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advantage adversaries adverse American Law American Whist Blue Peter call for trumps card led card played Cavendish chance CHAPTER combined game cutting cards deal dealer declared discard Double Dummy Dummy establishment exposed cards face card face upwards false cards favour finesse five trumps forward game fourth best fourth hand high card honour turned Jack King leader Leads and Signals long cards long suit lowest card luck misdeal number of cards one's partner opponents original lead pack penalty perhaps points Queen R. F. Foster recognised regards rubber ruffing says score second hand shuffle small card strategy strength in trumps strengthening card strong suit suit led system of leads tactics third hand trick-losing trick-winning trump card trump lead trump strength turned and quitted unblocking unless weak in trumps Whist Laws Whist Perception WHIST PROBLEM Whist-players William Pole win a trick win the trick winning card
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Page 26 - ... revoke, and the error may be corrected, unless the question be answered in the negative, or unless the revoking player or his partner have led or played to the following trick.
Page 8 - Should the rubber have consisted of three games, the value of the losers' game is deducted from the gross number of points gained by their opponents. 11. If an erroneous score be proved, such mistake can be corrected prior to the conclusion of the game in which it occurred, and such game is not concluded until the trump card of the following deal has been turned up. 12. If an erroneous score, affecting the amount of the rubber,* be proved, such mistake can be rectified at any time during the rubber.
Page 26 - If a player discover his mistake in time to save a revoke, his adversaries, whenever they think fit, may call the card thus played in error, or may require him to play his highest or lowest card to that trick in which he has renounced.
Page 27 - If a revoke be claimed, and the accused player or his partner mix the cards before they have been sufficiently examined by the adversaries, the revoke is established. The mixing of the cards only renders the proof of a revoke difficult, but does not prevent the claim, and possible establishment, of the penalty.
Page 11 - A candidate wishing to enter a table must declare such intention prior to any of the players having cut a card, either for the purpose of commencing a fresh rubber or of cutting out 23.
Page 29 - In all cases where a penalty has been incurred, the offender is bound to give reasonable time for the decision of his adversaries; but if a wrong penalty be demanded none can be enforced.
Page 20 - ... or play several such winning cards, one after the other, without waiting for his partner to play, the latter may be called on to win, if he can, the first or any other of those tricks, and the other cards thns improperly played are exposed cards.
Page 10 - 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.
Page 24 - ... in order to ascertain whether there be among them a card too many : should this be the case they may be searched, and the card restored ; the player is, however, liable for all revokes which he may have meanwhile made.
Page 18 - dealer, when it is his turn to play to the first trick, should take the trump card into his hand ; if left on the table after the first trick be turned and quitted, it is liable to be called;1 his partner may at any time remind him of the liability.