The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-17

lakes nTSt prize. G second and D third. is this
cOrrectp
No. A and B we're not tied for the first prize. but
for the choice OF hrst and second. II A won the
cut he had the choice. and whichever he took left
the other to \. Then & should take the third prize
ID was not In IL at oil.
Poker. H.. =. n. says. A opens q Jackpot and
dlscards three cards, but asks tor only two. 80 that
his hand Is dead. but A lnsists he can play with the
four cards as he opened the pot.
ANY hand of more or less than Ave cards Is foul,
and As hand Ia dead.
&c. $. says: In asking for a card In the draw tho
player refuses 10 accept The one dealt ON the ground
that he saw : as the dealer ran y on, although II
was not faced and no one else could see II.
Unless the card Ia faced 30 that II can be seen by
the other players the player must take II. What
does II matter whether no sees u as II Is given 10
him or Immediately af,crward. 10 long as NO one
else secs IT,
j. n. r. asks: II the ante IL 5 call 10. limit IS,
and g s,raddles. now much must ID put up 10
d cannot sfraddle again. because the limit Of
straddling must be half the limit OF betting. II
C has straddled the blind. putting up 10. u will
cost 20 TO draw cards. and that Is what D viii have
10 put up TO draw. II d straddlcd again Il would
cost 20 TO draw. which Is beyond the limit.
A. S. X. says: A bets a chip. B raises It q dollar.
without waiting for c. the next player, y males
u two dollars. g calls attention 70 the fact that
he would also call instead OF raising. Had ID
Il seems that c through no fault Of his own is
cightS against DIS three aces?
The rule is that chips once placed In The pot
Shall not be taken down again. unless they are
put In under a mistaken idea OF their value. In
the case as stated II looks as n G played bad poker
and suffered for his own fault. not for DIS. When
C put up only q dollar. knowing that D was raising,
he betrayed the fact that be was lying low for a
chance 20 raise n again. unless he was throwing
his money away. II G did not want 10 raise u
without waiting for A and 3 be should have said
10 D.. Your raise OF two dollars stays; but ! am
In the pot ana will put up the dollar which II costs
me 10 represent" This would give G smother say
after A and 3 had declared.
X. II. wants to know why q aish beats a straight.
Because II Is harder 10 get it as a pat hand. the
odds being "a 10 I against the pat straight and
SO7 10 I against the nush. Although II Is easier
10 MI = nush than a straight when the odds against
getting the original fOur cards OF each are taken
Into consideration In conjunction with Inc odds
against nIling. the flush Is still the harder hand to
get. Therefore a flush always beats a straight.
IT,. p. c. ssys: A opens a jackpot. holding kings
and fourS. 3 and G come IN. An draw and \
makes a hot. which b raises. { stays. bu, a DROPS
ca ion. D 6eIs he must show his whole hand.
is wrong. After she draw II AS hand is nos
10 the call. all ne need show Is openers.
J. X. says: 4 deals for the draw and has helped
n III The nIANeTH NV 1inNNeI. Ne runs on VDuT rAT0N
for himself By mistake when he wanted three OuIy.
error
While the rule Is that the dealer must take all
the cards that he lays on for himself. IL Is clear
that Il would be unjust To make him take four cards
n he thought he was dealing OF only three. The
question Of fact would then enter into the decision.
Did ne know ne was dealing OF four cards or did
he discover that there we're four only when he came
20 mt them Careful dealers always announce aloud
how many caTds they want aDd careful players
always spread their cards before lifting them 10 he
sure they have the right number. 10 is not stated
whether ithe dealer knew he vas laying on four
cards under a mistaken idea that he wanted four
or whether he thought he was laying on thTee and
afterwsrd discovered that there were four cards
on the table. In the latter case II seems that he
should he entitled to the same remedy ~ any other
player and could refuse the incorrect number Of
cards, provided he had neither lifted nor looked al
them. -
another card In It's place but a bets he should not.
Who In night.
ia means that p will have TO keep the faced card
A is wrong; but IL he simply means that 3 cannot
have another in It's place right then he y correct.
because A must help all the Others. including him
self, before he replaces Bs faced card.
F. ,. A. says: Two packs Of cards are in use in
a SVEN hand game. " Is AS desl, but while he is
making change v picks up the cards without As
next 10 B. opens Inc pot AZ once. Thls calls Ks
attention 10 Rs dealing cui 81 Jun snS b. notifies
NOg DlnaGTh tlht " u uS uFhl n EfIASNh 10 III
his cards. What Is the rule'
A player dealing out OF turn mus, he stepped
before the last card Is dealt. II \ chooses 10 allow
his attention TO be diverted from the game by
making change and then allows nno ther player
10 deal seven hands without protest when IL Il
not that players deal and does not wake up 10
the fact that II ls his own deal until some one says
he will open the pot he must suffer for his own
negligence. II A attached 10 much importance 10
the advantage OF being the dealer in a Jackpot
he should have watched over his interests more
closely. ----
stock. and while Sun noI1ln4 t%slvs cards IN his
that he is 1850, While 4 IL only $50 so b claims out.
A objects that u IL not IN the lead and that he must
win q trick before ne can claim out.
A Is wrong. \ can call out AZ any time. n he
is correct he wins, II not he loses the game al once.
no matter what AS scoro Is.
T., l.. says: B has lost eight straight games Of
sixty -four card pinochlc when he discovers that
the pack is short. Must o pay for the games he
Yes. None but the deal in which the imperfect
pack Is discovered Is void. BIT Cor This rule II
would be easy for q loser TO make = pack Imperfect
At any time. There Is no proof that the pack was !
imperfect on previous deals. however strong
the presumptive evidence may be.
G. z. n. says: A bets he can meld out in two
10 make II good. I
winning the trick bsSor. making the mcld makes
NHF AbOus ~ AAah " " ~ FhONNH W DuL the
player 80, he Il our without snY more f5css.
-. T. asks: n a player has NEEDED 100 aces can
he score another 100 n he gets another acct .
No. That Is rubicOn bezldue. not plnochie.
c. N. wants 20 know the value of the TRUMP " !
quence and the four kings ana queens In three Z
hand. /
Three hundred and seventy points. u the trumps
are not diamonds. ]
". D. K. saws: In two hand 4 mel9s the trump /,
sequence. AfterH ard he draws another King Of .
tTumps and on winning \ trick wants 20 meld the |
marriage with the new klng. He quotes TINE SIN
ruling that u there Is a fresh card from the hand
tho new meld 10 good. J
But he forgcts the rule thar the same card cannot
be used 10 make a neld Of inferior value waen a
meid Of superior vsl-e has already been made with
that card In Tho same class OF niolds. Marriage
and sequence arc beth In ClaG 1 mclds: 50 n
the green Of tr'nps ma been used In a Class 4 meld
worth $50 II cannot sEAln he used In a Glass A mtld
worth only 20. THIS bars making the marriage
with a new kiu:. 1
Cribhsgc. e H.. Y. says: a bets here Is only /
enc count that no cribbagc hand win produce, End
mat Nv nineteen. hence the common expression
when 4 DlnA or mas nothing. nineteen here" IL |