The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
M sUx,s scHoor ron ARD PLAYERS.

10 aNCEF
cassino.-J. NJ. ssys, In q two-handed game A Laws
down a nine. there being an eight and ace ON the
takes them in. b claims he Is too late. as no has let
20 the nine. and that he must leave the cards on the
Ais certainly in time to correct his oversight, IL
such It was. as he can gain no advantage from the
delay. B not having played.
Cribbage.-T. n. w. says, In q siN.card Rame the
cards fell in the following order: a.s.5.A. , pegEing
two holes for the nfteen. The next cards fell 2.1.t,
account Of the Srteen peRTed in bctwcen.
Ais right. ANY intermediate counts for hfteens or
pairs do not affect runs. and as long as the cards will
form a sequence. it does not matter in what order
they are played. provided no duplicates arc en-
countered.
J. $. says: A thinks p has psesod two holes too
atty. D shows that he was hight. Is not b entitled
Amust take down the two he has pegged as = pen.
atty on b, and u pegs two holes on his side az a pen
atty on A
Double Pedro, or Cinch.-H @. d. says: In a four
handed. partnership game. Alb have three ~ 20.
while " want one. Al bid seven and make
point for game. They claim that as game counts out
pute.
In all bidding games Il ia the rule that II tho side
that bids makes Its bid good and It lie enough to
win the game IL wins, no matter what the other
side scores. Tho proper way to score at clnch ia to
see that the bidders have made good their bid and
then to deduct the lower score Of the fourteen pointB
from the higher and count only the difference. This
system avoids any possibility of disputes as to who
goes out hrst, and also prevents players who are
ahead from "sweating out"
Euchre.-T. A.iC. says: In a four. handed game A
turns . diamond. Every one passed. and the dealer
turned II down. B made it next, although he had
right to do this.
when the trump 10 turned down any player at the
table. in his proper turn. can mako IL anything 10
pleases except tho suit that has been turned down.
F. 7. 4. says: In q four-handed partnership game,
4 ,tarts to lead the spade king. separating it from
%distnrtiy seen by two players. He then replaces Il
in his hand and leads another card. The ad versaries
claim the right TO call the spade king, which is an
exposed card,
The general rule is that II the card is so exposed
that 1t can be seen by the partner it can be called. 1t
is not stated which two players saw the card in this
case.
Pinochie.-H. T.. R. says. In a four. handed game
which Y trgmps; 3 follows suit. but z has no dia:
trick, or can he discardr
The fourth hand must win HIS partners trick with
. higher trump il he can: but IL he has no higher
trump he may play anything he pleAses.
J. J. D. says: In q three-handed game. after the
slate. A leads The king OF clubs. b PLAYS ace. @ fol-
covers that he had forty jacks Which he had forgot.
ten to meld. D and c claim DO is too late.
B and G are right; after he has led or played to the
hrst trick It is too late for n player 10 add to his
melds. In many clubs It is tho custom to allow the
adyersaries to score any mold which has been over
looked in this manner. In the case given D and G
would each score forty for AS jacks.
@. P. o. says: In q two handed game A claims that
when the cards are all drawn the second play or must
win the trick II he can. B claims that the rule ap-
The rule applies to evory trick after the stock 10
exhausted.
and held the trick. B then exchanges dix for the
turned king, shows trump marriage. and scores fifty:
Both. AN 'f' ~ 10 'f
Ais right. B must win another trick to make the
second meld good.
R. NJ. F.. q. T. A. and others. II a player has only
ten TO 60 and turns dix does that win the game1
Yes. The decision on this point on Nov. IS got
mixed with q question on sixty six, in which game
there 10 no score for turning dix.
A: R, says: In o fourhanded game A claims that .
B says 1t is worth $40. Which is rightf
Two hundred and forty is right; so kings, 90
queens. three plain-suit marriages OF 20 each and
one trump marriage of 40.
PokerzE. 8 says: In a Jackpot 4, FIRST man to say.
nassfs y pssSsa onta BiooSi eSe AZ hi. 4 hand and , "ps 's sSs
found he had made . mistake and did not hold open.
es = I and w uoot pP to M TAKE nt M p amd b bof1 tSos ne 1 nSa
had passed out denied his right to come in at all.
Having once passed. A cannot come into the pool
again unless the pot is legitimately opened by some
other player. When B announced his mistake the
pool could be opened only by some player who had
not already passed.
e. T. says: In = friendly game Of Ave players the
two packs in use had been exchanged several times.
Late in the evening IL was discovered that the pack
void and that The chip. should be reconstructed as at
pms iney what had been won or iest with the inper
'ses sa PaSI e 5n% sat The s play 1e ss5 EIiSSG st5 RaGs' and all had
The only pool that can be affected by the imperfect
pack is the one in play whom the imperfecdon is dis
covered. All previous deals and pools made with
the imperfect pack stand good. Were it not for this
rule a losing player might easily make a pack imper.
feet and then ask for q return of all his losses.
T I. \. says; Please give us your opinion of the
ethics" in the following case: A opens q Jack pot
one card and makes a straight hush, Inasmueh as
cannot n"S" possibly sShe N" beat Epi hun. fs"f lie ju %tia P IN going ans
further. than just 10 call the FIRST, bet made by the
heavily.
Straight Pushes were introduced for the purpose
OF making sure things impossible. 1t is assumed
that B is betting on 3 certainty. but suppose A had
taken o notion to split his openers and draw to an
ace and king Of the same suit. getting a royal hushl
If B thought his straight flush was u sure winner. he
should have bot it as long as the other man would
stay with him. The ethics OF the case ar. pretty
we'll covered by the Chinese prcverb: THE gods
cannot help . man who loses opportunities"
T. B. says: B asked the dealer how many cards C
took. c claims that the dealer Ia not allowed to
hnswer this question, but he did answer il. Now
tho question arises. What Ia tho penalty1
There Ia no penalty. It is one OF those rules which
pertain moro b the etiquette of the game tn an to
the striot code OF laws.
+. D.. O.. says; A holds q pair of kings and two other
cards after the draw. B holds n pair OF aevens and
three other cards. and claims the pool because As
hand is foul. A claims that it IL TO his disadvantage to
hold leAs than fye cards. and that IL lie can win on
them he is entitled to do so.
had only four cards before the draw he should
have announced 1t. or his hand is foul. II he had
five and drew less than his right number, he should
have called attention to It and demanded another
card before taking up his hand. II there is a short
hand at the table 1t must be announced or 1t is foul.
g. {; says: In a four.handed game tho ante 10 two
and the limit ten. In one deal the age made Il ten
nat" TO play. b came in and made IL ten more, or
twenty altogether. The Others dispute his right 10
do this. and claim that the ten nat" set the limit