The Theory of the Modern Scientific Game of WhistLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 93 páginas |
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... be satisfactory to accomplished players , by making clearer to them the principles they already act upon , but will be found of still greater advantage for teaching the game in the ordinary domestic circle . 1V PREFACE .
... be satisfactory to accomplished players , by making clearer to them the principles they already act upon , but will be found of still greater advantage for teaching the game in the ordinary domestic circle . 1V PREFACE .
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... combined game , explained in this treatise , gives an advantage , in the long run , over unsystematic separate play , of about half a point in each rubber . There has hitherto , however , been a great defect INTRODUCTION .
... combined game , explained in this treatise , gives an advantage , in the long run , over unsystematic separate play , of about half a point in each rubber . There has hitherto , however , been a great defect INTRODUCTION .
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... advantage analogous to that of the tenace ; namely , that if the suit is led by your left - hand adversary , you are certain ( bar trumping ) to make your second- best card . Honours are the ace , king , queen , and knave of trumps ...
... advantage analogous to that of the tenace ; namely , that if the suit is led by your left - hand adversary , you are certain ( bar trumping ) to make your second- best card . Honours are the ace , king , queen , and knave of trumps ...
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... advantage of this combination is that , if you are fourth player in the suit , you will certainly ( bar trumping ) make two tricks in it ; and it is therefore much to your interest that the suit should be led by your left - hand ...
... advantage of this combination is that , if you are fourth player in the suit , you will certainly ( bar trumping ) make two tricks in it ; and it is therefore much to your interest that the suit should be led by your left - hand ...
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... advantage of this combined principle is almost self - evident ; for suppose it carried to an extreme by each partner seeing the other's cards : no one could doubt the resulting advantage ; and the modern system is as near an approach to ...
... advantage of this combined principle is almost self - evident ; for suppose it carried to an extreme by each partner seeing the other's cards : no one could doubt the resulting advantage ; and the modern system is as near an approach to ...
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A. K. H. B. Crown 8vo ace and king advantage adversaries ALEXANDER BAIN Amy Herbert ANDREW FINDLATER Aniline asking for trumps Author of Amy best card Cabinet Edition Chemistry Clubs command Crown 8vo D.D. Lord Bishop DAVID HUME Diamonds DICTIONARY discard English Essays example finesse force four Fourth Edition high cards honour inferences inform your partner JEAN INGELOW JOHN STUART MILL JOHN TYNDALL knave leading trumps LECTURES LIBRARY EDITION long cards lowest M.A. Second Edition MANUAL Maps master cards mode of play modern game modern scientific game Philosophy Philosophy of Perception plain suits Plates Portrait Post 8vo practice price 16s Revised Edition rule Science SECRET of HEGEL sequence short suit signal for trumps Sixth Edition Spades Square crown 8vo strong in trumps system of play T. W. WEBB tenace Third Edition three cards Translated TREATISE vols weak suit Whist WILLIAM WILLIAM ODLING Wood Woodcuts
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