The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

playing, Elttlng In the order named. The game Il
others arc 70 GO continue. b has tls deal when Z Z
wants Ho: 2 PSl,Its 70 Eo opt. c CIds; gets the pitch
shall deal the next hand "
bets thai either D deals again. or deals, as 4
must not be deprived Of his light 10 the nrtt bid or
the next hand. The. bid being the only thing o.
value IN the gang 4 insists that even T. c Is out h'
must deal the cards himself. D, on the other hand
nct. that the deal always. nssses 10 the left, and
that G Is out. he cannot deal, 80 A must as Il
cannot deal twice running,
u Is hight. There Is nothing In the rules that
says the frt bid shall pass 10 the lett in regular
order, but there Is something that says the deal
passes TO tho left. No player can deal twice In
succession. neither can the cards be dealt by any
player who is not In the game. As the agreement
was that the game should he continued after one
player won out, Il must he taken that IL should
follow II usual course. and II u las jutt dealt. the
player 10 his left must deal next. Cteing out OF II.
the player on Is left Is A.
Auction Pedro. u. =. saws: in playing OF a tie
between 4 and u. both want a null.; il 70. 4 gets
tho pitch sad lssds the ACE Of trIn,rs. ON which n
plays the pedro, at the sAiae time stating that " the
nPe IL low, he Is out.
IL a wants only one DoIut, as stated, the arc is
out ahead OF low. and II is presumed that A made
good his bid by catching the pedro. 80 that the
bidder is entitled TO tho nrtt count and wins the
game In any case. unless there is something that
Is not stated In the case.
i; ". says: After the second trick. a having
pitched the trump, d. lays down the rest OF his
n YOU don't. play on" Having seen As cards
l 2 car I, catch I. h, his ten and make game and a insists
seen AZ cards.
II 10 as fault for exposing them and he must
suffer.
Five Hundred. A., T. says: In a no trumper
a leads q club. II holds a club, but plays the Joker
on the trick. a objects, but d quotes the rule that
ne Joker 10 a priviieged trump card. even when
While II 10 true that the Joker Is a trump card.
II does not carry with II the privilege Of revokInv.
When there are no .trumps at We hundred there arc
really nve suits, four plain suits and one trump
suit Of one card. The holder OF the Joker must
follow suit when able TO do so. ~ is very much
like a Grando In skAt, in which there are four plain
suits and one trump suit of four cards only, all
jacks.
enough cards so that he has one too many for he
play, what happenSf
The players hand is foul, and even n he makes
good hts bid neither he nor his partner can score
anything on that deal. They may play the hand
out after the error Is discovered TO prevent the
adversaries from scoring too many tens for tricks.
revokes he is set back, whether he wins his game
OF not: But suppose he has already made GOOD his
He has made his bid BY fair play and is trying
only % prevent the other side making too many
~ WoNNA ven "
II lie the rule in all games that the revoke shall
be punished, no matter at what stage OF the pro-
ceedings II occurs. If q bridge player wants two
tricks In diamonds 10 win the rubber, wins them.
and goes on, he loses three tricks and cannot win
the game II he revokes, even II the revoke is after
he had the game won.
CrbbsVe. z, L. S. saws: In two hfnd A playing
putes.
As there are no duplicates to interfere and the
order In which the cards fall makes no difference.
pegging is correct.
W. H.. L, says: Ny adversary insists that the
c only. 90 that he dealer shall i turn p1l' up p the he s sSp
ond one. Is this correcti
No. The law Is that the player cutting for the
starter shall cut not less than four cards. and shall
cave not less than four In each packet. Aside
from that. he may cut as many as he pleases. The
rule referred TO was made by blaeklegs. so that
hey could Shufne up q starter 10 at the hand and
be sure that II would be cut.
NJ. T. says: The law says that II the de aIer has a
lack for a stArterand docs not score the two for
W. 'Wo I points Se'G IF ,h he e's sxo f poln nIs' p sars Ri. nc ep 1o5rsass
5ne see q aam must ao he s ssn III iii Glg Rg snd o. fG sSs h 'hsT at
The law referred to does not say that the ad-
1ersary shall score two points. but that the dealer
'~forfeits the two points" This means that II he
ioes not score them In time they are lost. There
s nothing said about his adversary scoring them.
Bridge. J. S. NJ. says: We have q bet as 10 the
line limit for correcting q deal out OF tum. and as
We are living In Shanghai. there is some difference
y opinion as TO which set OF rules should govern.
he Bntishers insist that bridge is an English game
md English rules must prevail.
The American laws say that a deal out OF turn
nay be corrected at any time before the eldest
and leads 10 the nrst trick" The English laws
ay before the last card is dealt" Many players
bject 70 the American law, because It allows the
who has noticed the error 10 walt until
he declaration and doubling. n any. has been
nisheo, before he decides 10 claim a deal out OF
urn. A case occurred not long ago In which the
ldest hand doubled q passed spade and was
redoublcd, whereupon, thinking he had
cen too rash, he pointed out that II was his deal.
would seem that II the sdversares are not at.
sntve enough TO correct the error before the
caller can nun OF the whole pack, they should
bide by H.
J: G, L: says Finding one Of the cards in q pack
pack of similar pattern which had been thrown
"a, ; n, s. t Ssiss o he .n %so, ss pae GaS Or 'S Ssi, l taI me-. a insists
declines 10 give up the pack In play. as j. has
he right TO make the pack perfect by substituting
card from another pack.
Law l4 seems 10 be very clear In It's statement
lAt q torn or marked card can be replaced only
Y agreement" and that u there is no agreement
new pack must be furnished. As A evidently
pes not agree TO the proposition that the torn card
,sll be replaced II Is clearly BIS duty TO submit
having q fresh pack.
Euchre. T, MEG. says: Theodealer says he will
ay alone, and A goes alone against him. The
being at once raised. the dealer admits
lat n ne Is euchred A will score four points, a
Ills TO get the three tricks. What docs the dealer
ore! He bets that as he stood TO lose four he
light 10 win four.
II the dealer does not take every trick he scores
lie point only. A lone hand. TO score four, must
AXE a march, whether II Is opposed by one player
by two.
H. z. G. wants to know how TO play military
Zach table is called a fort and has a nag peculiar
itself. Two partners attack another fort by
ing there 10 play q game. the two from that fort
sitting the attacking fort at the anne time. or al
me time during the evening. The winners bring
me a fsg or a trophy. 4 I the end OF the evening
table that has taken the most nAgs Is the winner.
Poker. r. X. says. A opens a Jackpot. Three
IN stay. After the draw. A nnds he has made a
and did not hold openers. Each one was
ked II he had openers before the draw and each
Id no. What hhppens'
The pot must be played for by those who came
against the false openers, Just as II Il had been
riy opened, only that the openers hand Is foul.
he did not discover that he had not openers until
Ter the draw. he must give the others a free ride
the neat Jackpot.
J. X. says: A deAls, b blinds. c siraddios. Two
come In 70 draw cards, After the draw, =
IoSe hut bet y ~
n