The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-02
SCHOOL, FOR CARD PLAYERS.

make the hrst bid, and why.
In the old game the privilege of the pitch he
longed 10 the eldest hand, and II he sold II. he got
the points bid for It. The frst bid. therefore, was
made by the player on the left OF the eldest hand.
Now that the bidding is all 10 the board, no one
counting the points offered. the first bid Is always
made by the eldest hand, so that II he Is willing TO
pitch the trump for a certain amount any other
player must 90 higher or pass. In this respect It's
very much like skat. In which the game used TO be
long 10 the eldest hand always but now he can hold
Il only when he has as much as any other PLAYER.
A higher bid takes the game away from him. The
same principle applies to all bidding games.
Seven Up. IT.. y. says; Two playing. II stands
has a counting card, y bets that the non dealer
counts one foT game, 4 bets that such a rule ap,
plies only to lies, and that II there Is no game no
one can count what does not exist.
The general rule Is that II there is no game out
the non desler counts the point for IL, 50 that Il is
night,
Hearts. ! ~ $, says: -Four men are piaying
and II is a 'ack POI. \ re- MARI ! YIN avn ms ,s surG he
does not. The bet Is taken and \ divides the pot
with u. Who wins the bet?
When odds are laid against an event which comes
out a tie or a dead heat The total amount put up is
divided. In this case II would seem talr to divide
the Sc between \ and ID.
Nap. 1T McC. say :: What are The values Of
the bids nlqcher and yelling ton; As there are
only nve tricks 10 be won, how can a PLAYER bd 10
do more than make nap
4 bid of nap wins or loses ave points. \ bid or
Willing ton. which comes next. binds the player TO
p6y double II he loses. but gives him only I'VE " ne
wins. The bid Of Hucher. which outranks yelling
ton again, binds the player to pay twenty II lie falls.
but still to win only nNe n he succeeds
boms but two, one Of which is tied up 50 that moth
Ing viii get him out. A throws hve-four, u he
other. Is bets that he has the choice as o. which
he shall make a play, A bets that ne mas the
choice himself.
When only one OF two numbers can he played.
the player mus, select the larger number II II is
playable. The fact that A can play either makes
no difference.
Euchre. T.. ]. c. says; a bets that he can look
at the last trick taken In The play; thst Is; me 'Tf 6e
can look al the last trick of all, that Is the MN
trick, and no Other
Al In euchre. except at the end Of the hand Ia prove
a revoke.
TO 20. while Il wants two, They euchre c. Who
wins the stakes on the game
They are divided between A and n. who go out
together.
II. II. NJ. SAYS: Is there any rule as TO what a
player must have Ia 80 II alone
No. II he wants TO take chances he can 60 II
alone on hands that might be euchred' Many good
tlayers always go alone on three sure tricks " both
IN, cards outside are the same suit. Clubs trumps -
u DANI anu WV oh't VIVA w
Of hearts, Is a fair risk for a lone hand.
Five Hundred. G. II. p. says; What Is the pen
sItv for a revoke when one OF the opponents Of
lie bidder revokes ar when the bidder reNokeS,
and does II matter whether the bid Is MADE gooo
or not.
when a revoke Is established. that Is, claimed
and proved, the cards remaining unplayed are
abandoned. II II Is the bidder that has revoked
he is set back the amount OF his bid and his ad-
versailles score for what tricks they have made
so far. II 1t Is an adversary y the bidder that
rryokes neither adversary can score anything
that deal, and the bidder Is considered To have
made good his bid, whether he has actually done
so or not,
Casino r. Il. II. ,ays: There Is an ace on the
table when \ puts another act on II, making II two
aces u ulaNS = four on ms aud calls II sA. II
! This allowed
30, When a build Is double that Is, two cards
az the same denomination. nothing but a card
~ tina, denomination viii take Il IN, and II cannot
he increased 10 anything higher; because II would
take two cards 10 increase 1t, and that's Impossible.
a SAYS; 4 builds two and four are sx.
a uuts a deuce on It and calls II eight. \ has an
rIight' hut does not take In the build, laying out
seven n,ns In'' ,Ss ms, 't Build az two clSh,s. Then 4
taxes il in. Now Il bets that as II was As build
in the first place 4 IL obliged TO win IL II he can,
and that he must take in his own build i he is able
to do so, even II the build has been raised by the
other PLAYER.
II was no longer As build, but BIS. The fact that
A PLAYED the cards that started the build has no
more 10 do with II than II he laid them on the table
separately
poEcr-M. NJ. says: In 4 seven hand game n
opens a Jackpot and several go IN. when We acaleI
a hand. h insists that Il Is his own fault. and that
the pot must be PLAYED tot. as the other plsyers
must not be MADE TO sunef lot the mls,ekes OF one
too many or too few hands se dtaiG II doesn 10