The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
SCHOOL ron CARD PLAYERS.

Seven Up,-J. y. says: A and u arc playing anu
tpmps, to which b plays The deuce, calling on.
NJ the same time. A bets that y must play on
and that q 4 can make high game or high lack
points and the player with high counts INST
The points 20 out In order, no matter who holds
the majority, This order Is; High, low, Jack
game, As high counts nrSt, but that Is hot enough
10 put him out, as he wants2. Then B'slo comes,
and a. that puts r out he wins the game before II
comes TO As turn TO count jack or game
Auction Plteh.-s. W. s. says. A and b are part.
ner against Y and y. a leads the ace Of hearts,
spades being tramPs; y Plsyi a di ys s SSSlHE
the ten OF hearts single. undertrumps With we
three Of spades. IL this allowed Musi not ihe
player either oyertrump or give up his ten OF
So long az the player tumps he Is not obliged
10 follow suit, even II he can do so. II 2 chose TO
trump the trick Instead Of following suit Il does
not matter whether his trump won the tnck or
not. A player has just as much right 20 under
trump as 10 play q trump that he knows will be
o~vertrumpcd, 80 zs play Is quite correct .
Five Hundred. s. B. says; Four playing, part
nenhlps. BhAsbld sl1 on diamonds ard bis partner,
A, has overbld him with seven In no trumps. a
for diamonds TO be played 20 Il, His partner, b,
having only ace and queen OF diamonds and thlnk'
ing A had several. threw the ace, 80 As 70 unlock,
bAl NV - ~ y nlAAN iAAlNh - AaN NHN hNAh
and took the rest OF the tricks. q beE II was no
greater blunder for him 70 throw. the ace IMAM "
was for, his partner 70 lead the Joker and call toI
diamonds. y bets he was right 70 !ead the joker
and call for bis partners suit.
What B did with hy diamonds 40 as 70 reduce
hs hand 10 the ace Pnd queen alone Is noteIplalned,
but as As partner had bid on diamonds AS lead
was sound, 90 as 70 get an extra round OF the suit,
and D Is the player In error. II Is a nGed principle
In all games that one should never leave any part
OF the strategy OF a hand 10 the partner when one
J can attend 70 II ones self. The bid Is seven tricks
and Alb have I'VE at home when the Joker Is led.
No matter what b may think Ia the distribution OF
the diamonds be Is sure Of The seventh trick II
be will keep his ace. BY giving up that card he IL
trusting TO his partner 10 do something which he Is
absolutely certain Of doing himself.
A. L.. s. says: In a no trumper, hearts being the
long suit 10 the hand with inc joker must lnls
player follow suit 20 adversaHes' leads, or can he
play the Joker a. wiz
lie must follow suit II he can.
W. N. j.. says. What Is the meaning Of the express
sion sacrifice bids" used by THE SUS In Us answer
70 o. n. last weekt We cannot ind any mention
OF such things IN the ieHt books
When one player Is so nearly out that bid ofordl'
nary size will win the gAme II Is the duty Of the
Others 10 overbld him or 10 anticipate him whether
, they have any show 10 win the game they ofer
or not. Suppose A. b and @ play. and that A Is
go and bids siG In diamonds, II being his FIRST say.
d or @ must ovsrbld this, aud II Is usual for the
player with the higher score TO undertake the task,
because IA sallow 20 play he will almostcertainly
win his game and 70 out. Anything Is more hope
fl than a Tame which IL all over. When A has
the last say itls usual 10 make a bid that he cannot
10 over without great risk 70 himself. suppose
that c has the Joker and three top cards In any
suit ny making a bid that will force A to go
seven In no trumps or eight In a suit { Is sure OF
shutting a out OF playing or OF setting him BACK
unless A has an lnvincible hand In a trump suit
L. u. says. II Is the custom IN some clubs In Phila-
delphla 70 state the number OF tricks the bd "
worth. but not 10 name the suit until the successful
bidder has been determined. When II Is a tie the
suit Is named, 30 as 70 see which Is O1eTlng ihe
greater value Of tricks. 4 bid slH. 3 also Rid ~
on: so B, with this knowledg &c ofthe long suit agalnst
him, shifted 70 no trumps, took the widow and
won the game. is this way OF bidding ialrE
II Is nowhere the rule 70 bid by tricks alone,
The strict rules Of the game require the bidding to
be By tricks in a named suit. The majoHy OF bids
are for slI tricks, and II would be a continual case
Of lie n the suit were not named At the same time.
In some places the bidding Is by the point value.
40 as 10 avoid mentioning the number OF tricks
| or the suit: but this spells the game as a scientino
one. Inference from the suit bid being a hno point.
When the number OF points Is bid there can DO 80
many ties that the system Is a waste OF time. A
player bidding 100 might be on spades clubs or
no trumps.
Whist. n. d. X: II sun does not offer any
decision on plays which are nothing but a matter
OF personal opinion. based on no principle which
can be demonstrated,
chbbage. J. G. G. says We have a bet as 70
the correct peggtng for q hand containing three
tens, a Jack and a queen. Please explain now you
get at II. .
II the three tens are laid out In a triangle, each
side will make a pair, SI holes. Then each ten
Will combine with the Jack and queen TO make q
| run OF three; nine more holes. The total Is IL,
II the Jack Is In the hand and is the same suit as the
starter Is adds a point for his nohs.
]. @. wants to know how TO count a hand OF four
fOurs and a trey,
lay out the iours In a square and you can make
A different pair with each Of the four sides and witt
each OF the dlagonalS, That Is twelve holes. BY
leayinF on each Of the four corners OF the square
one at a time you get four different combinations
OF three fours, which will combine with the trey
10 make a nfteen. eight more holes, SO that the
hand 10 worth 20.
" + l.. says II a player Is told to 60 ana can
inlay either of'two cards, must be play the one that
brings the count nearer 10 thlrty-one!
No. lie con play whichever he pleases'
n. p. N. wants 10 know which Is the most in
tellectual game Of cards which the pfeltlesl iol
partners, and which the best for two players.
Here Is a chance for readers Of THE sun to vote
on the question. What makes a game pretty
! II Is hard 10 say; but the Intellectual and the bes'
for two players ought TO be easy. leaving only ono
20 Euess at.
SkAt. L. S. c. says: A.. being without two
hlds IA turns a heart and hnds the second wenzel
ne wins his game but has overbld, as "a WoTtf
| ~ only. We do not know much about thlA and Z
bets he is set back only the dlIerenee oeb5weeL
he goes back the whole II because he did no
A is set back the value OF the game which h,
should have wUi in order 10 make bis bid good
As his Eame was in hearts, lie must win some multi
ple OF that will cover a bid Ofl4. ASl2 will mol
do this be must make IS. Even after turning tn
second Jack he could have made schneider wortl
Is. As he failed to do this he must be set hack Is
Euchre. F. A. Y. says; Playing railroad, fou
hand as partners, the dealer turns II down. .
makes Il next and SAYS he will plag alone. tn,
dealer, z, plays alone against him. NhAt we wan
TO know is, What does score ne getS one Lhte'
tricks and what would 4 score II he gOtthree trlcNs
The maker OF the trump, 4, must make all i've
tricks to score four for a lone hand. 1.-The getsanl
less than that he scores a point only. ButltL get'
three tricks he has euchred 4, and as he has don't
Il alone he counts four points for the euchre. SOM
players Imagine that %euchrlng a lone hand count
Two only, but II that were the case what would b
toe use OF playing alone sgalnsIUN
Poker. T.. n. c, Gays: One OF the players r.
marked that he was through playing, but dId no
leave the table. The dealer. who had not heaI'
thr declaration, rave MIN q hand, Il bets this i
a misdeal,
TIA player. who Is gtll seated at the sable. wishes
to withdraw from the game, he must notify IN
one who i about to deal 10 leave hinI out An!
general remark that he is through playing
not s%ufnclent, especially II, a. In this case. III