Play+a+trump
21Trump Card — Infobox Television show name = Trump Card caption = format = Game show runtime = 30 minutes creator = Terry Mardell starring = Jimmy Cefalo Host Debi Massey Hostess country = USA network = Syndication first aired = 1990 last aired = 1991 Trump… …
22Trump squeeze — In contract bridge, the trump squeeze is a variant of the simple squeeze. (Squeezes are techniques in this game to gain extra tricks.)In a trump squeeze, declarer has a suit that can be established by ruffing, but the defender being squeezed is… …
23Trump (card games) — In a trick taking game, a trump is a card which is elevated above its normal rank. Typically an entire suit is nominated as a trump suit these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non trump) suits.In most games, the relative rank of cards… …
24trump card — n. final resource to play one s trump card * * * [ trʌmpkɑːd] [ final resource ] to play one s trump card …
25To play hob — Play Play, v. t. 1. To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump. [1913 Webster] First Peace and Silence all disputes control, Then Order plays the soul. Herbert. [1913 Webster] 2. To perform music upon; as …
26To play off — Play Play, v. t. 1. To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump. [1913 Webster] First Peace and Silence all disputes control, Then Order plays the soul. Herbert. [1913 Webster] 2. To perform music upon; as …
27To play one's cards — Play Play, v. t. 1. To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump. [1913 Webster] First Peace and Silence all disputes control, Then Order plays the soul. Herbert. [1913 Webster] 2. To perform music upon; as …
28Play techniques (bridge) — Techniques by declarer *establishing long suits *finessing *when not to finesse *the holdup (mostly at NT contracts) *timing *unblocking *blocking *managing entries *trumping *the crossruff *when to draw trumps (how many rounds to draw) *when not …
29trump card — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. informal, advantage, ace in the hole. See superiority. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. best play, strongest means, most effective device, trick; see agent 1 , device 2 , strength 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus… …
30Avoidance play — In contract bridge, avoidance play is a play technique whereby the declarer tries to avoid one particular defender to take a trick, so as to eschew a dangerous lead from that hand. The dangerous hand is usually the one who is able to finesse… …
