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overtrick
ˈovertrick Bridge. Also with hyphen. [over- 19.] A trick taken in excess of the number contracted for. Also attrib.1921 F. Irwin Compl. Auction Player 15 Each over⁓trick is worth twice its value below the line. 1927 Observer 5 June 19/2 All over-trick bonuses gained by a vulnerable side..count doubl...
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Overtrick
In the first leg, Meadow Skipper thumped Overtrick in a track record time. Overtrick repeated the performance in the Messenger Stakes with Country Don second and Meadow Skipper third.
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Spades (card game)
If a player/team took more tricks than they bid, a single point is scored for each overtrick, called an "overtrick", "bag" or "sandbag" (a bid of 5 tricks This ensures that at least one player or team will be set or "bagged" (forced to take an overtrick).
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Triple squeeze
When South leads his last heart, West is triple-squeezed and must discard the Q to stop the overtrick.
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Bluke
John got 1 overtrick, and Steve got 2.
On the second hand, John, Margaret and Steve all went set. Betsy got 2 overtricks. Steve and Betsy met their bids exactly, and Margaret and John got 1 overtrick each.
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Call-ace Whist
A simple system is as follows:
7 - 10 points
8 - 20 points
9 - 40 points
10 - 80 points
11 - 160 points
12 - 320 points
13 - 640 points
Each overtrick
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Solo whist
Each overtrick or undertrick in a Prop and Cop or Solo is worth an extra unit.
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Bridge scoring
North-South score 240 contract tricks below the line, 100 overtrick points above the line and 50 points for 'insult' above the line. Deal 5: North bids 3 and makes 4 scoring 60 contract points below the line and 20 overtrick points above the line.
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Duplicate bridge
For example, at matchpoints, making one more overtrick than everybody else on a board gives the same result (the top) as making a slam that nobody else In rubber (as in IMP scoring), 30 points above the line for an overtrick is unimportant and hardly worth risking a set.
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1963 in sports
Tour money leader – Mickey Wright – $31,269
Harness racing
United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
Cane Pace – Meadow Skipper
Little Brown Jug – Overtrick Messenger Stakes – Overtrick
Speedy Scot won the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Triple Crown races –
Hambletonian – Speedy Scott
Yonkers Trot
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Safety play
However, the defense makes an unorthodox opening lead, presenting declarer with a possible overtrick. There may now be a way, unavailable to other declarers, that will guarantee the contract while retaining good chances for the overtrick.
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Serbian whist
The first undertrick or overtrick costs one point, and each additional undertrick/overtrick costs a point more than the one before it. This rewards sacrifices, for it is now often beneficial to risk an overtrick (1 point) to cost a person that is already down to get an additional undertrick
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Mariáš
need to win this trick)
100 – score 100 points or more (90 points lost the game, need 60+40 with trump marriage or 80+20 with no-trump marriage, each overtrick
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Cardigan Bay (horse)
Hall of Fame horses of that era: Overtrick, Bret Hanover, and Meadow Skipper. Hall of Fame horses of that era: Overtrick, Bret Hanover, and Meadow Skipper.
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Romanian whist
Players who took more tricks than their bid lose one point for each overtrick.
Examples: Suppose you bid 3 tricks.
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