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Where player's cards may be receiving attention (2,4)

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I believe the answer is:

in hand

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'be receiving attention' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'where player's cards' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'cards' could be 'hand' (I've seen this before) and 'hand' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'in' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'may' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for in hand that I've seen before include "Some clubs may be" , "Some bananas may be" , "In the process of being dealt with" , "available" , "Under control; ready for use" .)

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