Wednesday, June 20, 2007
yarborough
The original definition of "yarborough" qualifies it as a bridge or whist hand containing no honour cards (10 is also an honour card). It is termed after Charles Anderson Worsley, Second Earl of Yarborough (1809–1897), who was said to have bet 1000 to 1 that noone will ever pick a hand like that. More about this, and other bridge odds in a most interesting article, BRIDGE; BETTING WITH THE ODDS by Alan Truscott in The New York Times (January 18, 1987).
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2 comments:
Interesting read! Thanks!
-goobs
Wait! Where's the hand!?
Well, at least I know the origin of the word 'sandwich' :)
-goobs
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