The Theory of the Modern Scientific Game of WhistG. W. Carleton & Company, 1881 - 144 Seiten |
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Seite 140 - 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.
Seite 136 - Should three players have their right number of cards, the fourth have less than thirteen, and not discover such deficiency until he has played any of his cards, the deal stands good; should he have played, he is...
Seite 130 - A double, or game of two points, when their adversaries have scored less than three. III. A single, or game of one point, when their adversaries have scored three, or four. 9. The winners of the rubber gain two points (commonly called the rubber points), in addition to the value of their games. 10. Should the rubber have consisted of three games, the value of the losers...
Seite 141 - Is when a player, holding one or more cards of the suit led, plays a card of a different suit.
Seite 135 - Should the dealer place the last (ie, the trump) card, face downwards, on his own or any other pack. III. Should the trump card not come in its regular order to the dealer; but he does not lose his deal if the pack be proved imperfect. IV. Should a player have fourteen cards, and either of the other three less than thirteen.
Seite 143 - If a revoke occur, be claimed and proved, bets on the odd trick, or on amount of score, must be decided by the actual state of the latter, after the penalty is paid.
Seite 141 - ... card, with a trick to which it does not properly belong, and the mistake be not discovered until the hand is played out, he is answerable for all consequent revokes he may have made. If, during the play of the hand, the error be detected, the tricks may be counted face...
Seite 142 - 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, unless the question be answered in the negative, or unless the revoking player or his partner have led or played to the following trick.
Seite 143 - Where a player and his partner have an option of exacting from their adversaries one of two penalties, they should agree who is to make the election, but must not consult with one another which of the two penalties it is advisable to exact ; if they do so consult they lose their right ; and if either of them, with or without consent of his partner, demand a penalty to which he is entitled, such decision is final.