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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:37, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Pollack

 * ... that the card game of pollack is named after a bonus for holding the three top cards – the Ten, Nine and Ace – of one suit? Source: "Ist gegeben, so darf der, welcher die Vorhand hat, ansagen, noch ehe er ausgespielt hat; die Uebrigen dürfen erst dann ansagen, wenn sie oder ihr Partner einen gemacht haben. Angesagt wird: … Für Zehne, Neune und As von gleicher Farbe, was man einen Pollack nennt – 3" (von Alvensleben, L. (1853). Encyclopädie der Spiele: enthaltend alle bekannten Karten-, Bret-, Kegel-, Billard-, Ball-, Würfel-Spiele und Schach. Otto Wigand, Leipzig. pp. 397-399)
 * Reviewed: Edith Campbell

Created by Bermicourt (talk). Self-nominated at 13:34, 19 May 2019 (UTC).