The sun., 1896-08-16

running In the two remaining heats. y came sec.
in. the second heat u, c. ana ran. u came ilrst,
9 second, and third The conditions were that
the one winning two heats out Of three should get
nrst prize, Please publish in your paper u
won the two heats q. =. A.
You have described only two heats, one of which
won ana the other n. It is impossible on such
data 10 say who got tho third.
Having opened a Jack pot with Jack, and desir.
facti L. y. X
10.
his openers, must he announce before drawing
er which he broke on one side and so state after
the draw and hand is over? NJ. c. T.
1t is not necessary to call attention TO the play.
Put the discard in Its proper place in tho discard
pile and that will show the play.
What :; the sSse: and OqFd in cutting
King is high and Is low, unless It is other
wise agreed before the game begins
II Four men are playing poker, ave chips limit.
two from tnose who wish TO go in. When the ante
is two 1t calls for nve to go in. ON certain ocea.
nyS 70 play passes; Q puts Gown nv nxo s6ip'
Thereupon tho age, A. claims the privilege OF rats.
do sol RECTOR.
no, nc WhNeu tnhI right NJ Lno btArt py making
his ante nat"
nush in q poker hand beats four ace. III. V
1t doeA
WIN you inform me in sundays Sun Of the
value OF straight in poker, whether It beats three
OF kind or is beaten by them. Also. whether it's
years. c. H.
A straight beats three of a kind. As the game is
played sometimes in the West, threes beat straigh,
but that is wrong, because there is greater proba
bllity - getting threes pat than straight
In THE sUS's "school for Card Players" on Aug.
the answer to Henry q. lsscrtel was by mistake
"a is right" 1t should have been IN is right"
Please decide tho following bet: The game is
poker. A holds a royal flush OF spades, holds a
beats rs cun royal fush b claims there is no dif.
ference. Who wins. A READER.
wins
In your decisions on pinochle you hold when / so
Is NEEDED at once an additional King or qnten Is
trumps med OF 100 is dead. We play other.
Wise ana as am looked upon Locally as w an au,nTr ,
the l5O meid dcaien the king AMI queen while a
meld OF either four kings queens entitled be
filed also tnrcs additional kings or queens viii
give either 50 or 80. as the case may ne. Ilease
state equity OF the case innext sundays Is
The rule is distinct that cards whlcn nave been
NEEDED and laid the table cannot he used in the
FORMATION or new combinations OF tne same Ha'
ture. THE Sry has held only that In NEEDING
trumps the royal marriage must be declared before
the 100 meld. II cannot be declared after the med
OF l5o,
Poker-If, after cards are dealt, calls for cards
ana one is exposed In being dealt to him. must a
receive the next card or must he wait until all the
other players arc served before having new card
dealt 10 MIN. A Ii. J.
He gets the next card.
In n OF pOkpr a PLAYER calls for card
ami discarls TWO. lie received one card. whicn.
he has called for. MAKE four cards an: two
pairs Is ne entitled TO play with four; Tne player
has bet the carls. Is ne entitled to the pot II
he has the winning hand does he set part OF his
money out? S-N.
The hand is foul and cannot win II called He
cannot withdraw anything from the pot
and are PLAYING cas,lno. There Is a 5 and
II, having an ace at.d 10 In his Iapi, puts uowu
ace and builds 10 with the on the board. bets
this play cannot be made. Who win'i CASINO
A wirs.
/. game OF draw poker. jack pot. A Is dealing, b
opens, Z stays, a drops out, draws ,nree cards,
tho same. bets h:ilt. {, on pair OF IS. Les
Snow openers. when IL n"ds ne could not open 1t:
having ong pair OF los. Cnips siill in certre Of
position i. mad. OF pot. whar II { mad us
and Is the ss' - Also III a 10 cent limit two.c call.
Ing or making Jack not, when hut one player
stays. what woui be ,ne amount e"rn pIaver put.
In hEc cents .ni r..e,ns II the I'm T. ten. all
others staying OUT II age makes Jack pot, as l..
hIs privilege, does each player put up 8 cents n'e
cents over limit! fohEk flkND.
/. The false opener drops out and the others play
for the pot. Then penalty for his false o.cnlng,
the player who made Il mistake puts up another
for which all play. .. That Is a variation not GOV.
cred by the rules When you make special rcsula-
tous you must make them all cases. As n
rule. when It IS asrec! make jack pots nderu
such conditions, the pot is always OF the size OF
the ante-n this case l5 cents
A player opens a jack pot on a pair OF queens.
-Four of tue cards are spades. The payer decides
TO split ~. pAlr AMI draw ole , card Ior nush:
All the players. A claims this Is correct IS ar
gcs that the proper Thing TO do Is To the queen
card In among the discards aud not lay II aside.
VINO wins, or h! 1. y. N.
BisrSht. 1t Is not necessary TO call attention
in any way to suth play. Keep tho discard pile
properly and It Will always settle ali controversies.
l. Poker, iac<pot opens, all draw cards: A
bets. all pass. query; Does have 10 show whole
antcs, e stradiIc,. Does b nave 10 bet nrstt 8.
wn" ON. Sod Or the
l. Ills whole hand. 2. No. =. 1t Increases tho
size of the pot sometime Sometimes II shuts out
succeeding players I. No.
In all the books on card games ever pubiished
thero Is not a single dchuiion OF TWO very common
terms. l. WHAT are round games" OF cards. =.
What Is short caro- player ED SlOCCM.
/. Round gamcs games in which there no
partnerships, each man playing for himself, and
where eacn plays against all the others. in disinc
ton from games which all the players strive TO
beat the bank. 2. shortcard player is card
sharp, L cheat, a man Who manipulatcs the cards.
Tho name arose from tho practise Of gamblers of
clipping card In deck a. 10 mark II In such
way that II would servo as All Indicator in placing
other cards. II is gV'at help In dealing seconds,
as the trick OF dealing the second card Instead
tho top card Is called Among gamblers a short
card player is sometimes said TO m"..n a man who
plays any game IN which only part OF the deck
Is used for any pot, as poker or euchrc.
Tho game Is four handed euchrc. A, dealing.
takes up tho trump and goes alone. one OF his
! opponents, y, announces ho VIII play against A
alone /. II A secures three tricks, what does no
cOuHti 2. II u secures three Tricks, what does he
count1 .. II either nye tricks docs no
COUNT Assuming that u ar counts four for TAX
Ing three tricks. is II NOT unfair rcmunerat, on
| In the score. considering the cnamccS for and
| against, 10 allow A four poin's for taxing three
! tricks against one adv"r-" hand while In the orii
nary loLo hand YOU require tho lone player to Sc.
cure hve tricks against two adverse hands.
A. MALTz.