The sun., 1909-06-27
SCHOOL FOR CARD FLAYEHS.

do not make good their bds'
This Is rather an imaginary case than any.
thing else. as such q thing cannot we'll happen
In actual play. After A. B have piled UP a hand
some total OF penalty points against themselves
Il Will be TO the Interest Of w TO let them play
Gny thing they bid. 70 as to give Alb the game.
While It Is true that w will not win the rubber
they will win the points that are TO be paid for
at the end of the rubber. which is what they are
playing for.
l.. l.. p. says: a has bid two In hearts. which
has doubled. The others passing. Il comes
% bets Il that y this shuts @ ou. Us double but wants
to know what he can do so as 70 get the hand
any eight trick bid, having six almost certain
heart tricks In his own hand.
must either bid three In hearts or let It 20
as a diamond. Y's anxiety to get hearts for
trumps is not because he wants to play the COM
bincd hand, but because he can defeat the dec
ing the declaration himself From the situation
II looks as II displayed bad Judgment In douo-
ling. as he frightened OF the heart suit
no trumper and ne gets In twelve tricks out OF
the thirteen. but ii is proved that he revoked on
,sts insist mat Ss csnno anything
but three aces. Y bets that he can score all he
eas after he has given them their three triSks
slam, He argues thai II he cannot score the three
tricks he has left after paying the revoke penalty
Law 50 says the penalty Is three tricks
z ovcflooks the fact that 1t Is also stated In the
laws that player who revokes cannot 20 game on
that deal bu. must stop at IS. rs score being al
ready zs he can 20 no further. and the adversarcs
are right In saying that he can score nothing but
aces bonors. Giving them three tricks changes
nothing unless those tricks enabled the adver-
saries 10 score below the line
Skst NJ. T. D. says: Our teacher and our
dorcs. but a member Of our club insists that only
The Jack Of clubs is a matadore. Which Is right
and why!
Teacher and text book arc both wrong, and the
member Is only partly right. The Jack OF clubs
Is "aiways- a matadore. not "the only" one. and
all trumps held by the same side which are In
sequence with the club jack are also matadores.
The momeRt the opposing side holds one Of the
sequence the matadores stop. Suppose holds
the Jacks OF clubs, spades and diamonds. whilo
her adyersaries NJ and H. hold the jack Of hearts.
The sequence and the matadores stop at two.
and the game V Is playing Is with two"
S.H.A. says When play begins. who gets
the Hrst deal and how
The nrst deal being OF no advantage In skat. It
Is usual to give II TO the player that sits on the
left of the score keeper, so that each round shall
end with the scorer. This individual Is selected
on account OF his ability. usually. In tourna
ments he is known as the controller. and his
score Is oflcial When players Insist on cutting
for deal for choice Of seats. the jacks are the
best, and after them the highest cuts are the
cards as they rank In play, both as to sequence
and suit, so as to avoid the possibility Of tics.
Again. II newcomer demands admission
right TO place himself between any two he pleases
or must he cut for choice;
Newcomers must wait until the end Of q round
and must then sit at the right of the player who
dealt the nrst hand: that Is, between him and the
score keeper.
cnbbase. AID. T. says. b holds the A s4s
Of heart: 3 and he trey Of hearts Is the starter
Twelve points A run of nve. flush Of fve
and fftoen-two.
H. T. N. says: Playing four hand, a starts
osSer Hn p :. .sys 20 ana % pi.ys s snoshers We
Sns Ses Ss ss g S 70
the runs claimed BY B and D on the second cards
they played.
A gets run Of four with his second six. B gets
a run OF four With his second four and d gets
thirty one. but no run. with his last trey The
probably arises through Cs
being still face up when ID plays: but II is not
the cards that show that make the runs legit-
mate. only the order In which they fall. This
order Is e45564S. which shows . duplicate trey
from getting back 10 the 8, although
as the cards lie on the table the s is In sight.
Euchre. A. J. G; says: ,Abe.s that in cutting for
partners ace Is high and that an ace and king
are better than a ten and queen.
In cutting low wins As the ace Is low the part
ners were the acc and ten against the king and
queen, and the ACC had the choice Of seats and
cards and should have dealt lrst.
Five Hundred. ". X. says; A. bets that II he
bids seven In no trumps and bids eight 10 dia-
more valuable suit and the bids are the same
value.
When bids ara the same value In points it is
the player that offers to take the greater number
terence. 50 A is wrong. In the Avondale schedule
there are no ties In the values OF the bids. AS
would he worth 30 and Bs 30
J. Q. V. ssys: Ais 40 on the score slip. while
h Is 400 and is 400 only. G bids seven In hearts
and falls 70 get there, A winning four tricks and
he more tricks t' or The one that nv was nearer Out
before the hand was played,
Tho tricks count In the order n which they are
so that II a got two before got any
won. but II n got trick before A got two won.
Hearts. J.: q. F, says, We want 70 run a
Try place. What I. the best way to keep the
scores so as to arrive at the player who might
be considered tue DcSt AZ the game we have
sg reed to limit each mans score 10 500 deals.
The fairest way Is to keep account OF the actual
number OF hearts taken In by each player. but
"A that Is dif,cut matter In playing the ordinary
,weepstake. game 1t II usual to adopt howell's
settling, which shows at the end OF the sitting
lust what each man has won OF lost, In this
ZACH player pays as many chips rs there arc
players besides himself for every heart he takes
n. and after all have paid up each man takes
,ut one chip for every heart he did not take In.
To illustrate: A. h. G and n play. In one deal
takes In three hearts. b and C Ave each. u none.
As there are three players besides himself. A puts
ip o. d and put up Is each. making 10 In the pool
takes out Is, as there wero thirteen hearts that
be did not get. B and c take down eight each
and A gets back 10. To be Ahead o. tho end Of
tournament run on these lines u msh must have
aiken less than his share OF the hearts. no matter
how many deals he has played.
Poker. II. T. r. says: We have frequent dis.
putes as 70 the following point: II Ia a Jackpot
md several come 10. but is out OF Y. Has p
by those who stay In, Suppose he secs some
error In the draw or In the betting which 10 not
observed by the others, has light 70 call httcn
hon 70 II, or is he entirely out OF the eAme'
As d has contributed 70 the original Jack he
has certainly right 10 sec that II Is fairly won.
Apart from that, ANY player at the table has .
heht 70 call another down for any mlsplay.
Those who are not In call can demand 70 soc
bo oth the hands Of those that are. and any player
who ssw man ssk for two cards and discard one