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, Amercan Bowls, Etc., EtcH.G. Bohn Bell & Daldy, 1867 - 617 pages |
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... remaining trumps , play one , and then try to put the lead in your partner's hand . M. p . 17 ; H. p . 41 ; Ed . p . 176 . 19. Remember how many of each suit are out , and what is the best card left in each hand . H. p . 72 . 20. Never ...
... remaining trumps , play one , and then try to put the lead in your partner's hand . M. p . 17 ; H. p . 41 ; Ed . p . 176 . 19. Remember how many of each suit are out , and what is the best card left in each hand . H. p . 72 . 20. Never ...
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... remaining in each other's hands as if they had seen them . Where two regular players are matched against two irregular ones , it is nearly the same advantage as if they were per- mitted to see each other's cards , while the latter were ...
... remaining in each other's hands as if they had seen them . Where two regular players are matched against two irregular ones , it is nearly the same advantage as if they were per- mitted to see each other's cards , while the latter were ...
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... remaining but twelve trumps , your own hand is strengthened , and your partner has the tenace , in whatever suit is led ; whereas , had you over - ruffed you would have given up the whole game , to secure one trick . But there are ...
... remaining but twelve trumps , your own hand is strengthened , and your partner has the tenace , in whatever suit is led ; whereas , had you over - ruffed you would have given up the whole game , to secure one trick . But there are ...
Page 16
... remaining in your hands - viz . , place the trumps in the back part of your hand , your part- ner's lead the next , your adversary's next , and your own on the outside . It is also right to put thirteenth cards in some known situation ...
... remaining in your hands - viz . , place the trumps in the back part of your hand , your part- ner's lead the next , your adversary's next , and your own on the outside . It is also right to put thirteenth cards in some known situation ...
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... remaining - it is a commonly - received , but erroneous opinion , that the chance of succeeding in the finesse is equal ; but here calculation will show , that as the last player has one card more than his partner , it is that pro ...
... remaining - it is a commonly - received , but erroneous opinion , that the chance of succeeding in the finesse is equal ; but here calculation will show , that as the last player has one card more than his partner , it is that pro ...
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advantage adver adversary leads adversary's ball Article ball winning hazard baulk bricole called carambole Caster throw chance count crib Cribbage cushion deal dealer dealt Deschapelles deuce discard Drawn eight elder hand equal fault finesse five cards full ball winning gain give happen hold holes honours king knave last player left-hand adversary losing hazard manille matadores move and win nine number of points odd trick odds pack partner leads person placed play the king playing a ball pocket d pocket g pool probability punter queen quinola reckon red ball remain reversis revoke right-hand adversary round rubber rule score sequence seven small card small clubs small hearts spades Spadille stake striker's ball stroke strong in trumps strong suit suppose three small trumps three-handed whist turned unless vols weak in trumps Whist White to move win the game winning and losing younger-hand
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Page 243 - What boots the regal circle on his head, His giant limbs, in state unwieldy spread ; That long behind he trails his pompous robe, And, of all monarchs, only grasps the globe ? The Baron now his Diamonds pours apace ; Th...
Page 242 - In show like leaders of the swarthy moors. Spadillio first, unconquerable lord ! Led off two captive trumps, and swept the board.
Page 243 - In heaps on heaps ; one fate o'erwhelms them all. The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins (oh shameful chance !) the Queen of Hearts. At this, the blood the virgin's cheek forsook, A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look ; She sees, and trembles at th' approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin, and codille.
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Page 242 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a matadore, Then each, according to the rank they bore ; For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Page 264 - ... multiply each numerator by all the denominators, except its own, for a new numerator, and under it write the common denominator.
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Page 243 - Gain'd but one trump and one Plebeian card. With his broad sabre next, a chief in years, The hoary Majesty of Spades appears, Puts forth one manly leg, to sight reveal'd, The rest, his many-colour'd robe conceal'd.