The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-19
THE SUNS soHooL o Card PLAYERS.
OHbbage.-A. W. asks, What IN the value Of three
aces. q deuce and q trey in the cribr
Fifteen holes; three runs Of three and = pair royal
0f araa

aces. a deuce and a trey in the crlbf
Fifteen holes; three runs Of three and = pair royal
of aces.
W, l.. and q. b. say; In a tvo-hsnded game. tho
cards fall in the following order, A playing nrst; 3,
p proper >; .; count vi D. rH'H b says "' "n'' Is inc
when Il plays the 3 he pegs a run of four. AmHkes
a run Of Ave with the 2. b makes a run OF six with
hs I, ana A makes a run Of ak and last card with
his 3.
F. p. y. says! In sfour.handcd game A deals, all
Which 4, Tess two, holes. Eldest hand plays a, Queen.
upon. which, b, Az partner discovers. that no has
The Adversaries say that \, having evidently mis-
dealt. loses his deal. a says that he cannot lose the
deal. but only the two holes marked for "his heels"
The deal is never lost in cribbage. On discovery
of the superfuous card in BIS hand, the Adversares
have the right to peg two holes as penalty, and either
to draw one of Rs cards at random and proceed with
the play or to ask a fresh deal. II n fresh deal ia not
demanded, the adversRries may look atthe card they
draw from BIS hand before returning 1t to tho pack.
Irregularities in the deal do not affect the starter.
which Is cut from the rack. The adversaries are
thinking of games in which the turned card is the
one Immediately following the last card dealt.
p. n. o. says: In a two.handed game the cards fall
in the following order, A playing hrst: T., 2, q, 3, 3,
ia. What liz the correct count2
b pegs 2 for tho hftcecn. then A pegs 3 for the run,
b pegs o for another run, and A pegs g holes for an
other run Of six and thirty.one.
Checkers.-J. /. T. asks II It In possible for a man
With WITH three al,sn ihn fs,, TO- , win against M q man MAJ S0 Win h, Two Eio
kings in opposite double corners.
This is known rs the third position. The three
kings can always win. whether white or black moves
first. The solution liz given on page 500 OF Fosters
Hoyle.
pice.-J. W. W. asks which is the higher throw in
poker dice, aces or skies.
In the West, skies; in the East, aces.
,d E tSr ar., Br; g; 'eys: ., /; In a grossoS wins a. ESm n,, A 4
With d. Who gets second prilePN ,; when 3 dead
heat occurs in a race. who gets second money!
1. b takes second prize. .. The first and second
purses are usually added together and the amount
equally divided between the two winners.
W. 7: r. says: In sys;hNnded enohre; calling an
a aSG t an a s psr'nSsr 6t w hIihs the t% d iGnf s,sf his n nFninRR s
calls the ace he holds himself and makes tve tricks.
Does he get Ave points for the march or only twoT
He scores Ave. as II must be evident from the
play that he had no partner.
c. f. W. says: In cutting for the deal A gets a king
takes the deal. b says the jack is a bower and there.
fore higher than the king.
The lower and not the higher cut takes tho deal in
euchre. and the cards rank in their natural order. the
jack coming between the queen and ten. because
there are no bowers until some suit has been made
the trump.
Plnochlc.-F. V. says: A melds 40 trumps. the other
queen being turned. He draws dix, wins the next
trick by trumptnE in with the queen on the table;
together with the A. j. 10, and announces $50
trumps. b disputes the correctness OF the play.
B is wrong.
E H B saws: In a fCurhsnded game 4 deals and
the dix in exchange for it. When the irrresulaFity in
the hands is discovered there are but three cards in
each hand. What should be done'
The adversaries may either declare q misdeal or
demand that the dix be passed over to A.
W. D. X. asks IL the rule about declaring out APP.
plies to the three and four handed game as we'll as
to the two-hRnded.
Yes. In any form of pinochle the winning player
must declare out and may do so at any time. whether
he is in the lead or not.
J.C. B. asks why it is not Just as fair to add q new
queen to the trump sequence and score the marriage
sequence in spades and score the pinochle.
The melds in pinochlo are divided into three dis
tinct classes. and it is a fundamental principle of
the game that any card which has already been used
in a superior meld in one class cannot afterward be
used TO make up an inferior meld in the same class.
Sequences and marriages belong to the same class.
and $50 trumps is superior to 40 for marriage; so
that r card used for the 100 cannot afterward be
used for the 40. but 1t may be used for pinochle or
fours. which belong to entirely different classes of
melds.
A. 7. S. says: In a two-handed game. II both sides
are nearly out, must q player meld out, or can he
declare himself out on points made in taking tricksT
It's one of the fine points Of the game for a player
to keep mental count OF the points he has in his
tricks. so that he can declare himself out during the
play.
II. A.; Y. asks: In a four-handed game: when the
second hand has none of the suit led and trumps 1t.
must his partner overtrump If he has none of the
Yes.
F. W, P. says: !. In a two;handed game neither
PLAYER had kept mental count of his score in cards,
and at the end it was found that both had more than
t iioGo p point an % Does e2t fe higher y CEN score q S.T rin or 5e must
himself out after all the tricks have been PLAYED
and the players have started TO count their hands?
!. They must play on to l $50. 2. Yes. But if his
adversary has also reached 1000 neither will win,
and if the announcement is incorrect it will lose the
game, no matter what the other score is.
Poher-w: +. NJ }; + +, and othsrs-1; Has any
ackno Wedges that he is beatenf 2. Must the opener
of a jackpot show his whole hand. or openers only2
l. Every hand in the call must be shown to the
table. .. If the opener has not drawn cards he must
show his whole hand. because 1t was upon that that
he opened. If he has drawn cards and Is not called
he need show openers only. because no one has paid
to see what he drew or bet on after the draw.
o. H. r. NJ. says: In . four.handed game tho
dealer gives each man four cards only. himself 1--WE.
All tho short hands have looked attheir cards. What
Is to be done?
The dealer may insist that they play with four
cards only or pass out.
+. P. W: says: A Jackpot is opened By A, and after
the draw he says: 81 will bet n red chip" without
waiting for him to put tho red chip in the pool b
raises, upon which A says no will bet only a white
one. Has A any right to change his bet after B has
acted upon itf
No bet had been made. and B bet out OF his turn.
He should have waited for A to put up his money.
Talk does not count In poker.
J. N. A. asks II an opener has a right to split a pair
Of queens to try for a flush Of which he has three
cards only, so that his draw looked as II he held trip.
let's originally.
A player may draw as he likes.
G. NJ. W. says: In q game Of stud poker the
dealer gave a card TO a player who had passed ont.
should the next player receive that card. or IL it
dead2
The card. II not in the first round, goes to the
player to whom 1t properly belongs.
r. n. says: A opened q jackpot with four OF n
Kind and drew one card. Another player with a
a,.l lmt uaNpa him IN np,a tIp,n aud mao, al