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To set up the layout required before play e.g. to set up the 4 cards in Newmarket and place stakes on them; To ante counters or stakes to a pot or pool at the start of a hand. drop, drop out. To withdraw from the current deal, [38] for example in Mauscheln, Préférence, Three-card Loo and Toepen. [52] Also fold.
The set of face-up cards of a particular player in a stud game The set of all face-up cards in a stud game boat Another name for a full house bomb pot A hand where each player agrees to place a predetermined bet amount into the pot before the hand is dealt.
Rummy is a group of games related by the feature of matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit. The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build melds which can be either sets (three or four of a kind of the same rank) or runs (three or more sequential cards of the same suit) and either be first to go out or to amass more points than the opposition.
Passing the basketball using an overhand throw with one hand similar to a baseball pitch. baseline. Also called the end line. The line that marks the playing boundary at either end of the court. baseline out-of-bounds play The play used to return the ball to the court from outside the baseline along the opponent's basket. basket
Game, set, match: Expression used at the conclusion of a match to indicate that one of the competitors has prevailed. Game: A game consists of a sequence of points played with the same player serving and is a segment of a set. Each set consists of at least six games. [63] Get: Reaching and returning a ball that is difficult to retrieve.
A layup in basketball is a two-point shot attempt made by leaping from below, laying the ball up [clarification needed] near the basket, and using one hand to bounce it off the backboard and into the basket. The motion and one-handed reach distinguish it from a jump shot. The layup is considered the most basic shot in basketball.
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Fetus (41%) – curling up in a fetal position. This was the most common position, and is especially popular with women. Log (15%) – lying on one's side with the arms down the side. Yearner (13%) – sleeping on one's side with the arms in front. Soldier (8%) – on one's back with the arms pinned to the sides.