The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19

ducking the nrut trick.
the dealer takos the dix from another player and
tn o s1 MA ~ M SiscoTsr srim nptii eSeh Isst trieEl
what is the penalty?
There is no penalty when both sides are in fault.
The player who forgot to get the turn.up trump 10 as
much to blame as the dealer who forgot to give It to
him.
In . four.handed partnership game A leads, D
nome q the suit led. Must he trump, and il so. must
he overtrump his partner. BP
Yes.
In q four-handed partnership game each side melds
and plays. and as the last trick 10 played q misdeai is
discovered. What are the penalties, and who deals?
That depends on whose fault 1t was and how the
misdeal occurred.
for himself. A keeping the SCORE on the slate. Atthe
beginning OF one deal A and B were not quite 800. Q
could not win a trick. and Kept his eye nervously on
the slate. on which A and B were scoring at a great
counting them it was found he was right. Then 2
suddenly Y , Sisi 1SSit' thai 81 there Ss , %o1 a 0 mis' ssSt S Ss w 1IS
1000 instead Of 905. and won the game. Who is
right, A or @?
to be out. 1t was Cs business to see that his score
was correctly kept.
L. @. c. asks: In a three-handed game, II one player
gets out. 10 he obliged to lead trumps or any particu.
lar suit to decide which q the Others goes out next.
leaving the third man stuck?
No. The Others finish the game alone II the rule is
to play the hands out; but the usual way is for the
lowest score to pay when the nrst player goes out.
'Cribbage.-C. A.. says: In q two-handod game OF six.
0, marking two holes for the pair. A plays the third
0, marking six holes. aud B plays an ace, upon which
nine holes. making him Il up. A waits until the
nine holes are peEEed and then says; "Muggi1s for
them to his own. Bclaims nine holes were right and
A back to 4. Then there was a row and IL was left to
you to decide.
BIS count Is correct. Three aces played in success.
sion are worth eight holes aud the Ego" is one more.
player was properly dealt nve cards. nut during the
Il the player next him put his discard on the top Of
DIS cards. d picked up the eight cards, and. on dis.
jack pot. The others insisted that D's hand was foul.
SSgaG use he .ss had DdI Pi i, al, 1T w Up; S MSs the. 1isSt would not let
DIS hand was certainly foul If he picked up moro
than ave cards,
were in the pot. The opener. d. bet a white chip aud
G called 1t. Without waiting for D. A bet a white
Walt a minute. l raise It the limit" A then said.
That's different" and took down his money: To
in the pool. Who is right
D is right accordingto modern rules. and A must
suffer the penalty for betting out of turn. Had A not
bet out OF turn. and 30 shown that he was not going
to raise. D might have Clipped along in the hope that
A would raise, so that AS betting out of turn makes
1t cost B and C the limit to see DIS hand.
j. H. says: In a six. handed game A asked for too
many cards and the dealer ran them on. A discovered
his mistake and called attention to it before the next
player had asked for cards; but the dealer refused "a
back the surplus card II A has not looked at any OF
them and the next player has not been helped. Please
decide.
Ais right.
the ante twenty-five cents, We have three Kinds OF
chips. l2L2, 90. and a dollar. 1t comes AS turn &c
S SI59 IS at ap Sn ias''f s asks 81 sG RImi What e tf Is tS SHlP ; F RS RSS'
nys call nifty or Twenty-Five fiat? A answers
cIudtnE the dealer, and then 4 r raises Il q dollar: J :
be twenty-five cents only to draw cards.
As answer was simply TO distinguish between ar
ante of twenty-five and one OF nifty. As this woulc
not have prevented B or any other player from
making It cost more to draw cards by raising thu
ante 1t cannot be held to prevent A from raising II
his proper turn.
F. S. says: -Four men are playing table stakes
on which he raises 1t a dollar; All stay and cards ar
drawn. and A then bets oil he has on the table. !
a king full. Without calling AS het c throws hi
tsfes IN aO the p sSc' G vi did if not haHs quite nH enough gum mo ne;
to call A's bet. and A claims the pool In any case. q
u nhu not put up DeloT showing MS mana. VINO /
right
As it would appear that A had not shown his hand
C could not be sure that his king full was good, an,
all that was necessary was for A to demand thnt
put up as much US he had on the table. II this wa
not enough to call A, A could take down the differ
ence and then the hands could be shown and the hes
poker hand would win.
w. T. says; We have n mathematical crank in on
poker club tho claims that aces up are not as stron
as they look. because they arc easier to get than an
95HsT p, tWe pf S6id on a TO Se ast tas and ID O. Grt that 70 the 1es reason son
any other two pairs. Which is right?
The NJ. C. is right. The extremes are between ace
up and threes up. and a player will hold aces u
eleven times as often as he will hold threes up, be
cause with aces up the lower pair may be any one @
twelve. but with threes up there can be only on
lower pRir-deuces.
O.. WIS. asks: II a card is faced in the draw doe
other players have bought?
The dealer helps the others frat.
od II; R; Il fos s4y nen 4 .t GSsn ana e s ssf he P Sa. T Tdar e = gsl Of
flush he spits ms opener, makes his hush and
show down A takes up the discarded queen. which i
has kept beside him on the table apart from ii
openers. claims that this Is not enough, and tn,
A should have called attention to the fact that b
led to believe that 4 had two pairs ali the time.
claims he Is not Obliged to give his hand away }
SNANNAAAE 'ANA
Is right?
II the players are allowed to split openers at all,
is right and is entitled to the pot.
seyen.up,-J. @. L, says 4 and B are playing tw
handed. and A is hve up. while b is four up. A lsaC
a small club, on which b discards q spade. Tow al
the end OF the hand II was discovered that d has
small club. and A claims two points for q revok
which puts him out, although b had high. low
and game. h claims that the revoke penalty whit
the Jack Is not in play II ono point only. and that
can only take the point. which will make him six u
stnl leaving b the game. Which is right?
Neither Is quite right. The penalty for the reVol
is one point only. but A has The option OF adding 1t
his own score or of deductIng It from B's, and b 10
gets that in no game OF cards can . player who r
/ vokes win the game in that hand or deal. As It wi
! do A no good to deduct a point from BIS score. leavir
him six up. A should add the game to his own scor
making them six ali.
|. Cinoh.-W. +. F. asks: In . fOur-handed pArtus
ship game, when one player IL out OF trumps, shou
he throw down the rest of his cards, or play the haI
out2
1t is q very common practice to abandon the haI
when out OF trumps, but Il Is very bad play. becAu
> It makes II much easier for tho adVsrsarles to plG