three-handed
Adjective
Meaning
Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
As in the three-handed version, the first player is forced to bid when holding meld.
Corcoran 2007, p. 147. Legacy Reception history Life is an immobile, locked, Three-handed struggle between Your wants, the world's for you, and (worse) The unbeatable slow machine That brings what you'll get.
Cutthroat pinochle Similar to three-handed pinochle, cutthroat is a simple modification.
Three-handed 1) Each player is dealt ten cards, with two going to the blind.
Three-handed 500 Three-handed 500 is played with a deck of 33 cards (a joker plus a "Piquet pack", i.e. 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s and 6s removed from the standard 52 cards citation ).
More conventional explanations claim that three-handed Casimir was the original intent of the painter to emphasize the exceptional generosity of Casimir ("But when you give to someone in need, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing."