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111lucky at cards, unlucky in love — The idea is present in 1738 SWIFT Polite Conversation iii. 213 Well, Miss, you’ll have a sad Husband, you have such good Luck at Cards. 1866 T. W. ROBERTSON Society II. ii. ‘I’m always lucky at cards!’.. ‘Yes, I know an old proverb about that...… …
112Slow play (poker) — Slow playing (also called sandbagging or trapping) is deceptive play in poker that is roughly the opposite of bluffing: betting weakly or passively with a strong holding rather than betting aggressively with a weak one. The flat call is one such… …
113Ultimate Play the Game — Infobox Company company name = Ultimate Play The Game company company type = Video game developer (inactive) foundation = 1982 location = flagicon|UK Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, United Kingdom key people = Tim Stamper (graphics director)… …
114Baraja (playing cards) — The Baraja (literally deck/pack of cards ) is a Spanish set of playing cards with some resemblance to the 52 card Anglo American French deck, but is usually made up of only 40 cards. It has a quite high resemblance to the Italian… …
115Master of the Playing Cards — The 3 of Birds from the playing cards, a single plate card The Master of the Playing Cards was the first major master in the history of printmaking. He was a German (or conceivably Swiss) engraver, and probably also a painter, active in… …
116Cut (cards) — After a deck of cards is shuffled by the dealer, it is often given to a player other than the one who performed the shuffle for a procedure called a cut. Contents 1 Procedure 2 Etiquette 3 Scarne s cut 4 Reasons …
117UEFA Fair Play ranking — The UEFA Fair Play ranking is used by UEFA to grant three berths for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. This ranking has existed since 1995, but awards in terms of extra berths for the first qualifying round have been given since… …
118Four Color Cards — (四色牌) is a very popular game that has a relatively long history in China. They seem to be derived from Mahjong (playing style) and Xiangqi (the names of the pieces in Xiangqi are used on the cards). The cards were typically used by the lower… …
119To cut a play — Cut Cut (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cutting}.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach …
120Captain Trips (Wild Cards) — Superherobox caption= comic color=background:#c0c0c0 character name=Captain Trips real name=Dr. Marcus Aurelius Mark Meadows publisher=George R. R. Martin debut= Wild Cards (1987) creators=Victor Milán alliance color=background:#ffc0c0… …
