The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

II should be the same as In the ordinary game OF
auction pitch, as It is q principle In all games In
which there is a bid for the privilege Of making the
trump that the player who gets the bid and takes
the nsk shall have the compensatlng advantage OF
being the hrSt count, II he has enough to put him
out, and has made good his bid. he is out. no matter
what the points are that he makes or what points
the others may have scored.
n, +. l., says: Suppose a Is tile dealer and has a
hidd.g 9od ir io9T; Is ne Doop Igea 20 .ct p z pfsvtbSIdds s
four, or can the dealer pitch II for four himself
When the bidding Is to the board, any bid shuts
out any following bid which is not higher. lib bids
four md 4 has four, b gets the play, because A can
not bid higher. ills only In the old form OF auction
pitch, in which the bidding was TO one OF the players,
who added the points bid to his store when he sold,
that the seller could refuse the points offered him
and still pitch the tru mp for the same number as
that BID.
Euchre.-M. W. says: 2 deals and his partner Y
assists. Y says he viii play IL alone. 10 which the
adversaries object.
They are right. No one but the maker Of the
trump can play alone, and the maker Of the trump
Is always the player who decides whether or not
the trump shall be the suit turned up. or II the
trump Is turned down what suit 1t shall be. When
the dealers partner assists or orders up he de-
termines that the trump shall be the suit turned UP.
and he is therefore the actual maker OF the trump
and is the only one that con play alone for that
deal.
Call ACE Euchre. L. A. K: says! 4 deals. and as
on on 3 pass suit nc or 'a 10 say !; hat h s'I viii P ps nal Alone tnsf b leads.
What Is the penalty
That would depend on how the dealer determined
TO play. II alone. he could call the card an ex-
posed card and have II led II II suited him. II
he asked for q partner II might suit him better TO
let the leader take II back, in case b were the part
ner asked for.
Casino. j. NJ. says: A bets that Il B has . card
70 play which matches one on me table HIS oonGed
TO take In the card on the table.
A is wrong. II Is a common practice when o
player Is afraid that his adversary will make a
sweep to lay down a card. especially a court card.
which matches one on the table, refusing 10 take
In the two cards.
z. N, says: A bets that D cannot take In a second
build or make one until ne mas taken IN the hrst
a ten. B Insists that he can take in AS build and
leave his own. Is this rght1
Yes. AS long as q player does something, IN
creases a build, makes a new one or takes In one.
either his own or his opponents, his play Is legiti-
mate.
Cnbbage. q. f. p. wants to know how TO count
nine for a starter.
II the mines are laid out In q triangle It will be
seen that each side will mako a pair. Q holes. The
ten and eight can then be combined with each
Of the mines separately, making three runs Of three
each. o moro holes. As there are no hfteens that
Is all the hand is worth, is holes.
A: N: says: In a two hand game the cards fall,
&4s9is s. The runs are all admitted but the last
Yes. There are no duplicates between II and the
four, which is the card necessary to complete tho
run.
P. MEG; says: In a two hand game the cards
fall, 3 X 4 s6,5. When, B plays the last card he
a disputes. as the cards did not fall in order.
The order does not matter, so long as there arc
no duplicates to break up the sequence.
there are two skies shown. 4 bets that the heart six
In choosing seats and deal, and insists that this
rule, is being taught by a professional bridge
teacher.
The suits have no rank In cutting, and cards OF
equal value must cut again. No teacher who
knew anything OF the game could give such a rule
as that hearts were better than clubs In cutting,
because the rank Of tho suits In play exists only
when one OF those suits has been named as a trump.
When there Is no trump. the suits are all equal,
and It would be absurd 10 give them q rank before
the hand Is dealt which they may never have In
play.
Poker. G. F. ". says: What is the rule that
applies to a player holding six cards by mistaken
II he has taken UP any part OF a hand OF six cards
dealt 10 him originally. his hand is foul. 1t is a
dead hand II he has drawn too many cards, whether
he asked for them or not. He should have detected
the error before lifting or looking at them. ANY
hand OF more or less than I'VE cards is foul.
s. s. says: II a player who has opened q pot
announce II TO the table, or can he do IL without
saying anything about 1t?
The modern rule is that every player who opens
O Jack pot must place his discard under the chips
in tho pool. whether he Is going TO split or not. He
Is then at liberty to split II he pleascs without giving
any intlmation OF his intention. as he can always
produce the cards he put under the chips TO provo
that he had openers originally, II called on 10 do so.
This method removes the Objectionable infringe
ment OF a players right TO conceal his game. as
the cards are always placed under the chips in the
pool. whether the player Is splitting or not. so that
he does not betray his game 10 the table when he
does split,
j. E. S. says: When the opener wins the pot is he
obliged 10 show his whole hand, or openers only!
That depends on whether or not cards have been
drawn and whether the opener is called or not. II
no one has drawn cards against the opener, all re.
fuslng to come In, he shows all his nve cards. be-
cause he has paid no more for them than any other
PLAYER has paid for cards. But II the opener pays
TO draw cards and no one will call him after the
draw, 1t is no ones business how he played his
hand and how he drew. and II the otherS want TO
know they must pay to see 1t. In such . case. II
they will not call him after the draw, he need show
openers only and that he has FIVE cards.
W. G. says: The opener is B. and three men conn
In. After the draw the opener refuses to bet, but
holds his hand. Two others pass and A bets d chip.
Seeing how weak the belts, q wants TO call A. Can
III Nv ~
No. B passed out Of the betting when he refused
to make the nrst bet after the draw. What A bet
a chip for It Is difncult 10 see, as the pot was his
without betting.
H. R. wants TO know whether the right spelling
for round OF Jacks is wrangdoodle or whangdoodle.
The dictionary gives II as whangdoodle. The
term seems TO be borrowed from the animal that
riourneth for Its frstborn.
W. C. NJ. wants 10 know which IS the higher
straight nush. 8 8 7 8 0 OF hearts or s @ I OF
spades.
1t is a tie. The suits have no rank in poker.
JIG. R. says: A player inadvertently calls for one
card when he wants two. Can he amend his call
Yes. At any time before the following player
being helped.
P. W. S. says: A., B and g are playing In a pot.
and p is dealing. a asks for three cards. and G
says, Give me three, too" The dealer runs OF
three cards TO each Of them, and then B says,
"Where are my cardsr" The dealer asks how many
3 W ants and gives him the next three. II is evident
that c has the cards B should have had. What
should be done1
II 3 allowed a player to call for cards and 10 get
them out OF his turn. he must suffer for 1t. II he
had been awake he could certainly have prevented
G from taking up the cards, even II the dealer did
give them TO him. II the others allow D 10 draw,
well and good. but otherwise he must play his
original hand without drawing TO 1t at all.
B. r. wants to know the chances for nlling a
straight open at both ends, as against those for
1lllnH a four card hush.
rA..- 80 atrhN chances N fnTfuNAuAa a. tA.