Posts Tagged ‘scoring’

Bridge game play

Posted by Nicolae on November 13th, 2008 under Bridge
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Two partnerships of two players each are needed to play bridge. The four players sit around a table with partners opposite one another. The compass directions are often used to refer to the four players, aligned with their seating pattern. Thus, South and North form one partnership and East and West [...]

Fielding team in baseball

Posted by Nicolae on September 1st, 2008 under Baseball Guide, Sport, games
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The squad in the field is the defensive team; they attempt to prevent the baserunners from scoring. There are nine defensive positions, however, only two of the positions have a mandatory location (pitcher and catcher), the locations of the other seven fielders is not specified by the rules, except that at the [...]

Tennis

Posted by Nicolae on July 30th, 2008 under Sport
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The U.S. Open is a prestigious Grand Slam tournament.
Tennis is a sport played between either two players (”Singles”) or two teams of two players (”doubles”). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a ball, a hollow rubber ball covered in felt, over a net into the opponent’s court. In some places [...]

Play mahjong

Posted by Nicolae on June 21st, 2008 under Mahjong, games
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View from a player going to discard a tile in an ongoing gameplay.
Players may read the name of the discarded tile out loud.
The flower tile on the left should be replaced by a tile from the dead wall promptly.
Each player is dealt either 13 tiles for 13-tile variations or 16 tiles [...]

Football pools

Posted by Nicolae on June 9th, 2008 under Football (Soccer), Sports Betting, Sports betting guide
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Football pools, often referred to as “The Pools”, are competitions based on predicting the outcome of association football matches set to take place in the coming week.
British Pools
Several different companies such as Littlewoods, Vernons, Zetters and Brittens have organised similar games, the most famous of which was historically known as Treble [...]