The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-13


The bidder goes out nrst II he is successful 10
making the amount Of his bid, and It is enough
TO win the game. II II not for this rule
there would BE- life in the game, any
who had good lead would be content to sweat
out.
Dice.-A. 8. says, A bets that a six full on aves
Whether aces high low depends entirely
on local usage. In the East always hight
In the West they are low.
"A, B. says; -Four men are throwing dice.
4 to make ss aide fer S Ss boz Ss, ana At of
lose or Is the bet a standor7
Til" point in all Of this kind Ia. that D
is not betting that he will beat G throwing dice.
hut tina; h. viii beat certain throw which has
already been made. 1t he does not beat II he
loses; It win not do TO tie. Had he made a bet
To beat before threw the three tens It would
hav" been tie. because any ono taking the
bet must lie understood to wager that would
beat II. To make the case clear. suppose that
before certain loo.yard race bet that he would
beat the record, which ia oA. seconds. II he tied
the record. would you pay him1
riNuet.-o. II. X: says: A, ia eldest hand and
E"m" unless IL can count eighteen D announces
the sequences count first.
\ is right. The points at piquet must always
h" rc"kon"d In their regular order, which Ia: Carte
blanche. cards, sequence. tours and tripets repc,
points for leading and winning tricks, and capot.
In tn" given BIS point comes first: As three
sequences come next, putting him out before BIS
fourteen aces are reached
Cinch--C. R. Gays In a four handed partnershir
game Ar are ~ - up and bid seveS points Which
high, low, pedro. Which side wins the enme'
IN" score being tie. seven points each, neither
side scores anything as the rule In cinch is to de-
duct the lower count from the higher and the
difference in this case nothing.
Crihhage.-!T. r. asks the value Of four nves
nri."n eight in the hand in addition to the double
The proper way to count such hands is to lay out
III" cards necessary for makinsrone OF tho nfteens.
In this case three of the hves will he required.
That is fifteen 1t Is then easy that each
Of these three cards I've replaced by the fourth
ive. and M that makes three more combina tons,
each different from the other. there must he three
, hftcens the hand Ia worth fifteen eight
ANA twelve for the double pair royal, twenty alto
gether.
f.. J. r. says in a two handed game the cards fell
the pair and Tie run Of three but objected To Ss
scoring four for another run.
Az MI four Of the cards required for the sequence
announced by reached before the duplicate
three is met with. A is entitled to the run.
a., pa 3. {, u o., and u .. A then says co.
four, This the others dispute
Is must 60 buck TO the In order to complete his
run, and as duplicate trey is encountered before
he , , it he /. no, entitled to score the
All these disputes may be settled by laying out the
cards in the order In which they were played.
r,lor NJ
cards is accdensiv faced shnnld "a s one OF
card or wait until all the others have been helped?
According TO the old rules he must wait until the
others have been helped not to change the
run Of the cards. but many modern clubs INSIST
n face I'm IN,
just NJ he must take faced in the deal
s,t iack s' + t "a banded gam" progr"S
draws three cards opener msks M's h. nt h"'n
nised hy second man: third man dron. o,t a,nara
declines TO see the raise and shows his OPENERS
mm.,h P prove 10 be two kings only, instead OF
/, yoss ~ the n'nr , a.' ~,
Tha ,no ,h n ''' '""' '"N'" III una won II.
| Iva comreIi., g., I,, m ,"' ,"'>' "'"n''S Sho"n
'ne next jack
He. says: bet. ,n,, .,,,,s,,. ,.o NM ., -.
regular contributions n p,ker HAMS and that they
straight poker and have no place ee IN drSW p "R
uni"s" previously agreed upon. Which is right:
IN nl'A'd IN his Facts straishts always were
n,N'". """n III poker out IL was formerly the
| ,,n, a., """r ion'S 'he oest mana. unless
, "'S" was previously agreed upon to beat
| , " 'n' p'"''s ,ney make s'raights come
| "''"''" wv pairs ana three OF Kind
w. II. saws: In spl,t,,n,. , mir -, o,o...
ufaN 10 n nuSh straight, is
nit'hi"n To- The fact that the opener Ia splitting
NUT r"t"c T" hn sSf hy ms Play while says be
| opnncrs "rignoilv '' ny showing mat he held
'''N''"'''
How Is player TO call attention the fact That
he Is splitting openers? II he lays aside card IL
might he big blum, there heing three of 4 kind I'm
his hand all the time. II he shows a card after
the pot Is settled, what evidence is II that he had
| poyer shnuld no a,Iov,od 20 ,,t, -. w
nirn,,r,.,an,a. ,. ~ ~ w 'Pi'' openers uhuer any
CIRCUMSTANCES nut II he Is allowed to split Il il
II" ONES business when he does IT nor what he doca
with h,s disc,-d m, 49,. " "' nv ""''
| II Tim, be had nnoo.s ,',, e H'' worn t"f
v-.e '""''''
Il. f.. wants to know the chances n, aui,r ,
" IN" straight Is open Rt both ends II Is & 10
| against getting It: II It ia omen in the middI,
20 ia , o,,t,s, 1, M 80, " "'u'''
a. "e"'"'. It. tme "nuS against ming four
| nuSh ar" III TO ]. The chance Of getting q pair
exists Of cmIrse in both cases
- 49,
| q. l.. q. says: In a six handed game A dr.u.
! TIRE" card. and B ono. Il bets chip and calls
hnVr MAR " sn bn nr h rsrhs y assumes he must