Hoyle's Improved Edition of the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games: Containing Copious Directions for Whist, Quadrille, Piquet ... Together with an Analysis of the Game of Chess, and an Engraved Plate for the Instruction of BeginnersJohn Locken, 1836 - 287 páginas |
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... side of the dealer is call- ed the elder hand , and plays first ; whoever wins the trick , becomes elder hand , and plays again ; and so on , till the cards are played out . The tricks belonging to each party should be turned and ...
... side of the dealer is call- ed the elder hand , and plays first ; whoever wins the trick , becomes elder hand , and plays again ; and so on , till the cards are played out . The tricks belonging to each party should be turned and ...
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... side , the odds of the rubber are nearly · Ditto , the first game , and 8 love of the second , are rather more than · Ditto , and 7 love of the second , nearly Ditto , and 6 love of the second , about Ditto , and 4 love of the second ...
... side , the odds of the rubber are nearly · Ditto , the first game , and 8 love of the second , are rather more than · Ditto , and 7 love of the second , nearly Ditto , and 6 love of the second , about Ditto , and 4 love of the second ...
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... side often a material advantage to the party transgressing , so it is quite allowable for the ad- versaries to make use of it . Attentive and silent obser- vation will frequently give an early insight into the game , and enable you to ...
... side often a material advantage to the party transgressing , so it is quite allowable for the ad- versaries to make use of it . Attentive and silent obser- vation will frequently give an early insight into the game , and enable you to ...
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... to fifteen . 4. At the end of each game , the cards are packed and shuffled , and the players again cut for deal . 5. The advantage is invariably on the side of the elder hand . ; THE GAME OF VINGT.UN . THE Game of Vingt 95.
... to fifteen . 4. At the end of each game , the cards are packed and shuffled , and the players again cut for deal . 5. The advantage is invariably on the side of the elder hand . ; THE GAME OF VINGT.UN . THE Game of Vingt 95.
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... side of his own card ; and as often as two , three , or the fourth card of a sort come up , he always places them , as be- fore mentioned , on each side of his own . Any single card the company has a right to take and put their mo- ney ...
... side of his own card ; and as often as two , three , or the fourth card of a sort come up , he always places them , as be- fore mentioned , on each side of his own . Any single card the company has a right to take and put their mo- ney ...
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Hoyle's Improved Edition of the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games ... Edmond Hoyle Visualização integral - 1838 |
Hoyle's Improved Edition of the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games ... Edmond Hoyle Visualização integral - 1830 |
Hoyle's Improved Edition of the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games ... Edmond Hoyle Visualização integral - 1830 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
back game basto bishop takes bishop's 3d square bishop's 4th square black kings bragger called carrom chance cock Cribbage deal dealer deuce discard elder hand finesse five four gives check honour king's 2d square king's bishop's pawn king's knight's pawn king's pawn king's rook's pawn knave knight's 3d square knight's 4th square last player lead a trump loses manille nine odd trick partner leads party pawn one move pawn one step pawn retakes pawn takes pawn two moves pawn two steps person pieces punter queen takes queen's bishop's pawn queen's pawn queen's rook quinola reckons red ball reversis rook takes small card small clubs small diamonds small hearts Spadille stake striker strong in trumps strong suit takes the bishop takes the knight takes the pawn three small trumps throw turned unless W The king's W The queen's whist white kings win the game younger hand
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Página 276 - Where a Plate is won by two heats, the preference of the horses is determined by the places they are in the second heat.
Página 274 - C, to put an equal sum each into a hat; C, who is the handicapper, makes a match for A and B, who, when they have perused it, put their hands into their pockets, and draw them out closed ; then they open them together, and if both have money in their hands, the match is confirmed : if neither have money, it is no match. In both cases the handicapper draws all the money out of the hat; but if one has money in his hand...
Página 154 - The eldest hand having laid down one, the next must pair him at either end of the piece he may choose, according to the number of pips, or the blank in the compartment of the piece; but whenever any one cannot match the part, either of the domino last put down, or of that unpaired at the other end of the row, then he says " Go;" and the next is at liberty to play.
Página 255 - If the players have crossed each other, he that runs for the wicket which is put down is out.
Página 57 - ... probable one of making your small trumps, which you could not otherwise do. A has four small trumps, ace, queen, &c. of the second suit; king, knave, &c. of a third : and a single card of the fourth. In these sort of hands, I am of opinion, that the chance of winning...
Página 208 - ... queen with your single pawn, and if he goes to prevent it, take his pawns, and push the others to the queen.
Página 49 - Moderate players have generally a decided aversion to part with the best trump, though single, thinking that, as they cannot lose it, and it can make but one trick, it is immaterial when it does so; this is a dangerous fault. When your adversary plays out his strong suit, ruff it immediately, before you give his partner an opportunity to throw off his losing cards. Do not, however, go into the contrary extreme, or trump with the best trump, with small ones in your hand, for fear of being over-trumped....
Página 56 - I give the reasons that influence my opinion, in favour of this practice, with those generally alleged against it, leaving the reader to determine between them. Two objections are made, which, it cannot be denied, may and do happen. The first, that if your partner has the king of the suit guarded, and the ace behind it, he loses it; which would not be the ,case, if the lead came from the adversary. The second, and most material, is, that your partner, if he wins the trick, may lead out trumps, on...
Página 129 - The cards are next to be dealt round equally to every player, one turned up for trump, and about six or eight left in the stock to form stops ; as, for example, if the ten of spades be turned up, the nine consequently becomes a stop ; the four kings, and the seven of diamonds, are always fixed stops, and the dealer is the only person permitted, in the course of the game, to refer occasionally to the stock for information what other cards are stops in their respective deals.
Página 124 - ... suit may be led, the person holding a card of connexion is at liberty to play the same, but the others must, if possible, follow suit, unless one of them can answer the connexion, which should be done in preference. No money can be drawn till the hands are finished, then the possessors of the connexions are to take first, according to precedence, and those having the majority of tricks take last.