The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-16

The Usual nlr il fOT the thur throws TO Count
from the time the player with the last chip tak,-
the dice. 10 that the caster has two more only.
says
Auction HRoche. q. &C. H. ssy., A and n ere
parnsts+ with 10 70 70. bids 10 and nslds T..
and D havv 10 70 60 ana msld sn 1'ney also
WIN ne nist lrek anu call out bits The hand
Is night. Tue bidder has the mt eoun, IS
compensation for the nix he takes IN bidding which
makes him hable 10 be ST back. THIS 10 The rule
/ In ell bidding games
y. y. y. says: 4 md d are 100 UP. Thry bid 800
get enough 90 go out and cali out but 90 on play
! ing 20 80 u they cannot 81 4 and back a and
( u succeed IN making their 80, Who wtntf
/ and 49, because they were the bidders.
I q ID. $. says: wants 100 but bids 30. He
pieiai iS,. enough To- go out. and insists that when
he must 90 on playing until he makes good his
bid Of 80 or he loses.
CTibbaSe. S. a. o, shyS In playing. mus, the
or will 0, T. 3 do
Any order Of play will do - that no duplicates
come In between the lowest and the highest cards
that 90 70 make up the run. For instance. II the
order were: ,. O. 5, s. T. would be . run Of ave; but
,. Q, >. s. g. would not BE- run.
>, 5sain can sgs5 q four In the hand b psEed
Yes IL is only In the CRIB that the 6tAr'sf mus
be OF the same suit 20 make flush
H ". l. says: We want TO know how 10 eoun!
thlt hand: The q, 7. s Of clubs and the spade
The swim combine with each ofths "a for fifteen,
and the and make another. holes. The hand
Itself contains run OF I. and b. substituting the
starter for the club another nun OF four can be
made. more holes. Then there Is hush OF four
In the hand. more holes and nna1y pair OF 10,
more holes total OF 20 points.
how counted.
for a starter. with the Jack Of the ssms
suit and three other 50 In the hand Il worth 20
holes. II the four Sc are laid out In a square,
each side and each diagonal will make a pair, u
holes. Leaving out each corner OF the square four
different times, the remaining three 81 will make
= hfteen, ) more holes. Then the Jack will make
hheen with each s. more holes. and nnaliy
the Jack Is worth for his nobs, % holes.
Poker Dice. A. B. says II was agreed the,
all ties were 10 make jhckpots. 4 threw full In
three throws and lied him With the same null in
Two throws, and said: ina, JACK" bets that
the second man must take his third throw.
Is wrong. The player can leave his throw
any stage he thinks It 90 his advantage to do 20.
Die+. W. 7. r objects 10 the decision given In
effect that the odds arc more than , to against
getting ace 10 throwing two dice. and says II
dice ar. used, I; IA even money on single numbers.
In chuck luck the bank pays double n two Of
the number bet on come up. A. the same time
II IA not even betting, because n three Of the num-
Der bet on come up the house tskes ALI
Roulette. Mcc. says Is + true tina, the
percTtage on this game T. less aIalnst the rihyer
Why
a, Monte cGno there Ia only one rero while
In this country there are Away two. and some
times three.
= 80 -.
clGD lie won the. n.t two tricks and led dis.
mond for the third trick 20 which =; on hs len,
player, played the king OF Spades, thinking spades
verc tru,nps on hsing told o. his rIrnr he wanted
this objects. Who Is righi'
AT eards played In error arr exposed cards
snd can be called by the adveDanes. II had
no diamond z wss rlFht In demanding ths play
Of the exposed card. the spade.
Can.aoe Euchrc. l.. c. says: In four hand
zane took M a club snd called the ace OF
diamonds. got al nyc ,ricEs and Il turned ou'
tlav w OF OF, n cn,i,,, ~ N wv So'A' no"
That depends on who had the best diamond In
play II Is not the actual OF suit that Is called
on but the best card of the sui n p had the best
diamond IN plav. he shuld have scored four p0inu
for the lone hand. II he had no diamond, OTsn
any player had better diamond he and his partner
the holder OF the best diamond out, score two points
each
Forlv -nve. \. l. T., SAYS: The SIX NJ hearts,
trump>. Is led. Can the second player, holding
the ace OF hearts. refuse 10 follow suit
II he has no smaller heart he can; but n he has
two hearts he must play one Of them when trump
is led The privilege OF reneglng, which IL given
TO the three highest trunps the Jack, nye and ace.
does not apply when the player holding one or
more OF those high trimps also holds a smaller
trump
Cinch W. and F say; a. b and arr playing
three hand. \ and each want seven. while { wants
one, gets the pitch for si1, and makes them, b
getting seven and one. Who wins The game.
b or c.
Neither. The rule for scoring In einch "a that
the lower score shall be deducted from the higher
and only the difference put down. Deducting c.
point from B's leaves sir. stu one TO CO. while C
10 nothing. SCORES 1--WE,
Poker. T; s. s says: When hand Is called
must the other hands be shown also
Yes Al hands 10 the call must he shown 20 the
table.
G n IT, says. 4 bets that four kings and an are
viii beat royal nush. n take the bet not srelng
ths' y Involves a contradiction In terms. Who
gets the money
una stand on. because 20 hold two such hands
the p,ck must be imperfect, snd all bets made on
an imperfect pack are void.
L 8 SAYS: 4 opens a Jackpot and all ths o,her
stay : draws no cards. but bets sfler The Others
are helped; 70 one VIII esil h bun, 40 fe shows
be must show his whole hand.
n IL wrong AfteT the draw, the opener IA not
obliged 20 show more than openers n he Is not
called The reasons for this err Civen ~ length
IN Practical Poker psEe "a.
FIJI G says; In a four hand game, one player
{ receives six cards. hut does not claim a rrisdeai
until he has lifted his hand. bets that C's hand
Ia foul,
n Is right Poker pisyeu should always count
their cards face down beforr lifting or looking At
Guy 81 them.
r. T sAyS Whine was dealing he nearly faced
a card that went N Y, and p remarked, I'm have
4 peep at that one, Turning up the edge Of II and
looking o. H. ftPr TIRE deal was completed n
counted his cards face down fnd found he had
sIS The dealer RayS that ~ he peeped A. one Of
them his hand h foul
The dealer IL right.
Nv. ?. sAys opened Jack, thinking ne had
aces and deuces He drew one card, an ace, and
then found he had not openers originally. which
~ announced. and arc IN the pot with him,
e hsvinF queens all IN" time. What happens' ~
u and play Tor the poi ~ n u had been leFttl.
pst,iy oucned. A. having drawn N fAlse openers
can be pensnzed by being made 20 give the other,
A free ride for the next iaek
{ W H. commenting on the answer Tven 10
A " { In THF SUN OF March S. says. Wbiis
ths odds may he 6i0.7tO against player holding
a roval nush. and that the club that could shoW
an nee such hands IN month ought 70 have PLAYED
AZ least tpta2 10 hands. the fact remains that /
have Individually held four such hands on ths
following dates. Nov. H. 1908: Nov. p. 1908. Apni
H. 1914. and March 20, 1905 Two or these we're