The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-09
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SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.
Euchre. G. L. N. says a trump being led, b
bets the other players must beat 1t II they can.
No such rule In euchre.
S. T. X II you make special rules OF your own
you must also make your own decisions. Inc
answer given on Aug Is based on the regular game,
there being no such game as that IN which 'he
maker OF the trump leads nrst.
Call ace Eurhre j. W, E; says: The maker
calls for the spade ace clubs being trumps. ne
eldest hand holds both ace and King OF spa h1S
but leads the king. b beis that he Is eompeheo
10 lead the ace of the called suit.
Bis wrong There Is no rule as TO what the eldest
hand shall lead whether he Is the partner or not
Good players consider the trump the better open
Ing when the eldest hand is sure he Is the partner
Of the caller
vlngt -et.un. D. U. G. says: is the banker
and draws nve cards, which make him exactly
81. The banker takes four cards which puts MIN
Neither This is called paying in cards" and Is
always a stand on.
plque,. C. A. H, says: The elder hand having
nothing good the dealer got to 80 In the play. ne
bets this puts him to co. the cider hand bets TO oniy
The card led by the elder hand Is not stated.
Pic can never be made by the dealer unless the
cider hand leads card smaller than nine; he must
make rcpic II anything. The statement that the
dealer reached 20 In the play shows that the cards
played to the tricks must have been reckoned
In In order to reach the total Of 80
Poker. H. X. W. says: bets that u he holds
four and B holds straight nush WINS
A
kind.
The dealer lays of hve cards for B. and immedi'
altey helps to three. b calls attenlon 70 we
su, the dealer refuses to remedy the error be-
the next player has been helped and iurlher
insists that BIS hand Is dead.
The dealer Is wrong and must remedy the error
as soon as his attention Is called % 1t. The helping
of the next player has nothing to do with II, II II
Is admitted that BIS call was correct and that II
was the dealers error In giving number that was
not asked for Same answer to j. B.
]. W. says A bets that u he s,raddlcs the age
the privileges OF that position pass to him.
A Is wrong. The age never passes
says FIVE are playing Wns and 4, 'hf h., IT,
hand. Each of the Others has 1--WE cards A bets
II Is a misdeal
No m,sdeai. The player who lifted the foul hand
is out of the game for that pool; his hand is dead
N, SSs h a. take Ss,d faced In dealing for
No. He cannot take It, and II cannot he replaced
until all the other players, including the dealer.
have been helped.
W NJ. X. says: a split pair Of lacks TO draw TO
flush but made no allusion TO his play, although
he kept his discard separate. y. who had aces.
bets a must declare when he splits.
If a player Is allowed to split openers he can
not be made to announce his play In advance. and
the others must take his word for 1t that he had
openers II A made his flush he must win the pot
unless d can beat flush
L. H. says II player finds himself with only
four cards can he continue to play or is his hand
foul,
Any hand OF more or less than FIVE cards is foul.
n p. T. wants to know why a straight is better
than three OF kind.
Because It Is the more difncult hand to get. The
odds against pat straight are 25i to l. and against
pat three of q Kind As to only.
s. s. X says: a opens a. jackpot and no one
comes In against him. He shows pair Of jacks
and three cards face down. bets he must show
all Ive cards lace up
Is right.
SM.C L. says; Six playing In jack pot. First
man passes. second man puts In chip without
saying anything. and the others all come In. After
the draw, asks the opener, G what he Is going to
ceeds to be, himself but the others think the hand
should be thrown out II did not hold openers
II 1t Is agreed that C put in a chip, It must be.
assumed that he opened for that amount. and his
denial cannot be accepted. II he did not hold
openers he must pay the penalty for false opening
In any case l. Is right In going ahead and betting
for the pot Just as II II had been lcgitimately
opened
c. r. Z. says: A is dealing to b, and b names the
card offered to him In the draw, II being so held
and dcma nds another. c bets that the dealer must
replace the card only when 1t can be seen by other
players.
II a player could refuse every card he got a
pccp at In dealing for the draw. poker would soon
become different game. The rule is that cards
EXPOSED In dealing for the draw must he replaced
but the exposure must take place after the card
has left the dealers hand and before the player
touches II, This Is not the case when cards are
peeped at so must take the card whether 1t suits
him or not
Pinochlc. W. L. N. says: 4 wins a trick, shows
turn up card in exchange. After one or two more
tricks another as ses WI, nso G1ns does ai b and takes
really belong, to the first or second player who
showed the dix
To the one who took 1t in. a player cannot be
compelled TO exchange his dix for the tun-up,
and II he chooses let 1t lie II must be assumed that
he does not want 1t.
L. N SAYS In n two hand game A wants 10 when
he turns dix. He calls out, but bets he must
win Trick hrst.
Bis wrong. The turned dix scores Immediately.
r. T.. y. says: In two hand, when the stock Is
exhausted, must the second player win every trick
II he can. trumpS led or mott
Yes.
D. r. ~ says. In three hand. A mclds $50 trumps
sequence so kingsrand 90 queens, can he also mold
three plain suit marriages. making his total meid
SJO'
He can but II would be better for him to med
the trump marriage before showing the sequence,
and to lose one OF the plain suit marriages Instead
making his total mcld $40. In order TO comply with
the rule that fresh card mus, be played from the
hand for each succeeding meld, the cards must be
laid down In the following order 40 tr,ynps, so
kings two plain suit marriages. 90 queens, $50
trumps.
Why So Many Confederate Onioers Were Killed.
From ne NeU orleans PioGvurc.
Within a few days past much has been said In
the European press Of the death OF Leut.-Ge
Count Keller, OF the Russian army, who killed
in q recent battle with the Japanese In Manchuria,
Gen Keller was the frst officer OF high rank killed
on either side. with the exception OF the Russian
Admiral MakhhroN who was blown IN n n wsrshn