A balance is a bid which must be made to prevent the opponents from taking the contract. For example, after the sequence: 1â  - Pass - 2â  - Pass-Pass) ? this last person has a choice between passing (and hence letting the opponents play 2â ) and bidding (called balancing in this situation).
Answers.comÂ® is making the world better one answer at a time. Slick Rick went to jail because he shot a bystander and hired his cousin as a bodyguard and then shot another person by the name of Walter. 9 people found this useful.
Rick the Ruler redirects here. For the St. Louis-based hiphop artist, see Rick tha Rular. Richard Martin Lloyd Walters (born January 14, 1965; better known as Slick Rick, Rick The Ruler and Ricky Dee) is a British-born American rapper. He has released four albums: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988), The Ruler's Back (1991), Behind Bars (1994) and The Art of Storytelling (1999).