The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-28

first, that ends a round, and it is
usual to stop the game at the end of
a round.
The cards are dealt one at a time, be-
ginning on the dealers left and Civ
ing card to each of the three players
IN turn and one to the widow. face
down, for three rounds. After that no
cards are dealt to the widow. so that
when the whole pack of thirty-six
cards has been dealt out each player
vii! have eleven cards and the widow
viii have three
The player on the dealers left, Vor-
hand, has the first bid for the privil-
edge of playing against both the
others. There are only three classes
of games to bid upon
Frog, in which hearts are always
trumps, is the cheapest game, because
II Is played with the assistance of the
widow, which is turned face upward
on the table so that the players shall
see what cards it contained. After
showing the widow the player who has
bid frog takes the three cards into
his hand and discards anything ne
pleases, so as to reduce his hand again
TO eleven cards.
The three cards he lays off remain
his property, exactly as if he had won
them in a trick, and the points in them
will count for him at the end of the
hand. Every point over sixty he sue
ceeds in getting home counts one for
him in frog, and he must he paid by
each of the other active players at the
table, if any. who hold no cards.
Should the bidder fail to get sixty he
must pay every one at the table. in
Guiding those who hold no cards, if
any; so that if there are four at the
table, the player wins from two but
n Ixyfxy i- A or
sixty wins for the player, and he pays
for as many points as he falls short
of reaching sixty.
The next higher bid is chico, in
which the player names any suit but
hearts for the trump and plays his
hand without any assistance from the
widow, which remains on the table
face down and untouched until the end
of the hand, but the points found in it
will count for the player, precisely as
they do in solo at skat
The value of the points in chico is
two each. or double what it is in frog.
The fourth player, if any, must be
paid, but he loses nothing, just as in
frog.
The highest bid of all is grand.
which is the same as chico as regards
playing without the widow; but hearts
must be trumps, and the value of the
points is again doubled, being four
each in a grand. The fourth player
must be paid. but cannot lose any
thing, just as in the other games.
If Vorhand will not bid he passes,
but if he bids it is advisable to name
the best game he is willing to play at
once, because if he names a frog and
the second player says chico VOrhand
will have to play grand to pass. If
VOrhand bids chico in the first place
the second player will have to bid a
grand or pass.
If VOrhand had bid frog and these
and player says chico VOrhand can
Outbid him by going grand. bid of
grand ends it, as there is nothing
higher.
When the bidding between vorhand
and the second player is settled the
third player can bid against the sur
vivOr; or if second hand passes the
third hand can bid against VOrhand.
If Vorhand passes second hand bids
and then third hand comes in. A play
er who has once passed cannot bid
that hand.
The successful bidder must play the
game he announces. That is to say, he
cannot bid frog and then play chico,
nor bid chico and then play grand.
The eldest hand always leads, re-
CARELESS of the position of the success
full bidder. Players must follow suit,
if they can; but if they cannot follow
suit they must trump.
If the trick has already been
trunped and the third player cannot
follow suit he must overtrumD if he
can or undertrumD if he has a trump
ana cannot Overtrump. In this respect
the game is like Dinochle.
The scores can be kept on sheet of
paper, or each hand may be settled
for in chips or money Immediately.
Counters worth 1, g. % and 100 will an
swer all purposes.
In practice it will be found that for
equal lengths of time the winnings and
losses will be about the same as for
bridge. so far as the number of points
is concerned.
There are, of course. a number Of
conventional rules for judging the
strength of & hand in which bid
should be made and for calculating
the chances of the widow. There are
also many maXims for the correct leads
and returns the management of suits
by those opposed to the player, etc,
but those things come with practice.
A very few sittings will teach the
player what a hand is probably worth.
HER STEADY JOB.
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