If a pair is forced to lift or clear the shuttlecock, then they must defend: they will adopt a side-by-side position in the rear midcourt, to cover the full width of their court against the opponents ' smashes.

If a " clinch " – a defensive move in which a boxer wraps his or her opponents arms and holds on to create a pause – is broken by the referee, each fighter must take a full step back before punching again ( alternatively, the referee may direct the fighters to " punch out " of the clinch ).

If this occurs, the referee separates the opponents and orders them to continue boxing.

" 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 he thinks that fewer than six opponents will call the bet, he would lose money and must simply call.

If a player is not aggressive with his weaker hands, the opponents can safely fold whenever the player does bet or raise.

If the opponent in the hold begins to tap out at the same time a referee counts to three for pinning the opponent delivering the hold, both opponents have legally achieved scoring conditions simultaneously.

If both of the contestant's opponents have the same score, the passing contestant can choose the recipient.

If the square is occupied by an opponents ' piece, it may be captured ( and removed from the game ) by jumping over it to the unoccupied square one square beyond the opponents piece.

If a player bluffs too infrequently, observant opponents will recognize that the player is betting for value and will call with very strong hands or with drawing hands only when they are receiving favorable pot odds.

If a player bluffs too frequently, observant opponents snap off his bluffs by calling or re-raising.

If no opponents call a player's bet or raise, the player wins the pot.

If a player's table image is that of an aggressive bluffer, slow playing is less important because his opponents will be more willing to call his usual bets and raises.

If John is confident that Mary is betting a high hand, then John might flat call with his low hand to fish for overcalls rather than make it more difficult for opponents to call.

If John were to raise, he and Mary would gain no profit at all if no other opponents called.

If there were multiple opponents in the hand then he would be eligible for a side pot.

If the ball is fumbled the defensive team may recover the ball and even advance it to their opponents ' goal.

If both opponents are squeezed on different tricks ( the squeeze card is then a card in the suit that was menacing the opponent squeezed first ) the double squeeze is called non-simultaneous.

If a remaining unknown card is chosen randomly, there is a 1 /( t-1-n ) chance of getting a match, but also a n /( t-1-n ) chance of providing opponents with the information needed to make a match.

If one or both teams have less than four players, the game enters " Pre-T Mode ", in which a team wins by simply having 4 more planets than their opponents.

If Kojirō can survive this, Ittōsai says, then the next time they meet will be as opponents.

If the infantry does not break, however, cavalry charges will often fail — with even trained warhorses refusing to advance into the solid ranks of opponents.

* If a player or team wins when the opponents start the round with 40 points, it is called hanging a 40.

If our national interest lies in being able to fight and win a war rather than committing national suicide, then we must take a much more penetrating look at ballistic missiles.

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.

If a player wins two sets, or gets a win and a tie, that player wins the game.

If the chains are long enough then the player will certainly win.

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 come-bet point is rolled on the come-out roll, the odds do not win but the come bet does and the odds bet is returned ( along with the come bet and its payoff ).

If Fulham win the toss, they usually choose to play towards the Hammersmith End in the second half.

If a player is " easy to read " he very seldom will win large pots even when holding a very good hand.

If not blocked or countered, the open row of three will be extended to an open row of four, which threatens to win in two ways.

The awards ceremony is traditionally closed with the words: " If you didn't win a prize — and especially if you did — better luck next year!

If a player beats their opponent with all five hands, this is called a “ Five-O ” win.

If desired, antes can be added to further increase the pressure to win more chips.

If the rules specify that ties are not acceptable, then a swing player must clearly win both directions: even a tie in one direction means he wins nothing.

If a player has two small pairs, and he believes that it will be necessary for him to make a full house to win, then he has four outs: the two remaining cards of each rank that he holds.

If the constituency is in a jurisdiction using list PR in its multimember districts ( MMDs ) the winning candidate needs a relative majority of the votes to win, so that the election in the SMD is by first-past-the-post.

If the former option were to win, the referendum would have been held again every 8 years.

If the latter option were to win, a separate referendum would be held where Puerto Ricans would have been given the option of being admitted as a US State " on equal footing with the other states ", or becoming a " sovereign nation, either fully independent from or in free association with the United States.

* If both ends of Player A's tessera are open, then Player B will lose on the next move, unless he can capture a piece from Player A's tessera, or win the game himself on the next move.

" If you're going to play, play to win!

If you win, it will be enforced.

If I win, the law will be repealed.

At the end of the show, Mary Tyler Moore announced the following over the credits: " If the Pittsburgh Steelers win the actual Super Bowl tomorrow, we want to apologize to the Pittsburgh team and their fans for this purely fictional story.

If the receiver does, in fact, win their break point, the game is awarded to the receiver, and the receiver is said to have converted their break point.