The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18
SCHOOL, FOR CARD PLAYERS.

F.. J. NJ says: For whom does low count the man
who held II or tho man who catches ~
The man who held II. 1t Is only In cinch that
low counts TO the catcher
Sevennp, G. T. l.. says A and both want one.
when deals and turns club jack u holds the ace
Which goes out iirst'
The turned Jack counts Immediately, so a is
out.
ST says; Three playing. a and p each want
three points and goes out C bets II Is his next
beg; SO that a must deal again. or must deal the
II b Is oft. II is ca nrs, deal The fact that IL
would be to Cs advantage to have the beg does not
cntue him to II, because II Is an accident OF tho
score that It Is to Cs advantage to beg Instead OF
dealing. There Is nothing In the laws OF the game
which says that they shall be changed just because
certain player happens 10 have arrived at Ger
tain stage In his score, such as ono to 60 Cs argu
ment that he cannot lose his beg is based on tho
assumption that he would have greater advantage
In begging than In dealing. So he would at the
score, but that being an accident, he must be held
by the general rule that the deal Is of moro ad-
vantage than tho beg. because any player would
sooner deal all the time than beg all the time. Lcav.
ing out the accident OF C's score. he Is under no
disadvantage in being compelled 10 deal In his
proper turn. and he lrust do SO, being out OF IT,
Cribbase. L. G. Mel says: In a two hnnd genre
A plays frst and the cards fall ? 2 6os7. The
question In dispute Is what docs the last player ptg'
run OF three and thirty one. nvc holes
F. r. says: a holds In his hand 3 4. which he
say, Is worth eight holes A turns up tor q
hand. making It worth 10. and adds hft',n; is
no rs IN all. Is bets the hand Is not doubted IN
value. but Is worth only II In all.
Bis right. The pair royal Of Is Is worth holes
and the three runs OF three each holes, With the
fifteen. II In oil. a is confusing his hand with
those In which one OF the single cards is doubled
by the starter. which doubles the value OF the
hand. Had the starter been another 8. the hand
would have been worth twice Its original eight,
because the runs and the pair would have been
doubled: but when II Is third card that turns up
as IN the case given. there are no longer twice as
many runs, but only one more.
A. r. says: In two hand. the cards fan, a play
one 4 bets that as the pair OF scv,ns have already
p bsfn p run my Thai m card whc has
used to make a pair cannot aforward be used TO
form part OF run
Ats wrong. He is thinking OF plnocle. In which
cards used TO form part OF a meld cannot he used
to form other meds OF the same class In cr!bbagc
there is no such rule and B is quite right to peg
I'VE holes
X c. says. bets p that the following hand Is
worth "a holes; 44586. Be bets II Is 20 only.
A is right. There four runs o! three each
u holes: there are four nfteens. s more holes and
finally, there are two pairs "a In all. evidently
forget. the pairs. or overooks two OF the hftcens
W. n. N. says According to the answer given
in TIKI sun on Mas IS, This hand. 5 CSC T. would b"
worth either a o, 80 H. who wan,sa !" nnS "l ne
hand as follows: Three double runs OF q J.
or holes each, ~, and then the pair royal. @
more holes. 80.
There arc no double runs OF each. 1.-THE three
sizes are laid out In triangle. It will be obvious
that they form three dTercn, pairs, holes. The
and ! can then be combined with each once only
making only three runs OF each. 0 more holes.
or IS altogether, That Is all is In the hand
so A is right
Bridge. A. NJ. p. would like to have the opinion
OF some OF THR SUNS experts as 10 the proper call
on the following b and. score love all: II, a K532:
c, a X 9 S: $. A x a no diamonds. The cues.
with three aces and tho safer heart suit.
W. II. T. wants to know which Is now the onlcial
code OF laws In this country and whether is safe
to bet that there Is penalty " the dealer leads ont
OF the wrong hand
Several of tho leading clubs in the Fast have
lately appointed a committee to draw up code
OF laws for bridge. which will probably differ In
some respects from that lately published by the
Whist club OF New York. Until we have nm annual
congress OF bridge players. like tn" meetings OF the
American Whist League 1t is doubtful II any code
will meet with general acceptance. All we can
hope for at present Is tina, the laws Will not become
quite SO var'cgatcd as those OF pinoclc.
T ~ says: z dealt and passed IT, Dummy
made II a spade, and when neither AdNtrsary
doubled z insisted on doubling II himself. as he
said II his partner could make spade uumps he
he'd a good enough hand to make spades Wo'th
more than :? and IL he was willing To ll>k points
a trick the advcrSarics should not object
A player cannot double his partners make any
more than he can double his own, unless an nd
versary has hrst doubled. The rule is that when
q player declares his adversary may double, and
that the adversary OF the one who doubled last may
double again. Bot a player has no more righ' 10
double his partners make than he would have TO
declare hearts worth 10 on his own deal.
that the eldest hand shall lead hear, II the Ionc
do"ssd no a d's , an" rb. me and SoT to
show his ten he led the OF clubs before lead
Ing heart on this lrad he caGFh the 9n'Gn ana
thinking he had no hearts 10 lead. discarded his
protection IN that suit and his ndy'tSar' ,,,, made
ou,rc heart to be led when the gone doubicS
The hear, lead is not law but only ronv' ntion.
and tthc eldest hand thinks he has better opening
than a hear, he Is at liberty to make 1t.
Euchrc II. r.. says In a three hand game
deals when and want ! snd r,Sp,c'lvelE,
A. Is cuchrcd' , giving ; y and '"o points '0'h'
Neither 1t Is tic. because they both reach 10
AT the same time THERE'S no advantage In making
more than is necessary to win the game.
Pedro J y Med. says: Four are playing II
was the successful bidder. hut was set back.
made ace pedro. points. which put him OUT. but
A also claimed out as he wanted only ana made
low In what order do the points go OUT
As the bidder was not in the hunt, TIC points 20
out In order: high. low. jack game. pedro. ,
canno, count his pedro until after has counted
hi. low so \ IS the frst man out, II he wants only
one TO 90.
Poker THE SIN is indebted to y, c. for the
following Information as TO the origin Of The ii
and IL spots in the sixty card pack
In 1899 IN American manufacturer Of playing
cards was crossing the ocean and watching an
eight hand game He observed that when they
all stayed and drew cards there were never enough
to 20 round and that In some cases man got the
same cards that he had thrown out. This led him
to pu, the sixty card pack on the market In 1894.
j. G. H. s. says: which is the higher hand,
the A 2 4 ) OF one suit or the q 10 o.
The king high. when used to MI out the bottom
OF a straight. the ace loses It's rank rs the highest
card
s. l.. l.. says: Three are in the call. \ says
three Fights" h says three scNcns, and c says
"a straight takes the pot. \ then hnds he
{ bets that as a did not call his hand correctly.
he Is too late,
II c has already taken down the pot. ~ is too
late A mus, suffer for his own carclcssncss In
not following the rules OF The game, and laying his
hand face up on the table, instead OF calling 1t,