The sun., 1908-12-06
SCHOOL FOR, CARD PLAYERS.

bridge. T. L. says: bets that II two players
medates the second cut does not take the deal,
even II he Is lower than any cut so far made;
B bets tina, as the partnerships arc not decided
until the second cut, the cut is not hnal until
then and that the player having the lowest cara
on this f1nal cut should take the deal.
p Is wrong. II ties are decided by cutting It
is an established principle in oil card games that
the second cut decides nothing but the tie. Ac-
cordlng to the new laws OF bridge which are now
in force there viii be no ties In cutting. as the
suits are to outrank one another as they do In
play value. 4 heart will be lower cut than a
diamond and a club viii be better than spade.
SO that II two players cut the eight OF diamonds
and eight of clubs the diamond would be the
lower cut and have the preference.
on the dealers right, starts to lead OF number
Of winning clubs, his partner gathering the
clubs. but b does not notice II and leads another
club 4 takes In the trick and turns u down.
ner?- The dealer then fnds that he had club.
observe that the dealer has not played to this
insists ' on his right to correct the revoke <
ends that all the dealer Ter can 90 Is to ,skethe
penalty for the revoke.
The dealer did not take In the trick In which
hp revoked, therefore he did not turn 1t down
ID quit IT, therefore he is In time to corerct the
revoke. It would seem from the statement OF
facts that the dealer himself did not know that
III
as an excuse.
Auction bridge. W. l.. o. says; The dealer.
z. bids one on no trumps. bids two on no
tr1imps To this Y objects and insists that
can double. and that as he Is allowed to double
nc cannot bid no trumps himself when the bid
ahead of him Is no trumps.
A player can bid anything that ne likes, pro
vided n Is more than the previous bid 1t is
often of the greatest Importance for player
to overbid In tricks, the suit named by an adver-
hA dafa tha ad.
In that suit at double value 1t will not advance
his score a single point toward game. Suppose
a has a hand which Is well worth two by cards
In hearts, but z bids one In hearts All that A
can get by doubling Is penalties In the honor
column: but II A bids two In hearts he becomes
the declarer and plays the combined hands.
which entities him to score below the line for
tricks 1t Is a habit of some players to double
a declaration when they are not strong enough
to overbid it as hint to the partner that he
should overbid u he has anything. Suppose the
dealer says one in dlEmepds and A thinks he
could make the odd In diamonds himself but
not two by cards doubles. When It gets
round to AS partner, the double having re-
opened the bidding. he can bid two In diamonds
n he has good cards In plain suit so as to make
4 the declarer and let him scorStoward game.
F.M. C. stys; What Is gained by a partner
raising the Number Of tricks bidI
The Increased number OF tricks may make the
bid so high that following player will be pre-
vented from giving information OF suit. II
to 60 on II he Is overbId as he then knows that
his partner has several sure tricks In his hand to
help him out with
pitch. Rw.M. says: A and Bafaoh want
two 20 60. A bids two and pitches, making
Jack and game to B's high low. 4 insists that he
wins, because ne Us the bidder II this Is correct
why Is IL!
II the bidder did not have the hrst count, there
would not he the same inducement for players
Tn bid, and when one got ahead, he would sit
strl and sweat out" a point or two at time,
without any risk OF being set back. In all games
In which one player takes a risk that another
will not take he must be compensated for II.
In poker the man that puts up the blIfp has the
last say about coming In In bidding games the
bidder has the nrst count. and all he makes Is
good, no matter what the others have made,
For this reason \ Is correct and wins the game.
because he bid.
CASINO. A. X says; Can a player raise his
own bulldf
YES Unless there Is some compensation for
n one player canno; he deprived OF privilege
that Ia enjoyed by all the Others. II builds SIX
and n has a deuce and an eight In his hand he
can raise rs build to eight. This privilege can
moi be denied to a, who could raise his own six
h,;,d 20 eight II he had the cards. II should be
ohserved, however. that a must have the cards
20 take In the build at either stage. He cannot
nui,d A six, intending 10 raise It TO eight next
tim. unless he has six In his hand Good players
get round this by trailing. Suppose A holds a
deuee trey and eight In his hand. and there Is a
,rrv ON the board. Instead OF taking In the trey
h. tr, s with his own trey II neither OF the treys
Is taken IN by bis adversary he can then build
his eight.
Ruchre A. D. says T and are partners
sgsinst and G. T. and d have a side bet on the
esms When each side had eight up d took
osisnce At something and quit the game. ID con
sented to the appointment Of Z as a substitute
- r-I.h the gAmc for him. and was satisfactory
10 the other players inciudiiE I. tbs resyi; vas
that r and q won. How about the side bet be-
tween and IT,
D wins It, as T agreed to E's taking his place
10 nnish the game. In taking DIS cards end his
partner, E also took on any beaS on the result,
and played to win them for D.. Had d quit the
game without appointing tu6sttute. or had
e objected to the substisgse,p y would have had
10 pay, and the game would have been abandoned