The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-12

playing bid to the board" bids don't count on the
score ..
The expression bid to the board" is to dIstln
guish this form OF the game from the old style, In
which the eldest hand sold. and either counted
what was bid him. or pitched the trump himself
III refused. The variation OF bidding to the board
was introduced when pedro and cnch came into
fashion. and has gradually been grated on the
older game.
Cribbage. NJ. T. p. says: A playing ilrst. the
cards fall; 3. o. T. SO T. pegs run OF SIX. which
disputes.
The run Is correct. as there are no duplicates
e. n. says: The cards fall; ?. Y. 4. 3. Second
player says II Is run OF three. as court CARDS 90 NOT
interfere.
There is no run. The king spolls II.
+. s. says: In a four hand game. tho cards
on the lrst round fall: g. T. T. the runs being duly
pegged. First player on second round says 20,
ana second man plays another o. Psggng SX n1lr n
run.
Is right. Going backward It will be found
that the order OF the cards Is S, H. s. and ms the
duplicate comes before the o. which Is ncccS
sary to complete the run. there Is no run.
j. I. T.. wants to know how tocount the follow ing
hands; Three kings and Jack With queen turnca'
and three sevens and an ace with seven turned.
II the three kings are laid out in triangle. each
side OF this triangle will make a pair holes The
y and j can then be combined with each to make
three different runs OF three; q more holes " the
Is the same suit as the turn up. Is worth point
more III the four scvens are laid out In square
each side and each diagonal viii make pair u
holes Each OF these different pairs can he com
blncd with tn ace TO make fifteen. II more holes
W. r. W. says: The total pip count Is "a when
Al has 70 pSy He holds and in ms nSa
play the L. But he did not play It. as he saw the
would make It thirty one b insists that as
called twenty eight" he shall play tn" l.
Is putting the cart before the horse. IL Is
the count that must agree with the card played;
not the card played that must agree with the count
II 4 did not play 4. then cannot make him
count II.
Euchrc,--M l.. says; When the bell rings in a
s and Sn he cards Just dca for T new hand
should the hand be played out or must the game
stop at once?
Play should cease the moment the bell rings,
even In the middle OF trick This cuts short
all disputes
Whist deals.-W. A. X. wants to know II there
has ever been case In which each player received
an entire suit when the cards were dealt.
Several such cases on record. There Is moth
Ing wonderful about them, as among the countless
millions Of times the cards are dealt the doctrine
. OF probabilities tells us that once In SO often this
distribution is to be expected II would he much
more wonderful II such thing never happened
Sixty SKIP. p says: 4 having reached "a
puts down the king of trumps and calls out. MS
| opponent holds the ace of trunps and WINS the
king, insisting that A is not out
| The card played does not count to the holder
| OF 1t. but to the winner Of the trick. cannot
count the king unless he takes in the trick
! uominoes j. c. says; In four handed block
game A sets the double five, and after ono or two
rounds Plays inc double six his oppGTs"S,s s Gp
SIX. Abet' he was entitled TO set his longest Sult
A is right. In the block game a player can set
anything he peaSes. II is in such games as M MA
| dore and muggns that the highest double must
| be first set out.
backgammon 7. II. l.. says: \ throws nvc
| deuce and moves the Ave incorrectly, When B
! points out the error, moves another man, hut
| insists that the man Incorrectly moved ilNc Shnll
| move two and the other man move the lN". IL is
| found that the man incorrectly moved VIII not
| go either five or two. What should be done
| The man nrst moved two must 20 five also II
1t cannot be so moved, the player is al liberty 10
! move any he pcascs for the Ave.
! Poker. r. A. says: bets tina, II after the
game II Is found that the pack Is two cards short,
| the winners must return the money.
! All deals made with an imperfect pack stand good.
except the deal IN which the !mpcrfcc,Ion Is
discovered As the deals stand. the winnings
| stand also
r. NJ. says: The blind being Ave call ten. ten
| limit game tho age puts up Ave and the SECOND
| man on seeing cards. puts In twenty. The follow
ing players object that this Is making II double III e
| limit to draw cards.
! Second man is within his rights. He must put up
ten to draw cards and at the same time he raises
II ten. The limit in poker is not the largest amount
that may b. bet on any one hand or AT one time.
but the amount by which any previous bet may
be raised.
HIS Z. says \ asks for three cards but gets
he has made bet all the other players being he ped
He insists that he can play VITA me short HIND,
ns with only four CARDS, but GcS bis hand is dead.
Is right according to the rules. Although
AS reasoning is sound, no OH poker player VIII
allow any hand OF more or less than ivc cards
TO be anything hut foul hand
r. n. u. says; \ has opcncd iacS !, and
staying After the draw \ bets Nfiy: y raises
rnns oyc 4 nj, 'n nsnd and nds he hay six c
promptly throws his hand away, announcing 1t
| as dead, but leaving his money IN 'he n"o the
| TO bet Can he call for nfty. ignoring BIS 'aisC,
| or must he put UP hundred
BIS raise. being made on a foul hand. must be
| regarded simply as forfeit. lctt In NE pool, and
| c has no TO consider but \.
NJ II. II. says SIX playing one man fntS he
has only four cards and asks for a ncw"dral, is
| this the rule
II he has looked at any OF the cards his hand
Is dead. II he has not looked AT them he has the
choice 20 demand new deal or 10 aSI. for another
card to complete his hand
+. F. says: A inadvertently asks for ono card
more than he wants. On discovering the error
he announces II. NJ thr same time admitting his
hand Is dead. H. the next player, insists that he
should have the card that drew. MS II would have
come to him had drawn properly.
rs claim Is based on m!Sundcrs andng. 1t is
not AS aSknR for a certain number OF cards that
makes MS hand foul. but his failure to discard 50
as to take In his draw lcgitIma'cly. Had \ dis
covered his error In asking before he picked IN
| his draw, he could have discarded SO to take
| II in and ali would have been regular. II is there
fore evident that has no ClGI;a on the card drawn
! by \,
II. s. says: \ opens the pot and four men stay
| Before drawing \ finds he was wlStasCn about
his openers. and says so What becomes OF tho
pot and the money has put IN
AS opening bet is forfeited and his hand Is dead
but the others proceed to play for the pot as II II
had been lcgitmatcly opened
ALZ. says: \ opens on rar or hicks NJ
| PLAYERS drop out and \ shows Optr,rS. with The
, other cards fHcc down. h bets he must how
! tlr entire hanl
BIS right There hcIng no draw, all tho openers
cards must be shown.
H. D. G. says: \ has opened jack and four
other men hav" drawn cards. When the opener
bets no one calls him and bets he Is REQUIRED
TO show openers Orly and fair hand Of i've cards
Il bets he must show all Ills cards face up. even
II he Is not called.
u Is wrong first bet on openers. and -four