The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-16
THE SUMS SCHOOL FoR CARD
PLAYERS.

A correspondents makes this suggestion &c to .
proRressi,e euchrs:
AT progressive euchre club meetings 10 fro
quently happens that an extra ouchre deck is 70.
quired. This emergency can be met by using the
two. three. four. nve. ak, and seven of n pack
from which q euchre deck has been taken. For
AGO use the deuce, for king the seven, for queen
the six, for jnsK the nve. for ten the four. and for
uins the thrse.spot cardI. A little practice Will
enable any one who understands the game to play
quite as well with these cards as with those gen.
orally used. AT the last table of q progressive game
the novelty adds much:to the amusement OF tho
players"
D. NJ. and O were playing a game Of setback, bid
to the board. d was out. NJ bid @ four. q made
four and claimed he was eight. In bidding 70 the
I sol JOIN DoBtN.
You must mako what you bid. II you deal you
must mako one more than you refuse.
In a game OF progressive euchre three arc tied
for the nrst prize. They play IL OF in a tsn.Doin,
oEo. cosrEn.
A and B are tel and must play OF.
rest stay. A draws one card, p. C. and b three each.
Where he thought he had two pair. 5 claims the
E Es.s. 's sIs1S,,n MO e sss ssss S1 Of me draw go; n 1ss re-; Ssa DsS;
sneir hands: what Is done in that easel 2. A; D.;
stay nh" 9 . draws Paw three 'ns.p cards. G :. not I SstSsrins his
hand. picks MP discard. Q bets. p calls on queens,
Slams SsS1,s 'M the p poi. saying sSias Y; Sana i Is dead sd.aS Who
winat q. J. N.
has pu. in the pot. The others hot as II the poi. had
been opened regularly and the best hsnd in on tho
call wins. Q. The hand ID dead.
otsers put in a"s 70. the Age IS more. 6 put. in 70
3 pS Son,s snH ; sS.s 0 n"a n mo r,sS. v 70 make Ha'i It more TO
play. a, HI. psivileEe ceased a. so; un.s:' 90 y 9ne
is rishti c. IA. r..
C is right.
"a, A. 3 !: C. :n and 4 D Du play yS1er' a., ia sss draw A !. oP ben:
Three aueens.,' thinking G ls out. Now g calls
which nc 81 had + partly ay exposed on the table ana says.
, nal right. wnn are are S y.s going w 10 ao ! ,oo C as9 ps
hand he has only a pair OF kinGs; Now e elal"s
P PiSh, 70 'Nn'' 'A' Out '' : HENRY DUsss, -
A is right and C is n crawler. c thought he was
smart In throwing down three tens before As call
OF three queens; then when he found he had been
bluned h. made q roar G has no Justification.
/. To decide a bet. is any straight flush q royali
Q. A opens q Jackpot. b stays. rest drop ont. On
draw 4 discover. ne has not rot OPENERS: B
/. No. There are only four royal Pushes. the top
nve cards in each sui:. g. B gets the pot
q straight A READER tR- H.).
Yes.
whist-wha, is the best opening from this hand;
queen. eight. seven; s~psdes-Jack. eight. seven.
three; ~hearts-seven. club Jack turned. H. G. F.
Everything depends on your partner. II he would
be deceived by the singleton don't lead 1t. but play
one of the four. card suits,
whlst-A leads small card, taken by his partner.
G. & returns card or another suit. and D having
no card OF suit passes 'rick. which A takes with
three trumps In his mana. ace. ten. and nve. and 9
having nve uumps. King queen' ana thsee sma'
Whether or not anything was lost by refusing 10
trump the doubtful trick depends On the after play
OF the hand. The cards might be 80 distributed
that A would make his ace later. or that D would
save his trump anorher time. As q general princi.
pie Of play IL is bad policy TO pass . doubtful rick
unless you have four trumps at least. but It does
not necessarily lose . trick In any particular hand.
whist-1. Can a player holding neither ace. face.
o progressive whist and has three prizes. first. sec.
ond. and consolation: Al tis END OF the game
low getting Il. Does the second prize go to the one
who loses in cutting. or the next highest in scoref
1. No: that IL simply q joke. which originated in
the fancy that . BAD deal was @ misdssl. Q. The
two leaders are tied for the division OF the nrst
and second prizes. and the cut Is to decide which
OF them snalI take tho nrst and which. the second.
An advantage gained In the play Itself cannot be
ar.erward lost In cutting to decide Q tie.
A and B, c and D are partners in q game Of dupli.
cate whist. and at the end OF the game A and B
have maze W points and G and D luo points.
twof EUGENE A. WEED.
Because each hand-is played twice over. which
.., -. .o,u, z . -, p,.k. ntpa frt,k ~ and
s. and then seven L. and W.. you have made six.
teen altogether, which is q gain OF three over. the
proper value OF the hand, thirteen tricks. But
whIle you have made sixteen your adversaries have
made ten only. which would make 1t appear that
you had gained SIX tricks but for the foregoing
explanation. The usual way is to put down the
score for one side only. and Whatever It varies
from thirteen on each hand Is . loss or a gain;
but II you put down both sides you will get twice
the true result OF the difference.
along when It comes TO the draw; b buys two
s stos cards 'I turned Iace upward. Was c Obliged to
him instead1 A CONSTANT READER
He gets the next two cards.
L and O play a game of casino. twenty. one points.
play l. makes the necessary four points aud ellis
himself out. @ . claims 1nsn ne so cannot p do SO, os nst m ~ +
hai the right to count out as soon as he gets mis-
points. GEO. IL. LESSER.
L, has that right.
Poker-when It is understood that straights
count in tins game. W oeu that four aces beat a
straight hush. Who wlnsf J.B.
The man who bet against II.
Poker-when the opener of q Jack Tot is not
called as no obliged 10 show more than openersf
Yes. He must show the whole hand.
A., q, @, and D are in q game OF euchre. A and C
are partners and b and d are their opponents. A
plays u lone hand. u plays alone against A. and .
tases three tricks. How many points does Il
mpkef FRANK J. GALLAGHER.
Two.
Who 10 correct in the following dispute: A, n.
and Z are engaged In q poker game; tho pot mot q
jack has been raised several times; Z raises again
AMI 4 throws down his hand. Now b would Ike
TO stay, but lAcks enough chips 10 'see:" In tue
present case Z had gone nve better and Il had but
four chips. b claims that no can compel me 10 re.
dure my co Oct TO four. while ! hold tn II he
should put In his four. place one chip aside as a