The sun., 1904-06-12
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

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ads ss sss Il s' ps ssvn j.
test. spd the bs, is LEFT to TAE sun 70 decide.
II card Is exposed In the last round. the dealer
must take Il. He then turns his nVe CARDS face
down. and the player who Il short draws one. face
down, Should he happen 20 draw the card pre-
viously faced. no must keep It.
W. j. says: A has built nines and there Is king
on the table gsys * Rpf, but 6oes nos oM aans xxi
Kings, S' '' ''
No. Bs object in letting the kings lie Is evidently
10 prevent sweep. which he can do. The chooses
Old Ma,a.M Il :,ys Thr;e ns men s p:Eins The The
With the @ 9! s 2 Ss Ills hsas
Mho draw. and Eoes out hea Prs:epss: 1s:t hs
Ais right II Is the order OF drawing that must
be preserved, not the order of presentation.
Hearts,. L. s. wants to know the odds against
his getting heart on ont the nr;s round OF plain suit
That depends on how any cards OF the ace SUIT
arc held. With four only 1t Is "a to against With
nve Is 70 1: with six. to with seven. to l. and
with eight to A point which is stlll further In
the leaders favor is the fact thtt discard need
not necessarily be heart.
says Eldest band ,ss ~; a.h.S
DartQer says SIX. WltuOut WdNlnk IOT tuc OtncT
Se csn either nave irs,h deal oysrDid the dealer
The dealer loses his night to bid At all for that
deal.
e.S nSo,d Ss Used With ;hs King and queen to maks
No. The ace Is always below the deuce in crib
bage.
". J. z. says After had cut for tho starter
.To snss he% both aewe and
10 cut again. bets he was no, IN fault = be cut
Of of The Ss two % exposed .holid Be the starter.
has the choice Of the two exposed cards.
he score Il shs cards fall; ss1sAAs'
Seven holes.
but says nineteen. Can ignore the error II 4
:S,: him 10 DO 50 and play to |" or must he set it
IL A does not correct II but plays and adds to Il.
the wrong count stands a. II had been the correct
one Tho player 10 under NO obligation 10 correct
II II II suits him better as II L.
RE says: plays card and says Run Of four
which he proceeds 10 peg. A q, once .ays No run"
as BIS hand has not yet bern removed from the front
peg.
10. N. saya: It is q house rule that an opener
may split pair provided he places his discard apart
S. se Sc uS
In As discard and shunled II up. bets that as
ea Tas mus. sas1 his s Sc =.
his hand.
II the house rule Is understood to mean that
player must be able TO show his discard II called
upon. his hand is clearly foul II he canno, do 50.
g. L. says A dealt and was sure that each player.
including himself. had hvc cards being Jackpot
ootsd Ssf s bis card. and seeing opener opened
After helpinI al the others to cards IN the draw
threw his discard 10 such way that II went under
AS cards. Does this excuse A or not.
IL Ia As fault for not protecting his hand from
such contingencies ahd also his fault for picking
time, II Il Is admitted by another player that he
threw his discard Into As hand he should be able
TO Identity the card by naming II. which should
satisfy the others that not entirely 70 blame
It Is curious that the other player did not call
attention TO II II he knew what he had done.
he draws one card. but retS mixed with the dis
cards somehow. and when he wants 70 draw another
% ns 6: or :sps ~ p A. osl ana
Il Is 2 & his own disadvantage only to play with =
must suffer for his own carelessness In letting
his draw get away from him There Is no common
sense reason why . player should not oe allowed
TO play with . short hand, but the rules very
decidedly against II. and any hand Of more or iess
than ave cards h deed hand There u possible
e1euss for . player vho b drawing 10 h1s hand
bsas she cards gsvsa 10 lin ~ ne dealer b tshsa
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