The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-06
TEE SUMS SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS

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TO SETH. an srfum.n, Kindly d.eid. thu. following,
gosfn ma. II. hand so,.ss .s cards n' II. sdm n
pfiISisS s q drswins new bsad j. Il Soopis "'
BE hand IL dead. and ia out Of the play for tina,
deal That 10 on the suppositon that he bad looked
q, bis cards. II he had no. was a misdssl
TO settle an argument will you kindly decide the fob
cp,n psi q .ss % TnG :e.p splits
IN sns s.a Ahead Ssn e s %
he IA. not AZ long a. b. heeps b, to ,how ate.
po pos Il. hand .Sovns that he drsvins for
,rslas, q na.s sesls' that he Is compelled to
'f .S: ss sS nm, sps s Ss,n, III, ora.
wi,s sSs ms AZ. hts Suss thereby Wpnins ths
unable to show openers wni "a doe, @. pot
A player may open Jack pot on pair and discard
one TO draw to hush or straight without In any way
calling the attention Of any other player to his play.
In order to sett. absolutely disputes which arise
In such cases IL 10 necessary that the rues for tho
form alton Of the discard pile should always be strictly
observed Each player. beginning with the age. should
place hid discard In regular pile in front OF the age
who 10 the next dealer Such discard pile viii show
| indisputabiy the discard OF each player 2. A.
qus,ion Sa T. %hen .trssat. played boxer
, ,ssy with 81 e.. ;st, nov
tie deal how 10 the trump made ea,r that the suit
sS pfisp
lego Of taxing MP the joker sun'csrith
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| properly because straiFhu not hold 8 often
thYee There are eoteres In tho West and South which
give different values to sraishts The rule Is tnat
whom the Joker 10 turned for trump the dealer
turn up the next card to determine the trump suit but
this does not dsbar tho dealer from dscardinT and
taking the Joker in hand provided his side adopts tho
suit turned up tho opposing side orders There
are coeres which the suit OF the bottom OF
the pack trumps and others which require the dealer
| TO name trum o suit before looking at his hand
Kindly .n.w.r in the ssna.. svs the following que.
se1 pot and and and s. Al e a5nw ss
raises, s and G raises again esli. sos raises.
Il. nsn S2s S rns sooa 's:
nc r9 f S hand @ .s
or. n other words what constitutes CALI
| c should have shown his hand All called hands
| must DO shown The hand Of the player who makes
the last raise hands OF all the players who that
raise the hand Of the player who calls that raise
arc all tho called hands In any one deal Only tho
player who makes tho last bet without raising calls.
| The others who make good the amount Of tho last
raise SEQ tho raise But one player calls and the cali
Affects all the hands in the play whom It is made.
| TO decide o small bet among friends would you
Kindly @ssas tho fopw ns 4, In PLAYING poker The fo
royal Aashs.. Diamonds. 2, o. 4 sc: hearts. ?. =.
poker no suit wins As against the cards of any
other suit There but four royal hushea They
composed OF the ace king. queen jack. and ten Of
each suit. ana called royal husheS because they
| contain the royal court cards and for other
reason. The hands you cite are straight hushea The
proper thing to do 10 to divide tho pot
Pleas. d.ed. the IN your School for Card
s ;ss; A. Ss ,s. :. r
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b offered TO divide tho pot and his offer accept
The only thing for him to do II he has respect
word. 10 divide as he said be would and then
70 on. and kick himself for making such foolish offer
when he hold full hand. good poker player may
offer to divide when he holds pair Of less
but on a'fuli hand hardly eve. II that's BIS regular
style of play tho quicker he sschews poker tho
money he'll in these hard times
In playing a game of poker asks for ono card In
dealing The card is turned up claims that he should
shs .a' psy.rs have BEEN srse Vii You Kindly
decide his dispute in your Sundays es''toI h.,,,u
isriRht. When card is exposed in the draw the
dealer must the next card to the player whose
card faced. In the draw each hand. beginning
with age and continuing to tho left. must be hed
before the succeeding player may be served with cards
decide bet pleas. snswsr the Gowp ;su1 in Sum ann
as .1t When sH nne eight sS,1 11 ct s ash;
b wins The acc in stralghts and hushes 10 either
high or low It Is high whom 1t heads the sequence
| Otherwise As in your case. II 10 low
Pleas: decide the te'!Gw,ns bet nvshsnasa
but h. a cali. for three cards and through m issEe
ioa
ha a.% %hS ee"' and pot
isrisht AS hand Is dead because he lifted the
four cards from the table Perhaps he didn't thsm
but had tho opportunity to DO and 1t is no dis
paragement TO his honesty say that he would have
had the chance to pick nve out Of six cards he had
been allowed to play should have discovered that
dealer had given him four cards in the draw before
he1iftsd them from the table Poker ethics declare
that It's the duty Of player to see that he gets the
cards that belong to him. and tho watchtui player
should not suner for Anothers careiessnssA
10 two.handsd aams OF casino I've two fours and
81 four mstns Az
and WITH the Ma. and 9s on .sI
az n h:Sd o M
Your play was correct The addition of the four and
the two Was not building; It dupc a,ins tho build
which you made by adding your to opponents
build Cards the board may not DO used to alter
players build but when that build has been altered BY
card from an opponents hand. cards on the table
may bs u,sd In duplicating the build
q Of n ;qsns a
hut a q s rHs ou Re ei ns
as called the OF hearts for help he 10 only
entitled two points To decide small wager will
you please publish In sundays issue A. to who e right
CONSTANT READER.
That variation OF tho game is not recognized in tho
rules Of euchre and only played by certain ceeres
whose rules determined by special agreement It
Gems but fair however in tho you cite for to
score four points He called for the help OF the ace
but be did not getiI
In . fourhanded game OF eucbre went It alone and
epchred Our opponents claimed four points and
backed their opinion by batting bet they are only
entitled to two points Please decide In your sunday
issue. J. X.
You win A euchre across tho corner counts two
points, That Ia twice many "a you would have
scored II you hal taken three tricks
In the card column Of your sunday issue OF few
weeks ago. you decided that in two handed game Of
pinoche A. the dealer. having mo and turning up the
dix can count loo and out without nrst taking
trick Being warm admrer Of Tar Sun, and irm
bsever 10 I" II you see IL IN Tai suA ne So. re-
gnrded your decion as authentic but In argument
about the paine recently, referred 20 tho above de
cision and told thar twas entirely wrong. was
stendIasI In my Ueief that Tar was right my
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