The sun., 1904-08-07
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.
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ssfs these h sn hs sees s L viii sse sWesp % and %
avoid ms he takes down the last Of the tens leaving
bets be cannot do this.
b Is right. "
tr,y which did hot beions az to % Il: cailed a.snton
Should ss M Tor
IN Ss Whs and 1s sssd
II there were further penalty than that sug-
gestod by A, there would be many attempts TO pick
up cards which did not belong 10 the build because
players would run no risk except that OF having
to return the cards II they were caught att,
Not only must the card Improperly taken up be
returned but all the others belongi ng 10 the build
together with tho card which took II in. II the
build belonged 10 the player In error. It must be
broken UP. II It belonged to another player. It
must be restored and left as It was. but In neither
case can the player Ia error take back his card or
make any other play or build
Dice.-G. B. and several Others want to bet that
eIsey eve he an odd.
an ace with one dice being to 1. the chances With
being nve chances at 10 each.
This Is simply an extension OF popular error
which G. b. and others may see through II they
will take the simpler case OF the odds against
throwing an ace with two dice.
Six different throws may be made with each die
and as each OF those may happen In conjunction
with any Of the six on the other die. there must be
0xo - 90 different throws possible. Now, II @. B.
will take tho trouble 10 write out these thirty six
possible throws he will and that only eleven Of
them contain an ace and twenty .0ve do not.
He can prove this by calculation. the odds against
throwing an acc on q single die being expressed
by the fraction Of probability. SO, because thcre
arc five other numbers that might come up, and
the odds against II with two dies being S-axs-o=
2sa=a6 to II. Extend this sum 10 nve dios and
the odds will be found exactly as stated In tn
SUN. the fraction being sl2s-777e.
The common error Is In supposing that as there
are only six numbers. and as two OF them must
come UP II two dice are thrown, the odds arc 40
or TO exactly which Is not the case. Tho cir.
cumstance that confuses a person unfamiliar With
the science OF probabilities is that on ono throw
there are two aces, 80 that although twelve aces
may be thrown In thirty six casts. they are all
contained In eleven throws. Tho Same Is true Of
the nve dice.
and takes up tho trump himself; 3. the eldest
trump. % "a bets that tho eides, hand leads. no no
matter who makes the trump.
A Is right.
VIII. E. says: A ordered up . spade and called
is1 snd ss
sssSss s;s 81:
he had the best Of the called suit himself.
Is right Tho best of the called suit Il the
partner and the caller holds n himself he Is his
own partner. or alone.
Auction P1tch.--S. H. T. says: A. deals and B bids
H. 81. i. ssm. makes ssA JACK 70 s. 10"
B. BY refusing TO consider BIS BID becomes
the bidder himself and as the bidding must DO 10
the table. undertook to make three points. one
more than +. which he did not do. Had the bidding
been TO the player, A would have had TO make two
points only II he refused BIS bid. but B could not
offer points. because that would have put A out.
and 1t is against the rules to bid player out.
rs s. 's.u. g. q sa r. p.sy. ~
TO :nd ss
same time saying 70 is ,hss sii ' o. Can az
sod; axe. M q Is Ds
s ss ssea could :. c
Is not BIS business to teach A II they Ars play
ing for money. Bs proper reply would have bssn.
Peg your count as you make IT," - he cannot bs
compelled 10 correct any score until II l. psssed.
non hnds se .hor. n n ana G fnsI:.: "a
new deal. The dealer has his nIht number and
should % Be done. I but oess Il s misde.i '''' "n''
II there are the right number Of cards out there
Is evidently no m!sdeal. ~ the cards are not dealt
10 the CRIB. so II must be that laid out one too
many. This rregularity Is covered BY two separate
laws. A having . short hand AFTER having laid out
for the CRIB must allow the dealer TO peg , points
penalty and he may then play and count his three
card hand for what Il Is worth. When the CRIB u
counted. all the cards in Il may Be reokonsd by the
pretence that he did not intend 10 put that card in
the CRIB.
,u. which he d.e.r.s s.si y D.Fss .1 .:c
holds ,7 natural I H., Doe: The dealer or the player
The player must have declared out Of turn, be-
cause It Is the dealers business nrst 10 examine
his own hand and to say II he has natural or not
II any player can also show natural II Il q stand
OF. II Is only when ono has natural and the
other has not that there Is any paying double.
AS TO the deal passing. the old rule was for the
same player to deal until some one of his adver-
saries had natural. the dealer having none The
more modern practice Is for each player to deal
In turn.
Five Hundred.-p. D. wants to know where he
can ind the complete rules for this game. which
he f1nds often disputed.
Perhaps some reader Of THE Sun will write them
out In full. according to the Western usage the
game being little known In the East.
and It was a dollar Jack. All had put up but a,
who saw he was shy after he had looked at his
hand He threw in q chip with the remark I've
got dollar" Then d, third man from him. re-
marked. an play for o dollar" putting UP. The
others all took this TO be an opening on DIS part
and four men came In and drew cards. In the
betting. D was raised out and on being asked to
show openers said Il didn't open II. opened
for . dollar" His mistake being explained TO
him he was as called @ on TO pay the penalty for false
as was out OF order.
II players were allowed to plead such excuses
as this they could avoid almost any penalty upon
some occasions II Is Ds business to watch the
game and to know what every chip put into the
pool Is for. His ina,tentlon to the fact that A
was shy and was making good cannot excuse him.
NJ NJ. says A deals and gives out IS cards
o the Z players. Before picking up his hand. z
spreads II and announces that he has four only.
D, sitting on E's right. has picked up six cards.
insists on his right 20 haye complete hand,
but b. another player. bets that as IS cards were
and IS hands are dead
Ds hand Is dead. because he lifted It, but Els
hand Is not The rule Is that DIS six cards shall
be spread face down and the dealer shall draw
one at random giving It 10 to complete his hand,
throwing the remaining nve cards OF
DIS dead hand into the discards. without showing
any Of them to the other players looking at them
himself