(1) Deals without having the pack cut; or again shuffles after the pack
has been duly cut;
(2) Exposes a card in dealing; deals too many or too few cards to any
player;
(3) Misses a hand or deals a hand or part of a hand additional;
(4) Or otherwise commits any irregularity in dealing, it is a misdeal,
and the dealer forfeits a single to the pool. The cards are again
shuffled and cut, and there is a fresh deal by the same dealer.
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4.--Players shall declare whether they play or pass in strict rotation,
beginning with the elder hand.
5.--Any player declaring before his turn, or looking at his cards before it
is his turn to declare, forfeits a single to the pool.
6.--Any player looking at miss before he has declared to take it, or
exposing a card or cards of another player, forfeits a single to the pool,
and must retire from the game for that round.
7.--The dealer, taking miss against one player only, must declare before
doing so, whether he play for himself or the pool. In the latter case he
cannot be looed; but the proceeds of any trick he may make are left in the
pool, to abide the result of the next hand.
8.--If no one declares to play, the dealer is entitled to the pool.
9.--A player having the lead, and holding the ace of trumps (or king, ace
being turned up), is bound to lead it.
10.--A player having the lead, and holding two trumps, is bound to lead one
of them.
11.--A player having the lead, and holding two trumps, other than in
sequence or of equal value, is bound (when there are two players only), to
lead the highest.
12.--Every player is bound to follow suit if able to do so.
13.--Every player is bound to head the trick if able to do so.
14.--Every player winning a trick, and still holding one or more trumps, is
bound to lead a trump.
Any player committing any infractions of Laws 9, {93} 10, 11, 12, 13, or
14, must leave in the pool any tricks he may make, and forfeit to the pool
four times the amount of a single.