The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-15

This is simply double entry for each amount.
For instance, beginning with A. he has lost 1864,
minus 60. which is los, 10 B. Put a down minus li
and put y down plus that amount. Then a has
los, l4 to c and TO D. so put them plus those
amounts. Finally. q has won 1923 from A, and II
has won ia from A, so that A must he put down
minus those amounts and c and ID plus BIS score
is handled the same way. and then Cs and finally
D's. II the totals are then added UP. deducting
BIS plus lO4 from bis minus ali, he is sl3 TO the bad.
The balance shows that A has lost 100 and r Si3.
OF which c has won 4l9 and d e23,
Five Hundred. r. says; a has won the play
on o no trump bid and leads clubs, b has clubs.
but wants to stop AS lead, so he plays the Joker
IL this allowed
The mos, generally adopted rule is 10 Insist that
the joker can he played at no trump only when
the holder Of the Joker has none of the suit led.
Otherwise 1t is a revoke.
b. l.. D. says. A, gets the play on a bid Of d!a-
OF spades to be played TO 1t. is this correct
No. lie cannot name the particular card. but
only the suit. When he leads the Joker he can call
for spades TO be played 10 II, but he cannot demand
any particular card OF the suit.
Poker. d. II, c, says; The opener OF a jsckpo,
makes a bet and the others all drop. Must he show
his whole hand or only openers?
After the draw, openers only.
s. s. says: II an opener wishes 10 split his pair
10 draw Tor a nush or straight Ia he not obliged to
to split, 80 that after the hand Is played he can show
that he had openers TO 20 with
The modern practice Ii 10 compel the opener of
each and every Jackpot TO 'put his discard under
the chips on the table. whether he is splitting or
not. tits then impossible TO tell when he is splitting
and his game Ia not given away, but II he has split
the card under the chips Is there TO prove It. II Is
contrary to the whole spirit OF the game OF poker
10 make any player tell the others that he is draw
ing 10 a bobtail.
n. says: A asked for one card and 1t was
ACCIDENTALLY eIDO Sed DN the dealer. Must the
player take II?
HI cannot take It. but must wait until all the
others. including the dealer. have been helped
and th.n the card will be replaced,
{, r, wants to know II a royal spade hush Is better
than one In clubs or diamonds.
No. Tn suits have no rank In poker.
V. T. asks II a blaze is recognized in the regular
game as a standard hand, and II. SO what Is II
rank.
The blaze is a local AFFAIR, and u 1t is played
must be announced before the game begins It's
usual rank Is between two pairs and three OF a kind
but It should rank between a fun and four OF a KIND.
as the odds against II are zoos 10 /.
a. n. II. Asks VIVA, hands are most affected by
the Joker II II is introduced to the pack In draw
poker,
get two pairs with the Joker In the pack than II is
10 get threcs. and two pairs ought 10 be the better
hand.
and was raised the ilmi; by Il. This \ raised
again and then u called II. whereupon 4 threw
mis- hand on the dcadwoOd and said That's good g."
Rs hand WAS Jack high. y next, so \ went back
10 the dradwood and picked up his hand TO show
that he had lack high, 10 next, and as the hand
was called lie insists that he wins The pot on the
show down. u bets that as 4 threw MP. his cards
he cannot take them up again from the deadwood.
n is righ', hut why n should show his hand at
all is a mystery. When 4 told him II was good
he should have taken the pot and said nothing
about his hand.
~. I. SAYS. 4 opens and b stays, When A
comes 10 draw cards he nnds he did not have
openers. Can u take the pot on a pair OF 4s7
The usual rule Is that a pot once opened shall
be played for, II any one comes In against the
false openers, so that B must win the pot II AS
hand is foul and no one els. Is IN.
T.s.c. says; A bets. B raises and a esIls.