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Solitamente gli acquirenti hanno la possibilità di scaricare gratuitamente una copia scansionata del libro originale (senza refusi) direttamente dall''editore. Il libro è Non illustrato. 1807 edition. Estratto: ...you are,therefore, not to discard for low quatorze, such as three queens, three knaves, or three tens, because in any of these cases the odds are three to one, elder hand, that you do not succeed, and seventeen to three, younger hand; for supposing you should go for a quatorze of queens, knaves, or tens, and throw out an ace or a king, by so doing you run the risk of losing above twenty points, in expectation of winning fourteen points. 3. At the beginning of a party always play to make your game, which is tweHty-seven points elder hand, and thirteen points younger hand; therefore, if you are elder hand, and haye a tierce-major, and the seven of any suit, it is five to two but you take in one card out of any four certain cards: therefore, suppose you should have three queens, three knaves, or three tens, you are in this case to discard one of them, in preference to the seven of such a suit; because it is three to one that you do not take in any one certain card, elder band, to make you a quatorze, consequently you discard the seven of such a suit to a great disadvantage. 4. If your adversary should be very much before you in the game, the consideration of winning the cards must be put entirely out of the question: therefore, suppose you should have a quart to a queen, or a quart to a knave in which case it is only about five to four, being elder hand, but that you take in a card to make you a quint, and about three to one but that you take in a queen, a knave, or ten; and if yon should have three of either dealt you, it is good play to make a push for the game, particularly if it is so far advanced as to give yon but little chance for it in another deal; and in this...
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