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If and player
If more than one player selects a tile in that row, then the player whose tile is in the leftmost column ( closest to 1 ) goes first.
If, however, there are no shares left when the chain is founded, then the founding player does not receive the free share.
If a tile is placed between two hotel chains of the same size, the individual player who places the tile decides which hotel chain remains on the board and which is acquired.
If a player holds onto his stock, he runs the risk that the acquired chain may not reemerge before the game ends.
If the opponents win the rally and their new score is even, the player in the right service court serves ; if odd, the player in the left service court serves.
If a player does not lift, his only remaining option is to push the shuttlecock softly back to the net: in the forecourt this is called a netshot ; in the midcourt or rearcourt, it is often called a push or block.
If the player and dealer have the same point total, this is called a " push " and the player typically doesn't win or lose money on that hand.
If the dealer busts, all remaining player hands win.
* Split ( only available as first decision of a hand ): If the first two cards have the same value, the player can split them into two hands, by moving a second bet equal to the first into an area outside the betting box of the original bet.
If the dealer's upcard is an ace, the player is offered the option of taking " insurance " before the dealer checks the hole card.
If a player wins two sets, or gets a win and a tie, that player wins the game.
If each player wins a set, or both sets end tied, there is a 3-end tiebreaker to determine a winner.
If the chains are long enough then the player will certainly win.
If the other player also knows to offer sacrifices, the expert also has to manipulate the number of available sacrifices through earlier play.
If one player has not borne off any checkers by the time that player's opponent has borne off all fifteen, then the player has lost a gammon, which counts for double a normal loss.
If the losing player has not borne off any checkers and still has checkers on the bar or in the opponent's home board, then the player has lost a backgammon, which counts for triple a normal loss.
" If both opponents roll the same opening number, the doubling cube is incremented on each occasion yet remains in the middle of the board, available to either player.

If and rolls
If the Crawford rule is in effect, then another option is the Holland rule, which stipulates that after the Crawford game, a player cannot double until after at least two rolls have been played by each side.
If the shooter rolls one of these numbers on the come-out roll, this establishes the " point "-to " pass " or " win ", the point number must be rolled again before a seven.
If the shooter rolls any seven before repeating the point number ( a " seven-out "), the Pass line loses and the dice pass to a new shooter for the next round.
If longer lengths were needed, the unexposed negative rolls could be cemented in a darkroom, but this was largely undesirable by most narrative filmmakers.
If a player rolls a 6, he may, after moving, immediately take another turn ; otherwise play passes to the next player in turn.
If a player rolls three consecutive 6s, he must return to the starting square ( grid " 1 ") and may not move again until rolling another 6.
If a Master Mason is dropped from the rolls for non-payment of dues, under most circumstances he may be immediately reinstated in good standing simply by paying his current dues as well as any back dues owed, although in many jurisdictions there is a requirement to ballot for re-admission.
* If he rolls the main, he wins ( throws in or nicks ).
* If he rolls a 2 or a 3, he loses ( throws out ).
* If he rolls an 11 or 12, the result depends on the main:
If a player rolls the same number twice, he or she gets a bonus of 10 coins.
If the ball rolls and hits the bat then the batsman is out and is replaced by that fielder.
If a player rolls doubles, each die still counts only once.
If some of the operations are completed but errors occur when the others are attempted, the transaction-processing system " rolls back " all of the operations of the transaction ( including the successful ones ), thereby erasing all traces of the transaction and restoring the system to the consistent, known state that it was in before processing of the transaction began.
If the check reveals conflicting modifications, the committing transaction rolls back.
If, after a start, the database is found in an inconsistent state or not been shut down properly, the database management system reviews the database logs for uncommitted transactions and rolls back the changes made by these transactions.
If a datatype is recursive, the entire sum of products is wrapped in a recursive type, and each constructor also rolls the datatype into the recursive type.
If the aircraft rolls too steeply — while performing aerobatics, for example — the attitude indicator can " tumble " ( or " topple ") and become temporarily unusable.
( If two rolls, the maximum capacity of a single pint of redeveloper, were to be processed in succession, the redeveloper had to be mixed while the first roll was in the first developer.
* If the ball bounces more than twice, or rolls along the ground, before reaching the popping crease at the striker's end.
If one is successful, the roller rolls the die and the dasher moves forward.
If the player rolls two threes, the three man takes two drinks.
If the player rolls a total of five, the player behind them ( the person to their right when playing clockwise ) has to take a drink, and if the player rolls a seven, the person ahead of them drinks.

If and two
If we examine the three types of change from the point of view of their internal structure we find an additional profound difference between the third and the first two, one that accounts for the notable difference between the responses they evoke.
If I now risk some comparisons with Sons And Lovers let it be clear that I am not comparing the two works or judging their merits ; ;
If nothing else, at least two good songs came out of the project, `` Out Of This World '' and `` June Comes Around Every Year ''.
If he were to go with White, he would be out there two days, not just listening in the dark at some point between here and Papa-san, but moving ever deeper into enemy land -- behind Papa-san -- itself.
Somebody, got to be somebody If I don't put my two cents in soon, somebody else will I know they're waitin only for one thing: for the bastards what done it to be nailed.
If we cluster together, the redcoats can make an advantage out of it, but there's not a blessed thing they can do with two or three of us except chase us, and we can outrun them ''.
If you've travelled in Europe a time or two, it is quite certain that you've had that wanting-to-be-alone feeling or that you will get it on your next visit across the Atlantic.
If A is the major axis of an ellipsoid and B and C are the other two axes, the radius of curvature in the ab plane at the end of the axis Af, and the difference in pressure along the A and B axes is Af.
If we try to study T using characteristic values, we are confronted with two problems.
If the distribution of the 71 items were wholly concordant in the two families, the distance would of course be 0.
If the patient can perceive figure kinesthetically when he cannot perceive it visually, then, it would seem, the sense of touch has immediate contact with the spatial aspects of things in independence of visual representations, at least in regard to two dimensions, and, as we shall see, even this much spatial awareness on the part of unaided touch is denied by the authors.
If a child loses a molar at the age of two, the adjoining teeth may shift toward the empty space, thus narrowing the place intended for the permanent ones and producing a jumble.
If you are not well acquainted with the area in which you wish to locate, or if you are not sure that you and your family will like and make a success of farming, usually you would do better to rent a place for a year or two before you buy.
If the change, at first sight, seems minor, we may recall that it took the Italian painters about two hundred years to make an analogous change, and the Italian painters, by universal consent, were the most brilliant group of geniuses any art has seen.
If we add to these contacts with friendly members the `` contacts with an organization of the church '' ( 11.2 per cent of the cases ), then a substantial two thirds of all recruitment is through friendly contact.
If the Orioles are to break their losing streak within the next two days, it will have to be at the expense of the American League champion New York Yankees, who come in here tomorrow for a night game and a single test Sunday afternoon.
If one takes the middle number, 5, and multiplies it by 3 ( the base number of the magic square of three ), the result is 15, which is also the constant sum of all the rows, columns, and two main diagonals.
If we look about the world today, we can see clearly that there are two especially significant factors shaping the future of our civilization: science and religion.
** Trichotomy: If two sets are given, then either they have the same cardinality, or one has a smaller cardinality than the other.
* If two small categories are weakly equivalent, then they are equivalent.
If the demands of these two sovereigns upon his duty of allegiance come into conflict, those of the United States have the paramount authority in American law ; likewise, those of the foreign land have paramount authority in their legal system.
If there is a mixture of only two types of atoms, not counting impurities, such as a copper-nickel alloy, then it is called a binary alloy.
* Let Q be a set enclosed between two step regions S and T. A step region is formed from a finite union of adjacent rectangles resting on a common base, i. e. S ⊆ Q ⊆ T. If there is a unique number c such that a ( S ) ≤ c ≤ a ( T ) for all such step regions S and T, then a ( Q )
If two players tie for majority, they will share both shareholder bonuses.

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