The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-10
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

I Nump and the eIde0t hand holds stven spadtS, heddtu
lack stopping the suit In the hand OF the dealer or Of
the A bets IL Is about IS TO | againstit
The mistake made by most persons In calculating
such odds Is that they take the possible positions
Of the six outstanding cards. see In how many Of
them the Jack Is three times guarded and take the
proportion as the result The error Is In assuming
that all these positions are equally probable. a
player will hold seven cards Of one sui, about 20 times
In 1000 deals In IL cases out Of these 20 some other
player will hold four cards Of the suit and In about
~ out OF these II he will hold the Jack among them
The odds are therefore IS IN ~, or 5 10 I that the Jack
will not stop the suit As these odds apply 70 all
three players and only two are opponents, Il will be
about "a to / tina, neither dealer nor dummy can
stop the suit
Casino r J. c. says; A bets that D cannot
make two builds on the board at the same time. u
bets that he can II he has the cards 70 win both
| A player can make only one build al a time. He
must wait for his adversary 70 play before making
a second build For instance; There being a 4. 5
and 8 on the table. a player cannot assemble the 4
and 5 and say. Il make that nine" and al the same
time play a deuce from his hand on the Q and say. I
make tina, eight" because that would be making two
builds a. one time.
Checkers s. H. c. says; a bets that be can
refuse to take a man, Il he prefers 70 be hufied, even
b bets that he can insist on As taking the man.
A must be mistaken. The decision previously
given In THE SUN on this point vas on March 10.
when No. IS OF the standard laws Of the game was
quoted. as follows; "A player has a hight 70 hun
com pei the take. or let the piece remain on the board
as he thinks best"
Euchre. j. II. C. says: The dealer Akes up the
and holds len bower alone In Tumpe 4 bets he
% saI OHsv. nsI ~. H ds.I Rs!in from s sss wv n we si.S se's s small
trump and swinging his leht bets he should
Wins the tsr,cE. II he a. has no clubs the rishs bowel
Is sure 70 catch the left.
A Is right All good players believe In tumpins
under such circumstances. a. Il Il the only possible
way to make some third or fourth best trump good In
partners hand The left bower Is n no uss except
10 force up the dealer. II Is not expected for q mo-
ment that the lone hand will be euchred: all that there
Is 70 play for Is 10 prevent the march. Suppose the
dealer holds right bower. ACE. king and two small
tumpa. II the leader holds queen and two small,
uumping the ace with the left bower stops the march;
passing the ACE make, 1t easy for the dealer, as he
has three sure winning leads
L ". says I announce TO play alone In hearts.
having ave uumpS During the hand I, |, di>eov,
cred that one Of my adversarfes has revoked. and
they throw up their cards saying the revoke gives me
two points on the deal. l demand four for the lone
hand and two for the revoke, but they say when the
revoke Is discovered the hands are thrown up and
two point, scored.
II this were true. |, would be a very simple method
Of defeating a lone hand by making II good for two
only instead OF four. But the rule says that when q
revoke Is discovered and claimed by the adversaries'
the hands may be abandoned and two points scored.
There Is no law 70 compel an adversary 70 claim the
revoke, and II Il Is not TO his interest TO do 50 he can
let It pass. In this case l. ", need not have paid any
attention 70 IL but taken his I'VE tricks and four points
Seven Up p. c. saye In q four-handed rame
A--B are 8 up. and on AS deal he turns q Jack. A
r %pminS ,Hi IN the : ' stocsl r.. adv sdS.Is J :, %s et ,ha,
the faced card calls for a new deal and that the turned
Jack does not count
II no card was fsced In the Deal itself everything
must have been regular until the Jack was turned. an
the moment II was turned the game was over. What
happened a momentlater does not count
Pinochle. r. {. c. says In . two-handed game
marriage and demands the rame. B bets he mus,
win another tick nrst
Bis wrong. winning the tick entities A not only
70 make the meld but TO score Il, and II that score 4
enough 70 win the game. that ends Il
J, W. @. sayx In . tvo-handsd. game A msld'
the trump sequence, draw . card and then leads on
must win a SSict afsr a msid Is made before any car,
can be led from that meld
B must BE- drawing on his Imagination for rules
l NdruS U INC apit hrt shh p0it VI Il udnu anu Chf
be led or played at any time.
J. r. z says: A melds 90 kings and af,erwart
90 queens Upon winning another trick he WANT
70 score one Of the marriages on the table. B bet
he cannot do so.
In New York Is IL the rule among most Of the Ger
man clubs that no meld can be scored without playins
a fresh card from the hand al the same time This
Is simply local usage. When pinochle is properly
played melds can be carried over. 70 be scored when
/ sha nfs vsv utna aposhsv tHrk hVt thu ga "a ~cvc -
the meld must be still on the table when the meld Is
scored In the case given. when A NEEDED his %
queens. he should have announced. with 20 and
three eos 10 score" Upon winning another thick
he could have scored the 40. and he would have had
70 win three more tricks 70 score all the other mar
nagea Il takes six tricks 10 score the whole sAo
which this combination Is worth.
v. J. O. says: In a four handed game, A lays
down the sx highest trumps. spades, three other
Sm "l,as 80 i points B bets that Inc m si&di'n i =" .ofs i
$50 only. as the spade queen. u used In the sequence,
cannot Be used over again 70 make plnochle or %
queens
Both are wrong. The meid Is worth 500. The
trump marriage. sequence and dix are worth 200;
the 90 queens and pinochls are worth 100 more.
G. A. NJ. asks the value OF the following cards,
NEEDED In a three handed game, diamonds trumps:
Trump sequence and dix. with three other kings
and three other queens.
Inns u OIt = pOinbd v trump mAInARe
sequence and dix. 200; for the kings, so; for the queens
30; for three plain suit marriages. 60. and 10 for pin.
ochle.
Poker. j. q. @. says: A bets that unless agreed
upon four aces beat a straight 4 ush In poker.
In the old days four ACES beat anything unless
straights were agreed upon before the game began.
II was to prevent such a thing as an unbeatable hand
that straight Pushes were introduced ard they are
now such a we'll recoenired part Of the game that they
mus, be held TO beat four aces In any company.
J. p. wants 70 know II any straight flush Is q royal
hush-
No There Is only one royal nush and that u a
hand which cannot be beaten. although Il may be
tied. As the only hand which answers this descrip-
ton Is an ace-high straight flush. that Is the only
royal flush, the ace, king. queen, Jack and rn Of one
suit As one suit Is As good as another. there are
four royal Pushes In the pack.
T., J. T. says: A opens A Jack pot, draws one card
and In the call beats two pairs, kin rs up. with q king
high Gush. b asks what he opened on and A says
b demands the pool unless A can prove he had openers
II player is allowed 70 spill, openers he cannot b
called upon 70 prove that he had them originally.
II is very bad poker to allow the splitting Of openers.
and when Il Is done the openers word must be taken
for II that he had openers
II. r.. c. says. A bets that he has a right 10 ask
the dealer how many cards were drawn BY any player
provided the question Is put before q bet Is made. Is
bets the dealer has no night 70 give any Information
as 10 any draw but his own.
BIS right Players must pay attention 70 the game
and observe how many cards are asked for b. each