The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-03-12
THE SUMS scHoonF ron CARD PLAYERS.


Po6 Dcrcr-Whst more exp,anation can DO gwen
than was fiven In the answet you quote In the draw
each hand must be nlled. beginning With the are and
continuing TO the left before the next player may re-
csive cards A hand which contains Tower than nvs
cards IL not filled. 1t 10 automatic that a player may
draw cards but once At each deal II he does not get
enough cards that time II is his fault, and his hand u
dead. lie can't expect to come twice to tho crib.
There 10 q widespread notion that " It spoils the draw"
OF the succeeding players to give q player new card
for one which has been exposed IN the draw. Rubbish
No player has a lien on any particular card unless no
has q bag or big sleeves. and Is holding out. which ia =
practice not recognized among gentlemen The nrru.
mont that any player 10 entitled TO certain
cards In the draw is n rank faiiacy eS.
cspt as II applies to the aee. Suppose the
are announces that he will draw one card. The second
hand says he viii draw three According to thai, argu.
ment the second hand Immediately becomes zen.
titled" to the second. third. and fourth cards on the
deck. But II before the dealer gets ready to servo tho
cards on tho draw the ago should change his mind. ms
he would have n perfect right to do. and draw four
cards. what would become OF the second mans right"
to those three cards'
A to the other point the opener must show hts full
hand Of nve cards.
hand I a Ft n. t 81 wh,,x'y posSr which Is The inning rSi
four. and tive. and SIX. seven. eight, nine. and ten
Tho six. seven, eight. nine. and ten, In straishts tho
ace 10 either hish or low. A straight composed Of ACC.
deuce. three. four. and i've 10 the lowest: one composed
Of ten. jack. queen. king. acc. tho highest.
turn. w r,syeSys sn,iI:: hand: doe. n.dssi him ne.
nthe hand WAS turned up before the draw there
mu,t be = fresh deal. II they were exposed in the
draw the dealer must serve the proper number of cnris.
face down. before he serves the next player. Tho man
who would play such n trick should be kicked out OF
your club. and never again DO permitted to enter It
That sort Of thing 10 neither smar. nor funny.
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WITT WITH ' a oms e.r ~ draw raw WHAT ,irairi ntn q. II luz .he s sss' Mhs 20 a n.
Doc Dcnsrr. Toledo. o.
It depends on the luck yon're in. TO a two..nded
straight the draw 10 in theory worth l in 51s; ito n bob
tail flush the draw Ia worth in theory ] in @ -. In the
inscrutable wisdom Of the originator of the great
American game . nush asdsoided to he n better hand
than a straight. supposedly because. tho theory TO the
contrary Notwithstanding. 1t il harder to draw than
the straight. In many Western coteries 1t Is so eAsy to
draw a straight shat three OF 4 kind Is held 10 DO n
better hand. Aman who kept track OF 500 draws to n
bobtatled flush In a six-hsnded gar-e. found that he
hncd but 80 times. whereas In theory he should have
nled 95 or 90 times. Perhaps 1t works the other way
with straiEhtA We never tried.
Kindly decide the following controversy: /. A, B.
ana G soS p " Hs%' 10 OF p.aG's III. ara u a ' Z i..d s.l Il r.. are =
tr them TO do %, 2: IN stwo.hnpiel game. whsntns
S a:,t MY oSp esisnt . sss II S s.! Hii Z i can am DO ! , 90: to
Jons BURkARp.
WI, yeT 4 t,nal, s,..s in VOW ns.,d players, eolumm.
s,itutea royal nusn. or whether the tv. hishest cards
e, any .a,; a item spot jack queen. king and ace, only
The highest nvs cards of any suit constitute a royal
flush. 1t Is so called because It contains the cour. or
roya! CARTS.
Please dccid. the following questions IN the Sundays
sfs..d. i?o ss' n'ns up S,as'nnsc CO" '" " H1srs T% Who sx !. is ssSas
1 pses , n", t BEING . eshaPp .s,s up , : saFG nr ,1 ss h ,hs r asa an, ,siI
ont ;% wisho1s nr.s Leading aEs'm' , Can player us
BY merely SHOWING that he has the nine Or mines In his
s1"s' he ! ' dealer ' t"1ns q ,E R.n TRUMP II ' a,a il IT, n. 10 nN.n !:
sSss n,nt si mot; no .; " 'l,cs a , he Sr .n%s' l ni, down The mine
same as he would be entitled to a 20. 40. dc.
/. Yes. 2. You arc right.
cant, a, r , 6 ? and ,n + are p,, s.n;. ',rs. .,I ross. , !.
up ten cents: q straddles that by putting up twenty
CIV s. 2 nov Z : a:%!:. e. 4: ga; s.sS, ' . ' 81 %. . y s@;'' afss
;w.n se,n s.n SsyI tho s shs n.h, II c.. y %.s .ay.i S and | r Pr. IT |,
twenty cent more whsrsa, the limit e twsnty.nvo
Sos. Was D right or wrong in his claim' W. and s.
d was wrong. c had no right to slraddls b. There is
a decided difference between the stradd.e and tho
raise before the draw. A slrAddio doubles tho ante.
which can never DO more than half the limit. II c
were permitted to straddle It would nave the effect OF
raising the limit to forty cents. But G could make
good BIS straddle and then make It cost tho limit moro
to draw cards. Each other player In turn could then
make 1t cost more. and so OH just a. long as they liked.
Expert players say a good player never s~traddles.
p, w.! Won ~Sd e' ss's. l.. ii. N: winning Enss; , s.ss II |ss Fs St;. ~:
s NJ "a '%!s%. i h "iI a ! pair Of j. p ; r.: q sa sss::
The very best thing you can do. dear Reader. isto
sschow the fascinating game Of draw, and the quicker
you begin the moro money you will save. The principle
OF averages never onters into tho deter animation OF the
value of poker hands. OF two or moro hands. each
holding two pairs. tho hand holding the highest pair
always wins.
In the game cf pinoehls do the eight aces count 1000
s sSG m 'nS:s ' ssS s be %' ids, an. ss o the os G5 sH iss The .s 20 Ss ss sss:
1907 =: In nslding double pinochls can you meld 20
You so me %s,a a1 them i1 at Il: . anne tine a%% on tho 's'G !: sS or ma''
l. The eight aces count 900 only when NEEDED all
at once. II you meld them four at u time you score
but zoo. ?. You must meld them at the same time.
,6 Id1w so do |" y%a , 10 !, n, The b ,wan,y i S,ns 81 Hr,n recently in
turned up' CARMEL
In tho nr.t place ws did 10. SAY wha, you saw ".
did. What We did say was that the highest possible
score is Twenty-Five. which is made By three fves and
ajack. with a fourth Ave of the SAM suit as tho Jack
turned mp. The score 10 made up this way: Tho four
nves In four combinations OF three. score fifteen eight.
each Of them again azores n fifteen In conjunction with
tho Jack. making oight more; to these are added twelve
for the double pair royal. and one fer his nobs. making
twsnty-nine. II tho Jack and start be OF different
suits the score Is only twenty. eight. With four fves in
tUo cfiD anu me JACK turneu up. the vRluo OF me thOw
viii be twsnty.sish,. but the dealer viii have scored
two for his heels. SO the total value Is thirty.
Will you kindly answer the following: A and p are
playing auction pitch. 4 hh. ! point to ~. he being
y y also being .. 4 bids TWO. y bids three. Il pays
high. low. game A makes the jack before u makes
his game. Who winsf A. FLAr.
d wins. lie made what he bid, AMI his high and low
both score before AS Jack.
VIII you kindly inform the writer through your vain.
able paper who Is right IN n twOlhhnded gains of pino.
chile The cards are all taken up, when A 6 . ms that Is
should beat all cards that are played, AMI II refuses,
statinK that he must not 20 over a card when piayed
unless II be u tramp lead. VIZ. Fol MA, Brook iyn.
IL right. After the nrst twelve tricks are gathered
in tue second Player must take the trick IL he can.
Failure to do this constitutes = revoke. and loses all
the points the revoainz player has made In that hand.
VIII you kindly decide tho following argument and
bet In 3 game OF double pinochle A and n are partners
against U and y: both parties require only n few points
Of poing out. 4 has tho LEAD. and b tAksn in tricks and
tricks winch were w,n by his partner, he (B) throws
down lis hand and claims out. G and b also throw