly laid trap of a false ...
... rule can never be but a dead letter . But as many who read this little treatise may perhaps either play with Foreigners abroad or at home , I insert the rule , in order that they may not fall into the very commonly laid trap of a false ...
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