The Laws of Whist: All the Important Decisions Made in England, France and the United States ... : the System of Combination of Forces ... : Combined with the General Rules of the Etiquette of the GameL.C. Childs & Son, printers, 1887 - 118 pages |
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adver best card call a suit call for trumps card of reëntry card or cards cards played clubs commanding card cutting cards deal dealer Dummy established suit exposed card false cut finesse forced lead four cards fourth hand game of whist high cards highest card hold the commanding Holding ace holding five Holding Q holding up ace knave lead trumps liable long cards low card lowest card misdeal opponents pack partner holding partner's lead partner's suit penalty plain suit play his highest play Q play your lowest Portland Clubs queen quitting the trick revoking player right hand adversary rubber saries save a revoke score honors second hand second round Short Whist small cards strong in trumps strong suit strongest suit suit led take the trick third hand three cards trump card trump lead trump suit turned and quitted unless versary Vide Rule weak in trumps whist player winning cards
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Page 42 - 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...
Page 43 - If a player called on to lead a suit have none of it, the penalty is paid. CARDS PLAYED IN ERROR, OR NOT PLAYED TO A TRICK.
Page 20 - The dealer has always the right to shuffle last ; but should a card or cards be seen during his shuffling or whilst giving the pack to be cut, he may be compelled to re-shuffle.
Page 49 - If a player discover his mistake in time to save a revoke, the 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 57 - A player who desires the cards to be placed, or who demands to see the last trick, should do it for his own information only, and not in order to invite the attention of his partner. No player should object to refer to a bystander who professes himself- uninterested in the game, and able to decide any disputed question of facts ; as to who played any particular card — whether honours were claimed though not scored, or vice versA — etc., etc.
Page 45 - Is when a player, holding one or more cards of the suit led, plays a card of a different suit.
Page 114 - Your first lead makes your partner understand What is the chief component of your hand; And hence there is necessity the strongest That your first lead be from your suit that's longest.
Page 15 - ... those first in the room having the preference. The four who cut the lowest cards play first, and again cut to decide on partners ; the two lowest play against the two highest ; the lowest is the dealer, who has choice of cards and seats, and, having once made his selection, must abide by it.
Page 58 - It is unfair to revoke purposely; having made a revoke, a player is not justified in making a second in order to conceal the first. Until the players have made such bets as they wish, bets should not be made with bystanders. Bystanders should make no remark, neither should they by word or gesture give any intimation of the state of the game until concluded and scored, nor should they walk round the table to look at the different hands.
Page 21 - The player on the dealer's right cuts the pack, and in dividing it, must not leave fewer than four cards in either packet ; if in cutting, or in replacing one of the two packets on the other, a card be exposed...