The sun., 1908-06-21
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

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Auction Pitch. L. VI. X. says: A bets that In a
four hand II the dealer Is willing to pitch the
trump for as much as is offered him, he can do so
whether the bidding Is to the board or not B bets
only when the points arc TO be added 10 the dealers
score, which Is no longer donD Who wins the bet'
A Is In error In two things. In the nrst place,
the dealer never had any ofers made to him. The
privilege OF pitching the trump In the old game
Of pitch. without any auction. belonged TO the
leader for the nrst trick that Ia, the eldest hand.
When auction pitch was introduced this player.
the eldest hand sold out bis privilege II he wished
to and added TO his own score the points offered.
The dealer never had anything to sell. When
bidding to the board came Into vogue the eldest
hand still had the advantage Of the rst bid. that
II he had as good game as any other player he
could pitch for many as any one else could olcr.
In bidding to the board no offer Is made 70 any
player. The points bid are simply a statement Of
what the player Is willing to undertake.. and the
highest offer gets the pitch.
H. II. J. says: A is the pitcher, having bid two
wanted one. made high Jack, game to C's low.
setting back. bets he goes out, he got enough
and also had more points than Q.
B Ia wrong. Wh<n the bidder does not 60 out
the other players must reckon their points In order
High, low, Jack. game. This gives B the hrst
point. but that is not enough to put him out. Then
comes low. which counts and that sputs him
game before Dis turn to count anything further.
r.. a: says; We pay Graw p',on, a,seard,ng ana
and the rule is that the dealer u he names the trump
foar osn The dsaeG M Ur @ DID
No. Fo. reasons see answer to L. NJ K
Doss sSss Ss II IN IN revokssd e. The %sr ess
Claimed three tricks penalty. but stated that the
revoke penalty was no longer enforced In the New
The revoke penalty is still three tricks In all the
clubs New York or elsewhere. and Is In all tn
oflcIal codes OF laws. must have been joking.
NJ. v. says: Abou. three tricks from the end B,
who is the the pone throws up his cards with the re.
teE His partner A. tells him to hold Eft on 'Grin MIN
ute; and picks up his hand again: The dealer
are liable | 70 Be % called bets he ca csnno, cali tho m
unless he can name the cards.
II the cards were thrown the table face up
them or not. II they are'not thrown face up they
are not exposed.
Dice McA. G. says: Throwing poker dice. high
Is E . tic on ,ha. round and that and d must throw
again.
C must throw, and II he cannot tie or beat four
nves he is out OF IL and the tie must be thrown of
by and ..
r. T. F. says: has thrown three skies and has
four treys to beat He st has two throws to make
foaa dice to and there only SIX
ON Them II is four to two that he gets six In his
oeroa BY for 100 aews ynS
calcula ting the exact chances for AS getting a
fourth six In his two throws'
AS TWO throws with two dice is the same thing
ss one throw with four dice have 200 possible
ways that the four dice might come. as any num-
ber from to might come on the irst die and any
number from TO on the next and so on giving
US 6xoxex6=i2s8 for the four dice. The throws
that would not contain a six must be those In which
a.. ia
we have bx6x5x5=6c5 such throws The odds In
favor OF getting six In two throws with two dice
arc therefore only e7 to 625. or very little better
than even money. II should be observed that two
skies are better then one. far as winning the
wager goes. so that the outsider who took BIS odds
would have pretty good thing OF II.
IIys ,1 Hundred p s,Yg, ssys; sypposss deal.
and a passing. Can raise @ by going seven in
no trumps'
No. Only one bid Is allowed. II might give b
an unfair advantage to know what Cs strong suit
was II B could make frst bid with the intention
Of raising Il TO no trumps.
and takes ten tricks Does he gel the ESQ extra for
the slam. or only the 500 altogether for the value
OF ten In hcartsl
Neither. He gets Just wha, ne bid, 800. II is
only when the bid is less than $50 that the player
gets 80 for winning all ten tricks, and this $50 Is
always the total never added, A player who bids
eight for eight. and no more. no matter II he
makes nine or ten. the game Is hearts trumps
Had the bid been eight In diamonds, worth 24O,
and the player taken oil ten tricks, he would have
scored go
r. H J. says: a Is the PLAYER and D Tsyokss sE,s
must be Sc, back, How Is this score adjusted'
wins his game. The revoke penalty takes
precedence OF all other scores. G also loses his
score for the three four tricks he takes, as the
advcrsares Of the bidder cannot score anything
on hand In which either OF them makes revoke.
G,K says; The bid Is seven at no trumps. After
leading To the second trick the bidder nds he has
not discarded. Istioo late to do so now, and II so
Il Is too late The hand Is foul and the bidder
is set back the amount OF his bid.
skat. M. Won B. says: with regard to your de-
elson on revoke penalty whsn the player HI has & so
call your attention to Rule 10 and to Penalty
q the Skns Leagues cods wnien shows ina. your on,
take place In New York this week. think this should
be set right.
The decision referred to- given In answer to H. n.
on June 7, was not THE SUMS decision but was
that OF the chairman OF the committee n laws for
the Skat League. 70 whom the question sub
mtted by The SUN. as the rules quoted by NJ. Won
B. are open 70 various interpretations. They
specify solos. hut the game in question was tour
nee. THE SUN has slAce referred the matter TO
the full board Of oflcere OF the Skat League AZ
executive meeting In this city and their decision
Is that the revoke penalty shall take precedence
Of all other scores and that this decision shall rule
~ the congress tournament. That Is to say u
bids twenty. .nve, turns a diamond without four,
but nnds the best Jack In the skat, he shall be al
lowed to score game Of twenty-five as won ~
either adversary revokes.
II. H., @. sayG WIN TIM sun be good enough
70 state for the benefit q ths thousands cf players
taking part In the big skat tournament Just what
are the games thai win Be allowed and their vaiuest
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