The Theory of the Modern Scientific Game of WhistLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 93 páginas |
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... . Long suit . One of which you hold more than three cards . See Strength . Loose card means a card in hand of no value , and consequently the fittest to throw away . Make . To make a card means simply to win 14 THEORY OF WHIST .
... . Long suit . One of which you hold more than three cards . See Strength . Loose card means a card in hand of no value , and consequently the fittest to throw away . Make . To make a card means simply to win 14 THEORY OF WHIST .
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... Strength . Signal for Trumps . - Throwing away , unnecessarily and contrary to ordinary play , a high card before a low one , is called the signal for trumps , or asking for trumps ; being a command to your partner to lead trumps the ...
... Strength . Signal for Trumps . - Throwing away , unnecessarily and contrary to ordinary play , a high card before a low one , is called the signal for trumps , or asking for trumps ; being a command to your partner to lead trumps the ...
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... strength and weakness , as applied indiscriminately to either number or rank - a practice which , though no doubt it ... strength , the latter strength of rank . This twofold meaning has , however , become so firmly implanted in Whist ...
... strength and weakness , as applied indiscriminately to either number or rank - a practice which , though no doubt it ... strength , the latter strength of rank . This twofold meaning has , however , become so firmly implanted in Whist ...
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... strength in numbers , leaving the word strong to apply chiefly to high cards . Thus any suit of which you hold four or more will be called a long suit , being longer than the average . Any suit of three or less will be called a short ...
... strength in numbers , leaving the word strong to apply chiefly to high cards . Thus any suit of which you hold four or more will be called a long suit , being longer than the average . Any suit of three or less will be called a short ...
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... Strength . * The older writers , as Hoyle and Mathews , use this word as referring rather to the position than the cards ; but the meaning in the text is the more modern one . CHAPTER III . THEORY OF THE GAME . THE basis c 2 TECHNICAL ...
... Strength . * The older writers , as Hoyle and Mathews , use this word as referring rather to the position than the cards ; but the meaning in the text is the more modern one . CHAPTER III . THEORY OF THE GAME . THE basis c 2 TECHNICAL ...
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