Since a player cannot control another player's bids, and since all bids are non-refundable, the auction involves a considerable amount of strategizing and prioritization by players.

) Since either player can make use of any hopping ' ladder ' or ' chain ' created, more advanced strategy involves hindering an opposing player, in addition to helping oneself find jumps across the board.

Since the player names were being used as a group, the players had assigned their publicity rights to the players association who then signed licensing deals.

* Since joining the Big East in 1995, a Notre Dame basketball player has been crowned Big East Player of the year 5 times.

Since his debut in 1992, Muralitharan has taken 800 Test wickets and over 500 One Day International wickets, becoming the first player to take 1, 000 wickets combined in the two main forms of international cricket.

" Featured on the magazine cover is defensive player Dennis Gaubatz, number 53, in midair pursuit with this description: " That is he, looming 10 feet tall or taller above the Steelers ' signal caller ... Since Gaubatz acts like this on Sunday, I'll do my quarterbacking Monday.

Since it would be expected that a player would only make such a bet when he had the best possible hand, the folk lore says that this is how the best possible hand came to be known as the nuts.

Since the player expects to always gain additional bets in later rounds when the draw is made, and never lose any additional bets when the draw is missed, the extra bets that the player expects to gain, excluding his own, can fairly be added to the current size of the pot.

Since making this decision correctly will lead to the most long-run profit for a skilled player, players often put considerable study into what the appropriate starting hand " standards " are for the game being played.

Since Sprouts is a finite game where no draw is possible, a perfect strategy exists either for the first or the second player, depending on the number of initial spots.

Since the player is essentially playing a computer / video game, the manufacturers are able to offer more interactive elements, such as advanced bonus games and advanced video graphics.

Since the early 1990s, most fighting games allow the player to execute special attacks by performing specific button combinations.

Since 2004, a Player of the Year ( POY ) award has been given to the player with the most points accumulated throughout the WSOP.

Since the first player to move in Hex has a distinct advantage, the pie rule is generally implemented for fairness.

: Since Hex is a finite, perfect information game that cannot end in a tie, either the first or second player must possess a winning strategy.

Since WMP 9 Series, the player features dynamically updated Auto Playlists based on criteria.

Since Windows Media Player 9 Series, the player supports crossfading, audio dynamic range ( Quiet Mode ) for WMA Pro and WMA Lossless, and auto volume leveling for certain media which includes volume level / gain information such as MP3 or Windows Media.

Since it is to any player's advantage to eliminate failure cards from his opponents ' hands, a large part of the strategy of the game consists in bluffing: when one player attacks Doctor Lucky, it is in your interest to persuade your other opponents that you have no failure cards in your hand, to attempt to force them to save the game by spending the required cards.

Since 2008, the medal has been awarded to the player showing the most determination, courage and skill in matched between the Kangaroos and the Bombers.

Since the pinned piece cannot move out of the line of attack, the pinned piece's player may move other pieces to defend the pinned piece, but the pinning player may yet attack with even more pieces, etc.

Since Kile's death, the Astros, Rockies, and Cardinals have not assigned number 57 to another player, although none of those teams has formally retired the number.

Since the opening book for each possible opening position would be too difficult to devote to memory ( 960 " book opening " systems ), each player must create every move originally.

Since they can't detect causal properties, they can't detect the existence of the mental.

Since the two-round system requires more information from each voter than a single ordinal ballot provides, one can't fit the criteria that are formulated expressly for voters with ordinal preferences without making a generalization as to how the voters will behave.

Since the UF6 is contained within the vessel, it can't escape and thus compresses elsewhere.

Since the attacker normally can't see any reply packets, the sequence number must be guessed in order to hijack the connection.

Thrasher said " Since the colourizers can't even agree on Space Moose's own exact hue, and since Space Moose has never been given a formal Starfleet rank, speculation may proceed freely.

Since they can't reach Earth's surface to prey on its natives because they burn up in the atmosphere as shooting stars, the Knids are waiting in the Space Hotel for the new arrivals.

" Since the words " think " and " machine " can't be defined in a clear way that satisfies everyone, Turing suggests we " replace the question by another, which is closely related to it and is expressed in relatively unambiguous words.

Since they contained no yolk and therefore can't hatch, it was traditionally believed that these eggs were laid by roosters.

Since we caught a ball ( the x we removed from the left ) we can't " throw " a 0 next.

Since there are six different types of pieces, and kings can't beat each other, there are 35 battle animations.

By this time Truman was pessimistic about international arms control and told his advisors " Since we can't obtain international control we must be strongest in atomic weapons.

Since the defense is taking away coverage defenders to rush the quarterback, this usually means that the secondary can't afford to miss any coverage assignments.

" Since Junie B. loves ice cream, Susan made a rule at the grocery store that Junie B. can't shout " I WANT ICE CREAM!

Since long branches can't possibly attract one another when only one is in the analysis, consistent taxon placement between treatments would indicate long branch attraction is not a problem.

Since The First is non-corporeal, it can't be killed.

Since the governor can't succeed himself, whoever is elected lieutenant governor is almost always considered a leading candidate for governor.

Since neither of them can understand the language spoken by the other ( Grant doesn't know Japanese, while Judomaster can't speak or understand English ), their relationship is difficult, but the ongoing attraction is there ( later it is inferred that they are " together " in some romantic way ).

In an interview with Dan Snierson of Entertainment Weekly, it was noted that Clarkson sang " So together but so broken up inside / ' Cause I can't breathe " in " Behind These Hazel Eyes " but in " Since U Been Gone ", she sang " But since you been gone / I can breathe for the first time.

Since the cause can't be another idea, it must be a substance.

Since King can't walk and if he was left to the Japanese he would tortured then executed, Kelly authorises fellow Australian Dan Costello to kill King humanely.

Since Doctor Light can't speak to them in English, she resorts to blasting them away from the machine.

Since two people can't do all that is needed in a small or medium market network affiliate, the larger company signs a " Joint Sales Agreement " to represent the smaller company station in sales, in exchange for a commission of 30 % or so.

Since they can't fly to get to insects or food on trees and their eyesight is very poor they depend on a keen sense of smell, long beak and talons.