"Push"

[pirate22]

And why? there has to be some sort of conotation------------

 

Early days,when checking results team wise with partners--I used "flat"

i suppose one could use "Equal"--"Same"

So where does Push come from?

[pooltuna]

And why? there has to be some sort of conotation------------

 

Early days,when checking results team wise with partners--I used "flat"

i suppose one could use "Equal"--"Same"

So where does Push come from?

I thought it was a blackjack term because when you tie the dealer they "push" your bet back towards you :blink:

[aguahombre]

Or maybe the term, as used in both Blackjack and bridge, originated from some earlier endeavor.

[pirate22]

in blackjack--assume pontoon, if same, with croupier value ,they have never pushed my chips/ stake--------however--in bridge how did this come about PUSH?

[peachy]

At least in US, "Flat" is an MP term while "Push" (or "Tie") is an IMP term.

I don't know where the term Push originated. Nor do I know what terms are commonly used in other English speaking countries or areas.

[ONEferBRID]

Maybe it is derived from CHESS ... "pushing" a pawn.

[barmar]

Pooltuna's guess sounds possible.

 

Sometimes words like this originate due to adoption of a word from another language. So there may be a language where the word for "tie" sounds like "push". That's how we got the tennis term "love": it's from the French word "l'oef", which means "egg", because a zero is egg-shaped.

[pirate22]

barmar love=l-oufe{egg}:rolleyes::) recently they have dropped Love -30 of all places france............ regards