A Short Treatise On the Game of Whist Containing the Laws of the Game And Als
A Short Treatise On the Game of Whist Containing the Laws of the Game And Als
Edmond Hoyle
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E 2 II; t 3* ] II. Elder Hand. Suppofe you have Ace, Queen, and one fmall Trump, With a Sequence from the King of five in another Suit, with four other Cards of no Value. Begin with the Queen of Trumps, and purfue the Lead with the Ace, which demonftrates to your Part- ner that you have the King ; And as it would be bad Play to purfue Trumps the third Round, 'till you have firft gain'd the Command of your great Suit, by flopping thus, it like wife in- forms your Partner that you have the King a...nd one Trump only remaining, becaufe, if you had Ace, King, Queen, and two Trumps more, and Trumps went round twice, you could receive no Damage by playing the King the third Round. When you lead your Sequence, begin with the C =9 3 the loweft, becaufe if your Part- ner has the Ace, he plays it> which makes room for your Suit. And fince you have let your Partner into the State of your Game, as foon as he has the Lead, if he has a Trump or two remaining, he will play Trumps to you, with a moral Certainty that your King clears your Ad- verfaries Hands of all their Trumps* in.
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