Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill and the Drama, Volym 61874 |
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... partner's original lead of trump . Suppose the best combination - Ace , Q , 10 , 9 ; surely he would not finesse the nine . HAND No. 151 NOTES . - Tricks 2 and 6. Nothing succeeds like success . than formerly . It seems to us that five ...
... partner's original lead of trump . Suppose the best combination - Ace , Q , 10 , 9 ; surely he would not finesse the nine . HAND No. 151 NOTES . - Tricks 2 and 6. Nothing succeeds like success . than formerly . It seems to us that five ...
Sida 21
... partner has a Diamond . An adver- sary cannot thus complete the revoke . You have a right to an answer to the question , " No Diamond , partner ? " before the adversary quits the trick . CARDIFF . We do not object to leading ...
... partner has a Diamond . An adver- sary cannot thus complete the revoke . You have a right to an answer to the question , " No Diamond , partner ? " before the adversary quits the trick . CARDIFF . We do not object to leading ...
Sida 33
... partner his suit . To lead Diamonds as he did was simply madness , and to lead Hearts is a chance that should be con- sidered nearly hopeless . We hope B will be so good as to examine the position , and if he thinks his play wrong in ...
... partner his suit . To lead Diamonds as he did was simply madness , and to lead Hearts is a chance that should be con- sidered nearly hopeless . We hope B will be so good as to examine the position , and if he thinks his play wrong in ...
Sida 34
... partner in a rubber . — I am , Sir , your obedient servant , S. B. A. Containing an Account of Tiresias at his Rubber . Travellers who have left their homes generally grow mournful as the evening draws on ; nor is there , perhaps , any ...
... partner in a rubber . — I am , Sir , your obedient servant , S. B. A. Containing an Account of Tiresias at his Rubber . Travellers who have left their homes generally grow mournful as the evening draws on ; nor is there , perhaps , any ...
Sida 35
... partner having asked the other , " Have you a Diamond ? " turns and quits the trick before his partner answers , the latter having a Diamond . I believe , if I remember right , that you uphold the sound legal doctrine that a law is to ...
... partner having asked the other , " Have you a Diamond ? " turns and quits the trick before his partner answers , the latter having a Diamond . I believe , if I remember right , that you uphold the sound legal doctrine that a law is to ...
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Sida 72 - If all four players throw their cards on the table face upwards, the hands are abandoned ; and no one can again take up his cards. Should this general exhibition show that the game might have been saved, or won, neither claim can be entertained, unless a revoke be established.
Sida 24 - Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity," replied Tiresias, " the most important thing in, life is to know when to forego an advantage.
Sida 24 - By which you have lost the game,' quietly remarked Tiresias. ' There are exceptions to all rules, but it seldom answers to follow the advice of an opponent.' Confusion ! ' exclaimed the Captain of the yacht. ' Four by honours, and the trick, I declare,
Sida 51 - ... 19. Three players cutting cards of equal value cut again; should the. fourth (or remaining) card be the highest, the two lowest of the new cut are partners, the lower of those two the dealer ; should the fourth card be the lowest, the two highest are partners, the original lowest the dealer.
Sida 24 - The trick, and two by honours,' said Proserpine. ' Pray, my dear Tiresias, you who are such a fine player, how came you to trump my best card ? ' ' Because I wanted the lead. And those who want to lead, please your Majesty, must never hesitate about sacrificing their friends.
Sida 208 - Any player during the play of a trick or after the four cards are played, and before they are touched for the purpose of gathering them together, may demand that the cards be placed before their respective players.
Sida 163 - If any player lead out of turn, and the other three have followed him, the trick is complete, and the error cannot be rectified ; but if only the second, or the second and third, have played to the false lead, their cards, on discovery of the mistake, are taken back ; there is no penalty against any one, excepting the original offender...
Sida 227 - ... ball, or force it off the table, the owner of that ball does not lose a life, and the ball...
Sida 25 - A player may ask his partner whether he has not a card of the suit which he has renounced ; should the question be asked before the trick is turned and quitted, subsequent turning and quitting does not establish the revoke, and the error may be corrected...
Sida 154 - A favorite among examples of curious whist hands is that known as the Cumberland hand, because it is said to have been held by one of the Dukes of Cumberland.