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other players' hands. This involves also trying to remember what has already been put down. But how can you do all this and still try to judge the other players' expressions and play your own hand skilfully? Some people can. How do they do it?
Here's one way and it's very powerful. In a pack of playing cards you have four suits:
Hearts
Diamonds
Spades
Clubs.
In each of these there are cards numbered two to ten, plus a Jack, a Queen, a King and an Ace. The latter has a numerical value of one or eleven. All you have to do is learn this set of associations. It is not very long, so it won't be difficult. It is based on the sound associations of Wennsshein's system. As you see each card come out of the pack, connect the associated image to the image of the previous card. Do it in such a way that you are continuously building a story in your mind. This way you will at least be able to assess what is not in the other players' hands. Thus, by deduction, you can achieve a better guess of what is. Couple this with the degree of risk the other players seem prepared to take, and the nature of their expressions and you will have a definite edge.
Here is the list of images:
Hearts
1 Hat
2 Hen
3 Ham
4 Hair
5 Hill
6 Hedge
7 Hake (fish)
8 Heave (imagine people lifting)
9 Heap
10 Hose
J Hedge
Q Headquarters
K Hack (type of horse)
Diamonds
1 Dart
2 Den
3 Dam
4 Door
5 Dale
6 Dash
7 Deck
8 Daffy (daffodil)
9 Dip
10 Daz (washing powder)
J Disk jockey
Q Duck quill
K Doctor

 
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