American Whist IllustratedHoughton, Mifflin, 1890 - 367 sayfa |
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A B 2 CD A'S HAND ABI CD Ace Ace American leads American whist best card call for trumps card led cards higher Cavendish CD 4 Trick Deschapelles Deschapelles coup diamonds discard finesse follow force four cards fourth hand hearts held high card highest card holding ace holding kn honours indifferent cards king knave last trump lead a trump lead and follow lead kn leader leads ace long suit low card lowest card opponent original fourth best original lead over-trump partner partner's hand partner's lead partner's suit plain suit play ace play k play whist plays kn proper queen remains rule says score second hand second lead second round sequence short whist small card small trumps strong in trumps take a trick take the trick theory Third hand holds three cards throw the lead Trick 13 TRICK 9 Trist trump card turned unblocking unless
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Sayfa 16 - Whist," 1864), the alteration took place under the following circumstances : " Some sixty or seventy years back, Lord Peterborough E 2 having one night lost a large sum of money, the friends with whom he was playing proposed to make the game five points instead of ten, in order to give the loser a chance, at a quicker game, of recovering his loss. The late Mr. Hoare, of Bath, a very good whist-player, and without a superior at piquet, was one of this party, and has more than once told me the story.
Sayfa 11 - A CLEAR fire, a clean hearth, and the rigor of the game." This was the celebrated wish of old Sarah Battle (now with God), who, next to her devotions, loved a good game of whist. She was none of your lukewarm gamesters, your half-and-half players, who have no objection to take a hand, if you want one to make up a rubber ; who affirm that they have no pleasure...
Sayfa 25 - ... on the table — or if either the revoking player or his partner, whether in his right turn or otherwise, lead or play to the following trick.
Sayfa 192 - The terms theory and theoretical are properly used in opposition to the terms practice and practical; in this sense they were exclusively employed by the ancients; and in this sense they are almost exclusively employed by the continental philosophers. Practice is the exercise of an art, or the application of a science, in life...
Sayfa 139 - It cannot be too strongly impressed that the primary use of strength in trumps is to draw the adversaries' trumps for the bringing in of your own or your partner's long suit. With great strength in trumps (five or more), you may proceed at once to disarm the opponents, and lead trumps without waiting to establish a suit. For, with five trumps or more, the chance of your succeeding in drawing the other trumps, and of being left with the long trumps...
Sayfa 15 - Between 1850 and 1860, a knot of young men at Cambridge, of considerable ability, who had at first taken up whist for amusement, found it offer such a field for intellectual study, that they continued its practice more systematically, with a view to its complete scientific investigation.
Sayfa 223 - ... &c., of a suit. Finesse is possible, and may be forced on you, with almost any combination of cards, sequences excepted. Say with king, knave against the queen, the ace being in, or with queen, ten against the knave, the ace and king being both in, or with combinations of less importance. Lastly, I would offer the following opinions, not, I fancy, very generally entertained, for the consideration of experienced players. With ordinary hands, finesse may be deep at their commencement, should contract...