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hand. The cards held by one player ("playing hand") The player holding the cards, as in "Third hand bid 1 ♠." Synonymous with the noun usage of deal. hand card A card held in the hand as opposed to one on the table. hand game or handplay. A type of contract in certain games in which the skat or widow is not used. [64] hard score
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.
(Hand distribution, also shape or pattern) Of one 13-card hand on a deal, the numbers of cards or lengths in the four suits. Sometimes the length of one or two suits is known or presumed and "distribution" covers only three or two suits, as "distribution in the minors" said of one hand whose major-suit distribution is known. General. The degree ...
Dump: A surprise attack usually executed by a front row setter to catch the defense off guard; many times executed with the left hand, sometimes with the right, aimed at the donut or area 4 on the court; Five-One: Six-player offensive system where a single designated setter sets regardless of court position. The player is responsible for the ...
Centre tear – a special way of tearing up paper billets used in mentalism. Change – changing one card (or object) for another. Charlier Cut – One handed flourish cut or pass. Classic force – a force performed by fanning the cards and timing the force card to land under their fingers. Classic palm – to palm with the centre of the hand.
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.
References 0–9 2-for-1 A strategy used within the last minute of a period or quarter, in which the team with possession times its shot to ensure that it will regain possession with enough time to shoot again before time runs out. Applicable in competitions that use a shot clock (all except NFHS in most US states). 3-and-D Any player, typically not a star, who specializes mainly in three ...
The following is a glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool, which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; and snooker, played on a large pocket table, and which has a sport culture unto itself distinct from pool.