The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-20
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

Ion: spread. Sc oafd' face Up on tho table. What
All thirteen cards arc exposed and ere liable
10 DO called BY the dealer.
NJ. T. L. ssys: Playing asstnss 9 NJ trumpsr
bets that kis partner pisy1s 90 hing on the sce.
A Ii right Modern players DO NOT lead an sco
asuinst q no trumper unless thoy hold both queen
and Jack with It or have IT iesst soven cards Of
tho SUIT In either case they want the king out Of
the way At once.
:; G; z, ss'G opssolae I'D %ss..n,s |. %, ns
With his ~opsnins.' which suit should no play nrst.:
WI, s;,. A 10 s,: ssa'i p aao~ ha' '''o'r'' or inc e'
IT'S not usually considered worth while 70
wnsto one reentry to show another whom II will
take two leads 70 establish another suit II As
second suit could Be cleared In ono lead no should
10 clear II II tho dealer holds both 400 and king
A should lead his suit and lot his r~eentries alone.
- he may want them both.
II IL Is low that has the choice. why 10 Il mot the
spade that has the choice over the rcd suits when
,n ran x. Of the suits is taken into account. as
There does not seem to DO any reason for IL
and tho Knickerbockcr whist Club makes the
spade the lowest In cutting. as II ia In declaring:
but the majority Of players probably md II
simpler to make hearts the best suit In cutting.
y. B; 4. Nays: PLAYING three hand. dealer passes
I e dummy; Eho ho,ds 'S Ws. ss5 3 H |, 9 g; 3;
i. not having . diamond in his hand and no pro-
teotion in heArts'
Dummy !. obliged to declare mechanically In
three hand. 90 that be has no choice. The rule
IA that dummy must make II no-trump with three
or four aces. and cannot make It no-trimps with
less. Not having three aces, he must make II
his longest suit. which In the case given would
be spades. Sometimes two suits are Of equal
length and then the stronger must be selected.
reckoning aces at II each, other honors at 10 and
small cards at their pip value. II this Is stlll
equal tho moro expensive suit must be declared.
Il 9; s,ys; Reslsr made II. # d! 1.%S%S,., w hach
play adversary Of the dealer hesItates oyer a
lead. and says. Just = minute partner. These
bumm corrscts him. and saws they are worth
only forty eight. A dispute follows In which the
p pesisd i 10 ss o eo Rsas: 1 sh., x se does ss n not an r%seoli ee
whether he redoubled the last time or II his ad-
S S:.'s NJ n Gia 70, 70 SAY as't .n ssyi 2 s Ss,s 'h E. .a aa% eSss
II the dealer does not remember the opponents
word goes.
Dummy may have been out Of order In speak
ing during the play. but II will certainly be his
hight 70 dispute the score when II 10 put down st
tho end Of the hand. There Is no law 70 tho effect
that II the dealer cannot remember who re-
doubled last be must take his Adverssry's word
for Il. II the dealers partner does recollect
he has a. much right to dispute as the adver.
sanes have.
Skat. N. K. says: Vorhand has bid fourteen
and turns a heart Pleying withou. one she lose:
could have won. or eighteen!
Eighteen. It Ia not . question Of what she could
have won. but what she kept another player
from trying by holding the bid ~ fourteen. When
. player refuses fourteen Il means that she has
and It IL not allowed to 60 behind this bid and play
a cheaper game. so the game played must be
some multiple OF the suit turned which will equal
or pass fourteen.
T. +. q; says: Have the gueki nullo and the open
Cucki null0 been officially adopted YETI
Not unless the national league congress which Is
now In session at Milwaukee votes 70 let them 10.
Cnbbage. j. W. f. says: A b cts that in deal
Ing for three hand the foundation of the crib
nv mus, DC ,sld ,S on siIsr ,hs in n nr., l oI svs 70 bs eacn q
r bets IL must be the last card after all the Others
are helped.
b Is right. =
G. W.. l.. says: A bets that a hand OF three nves
and a pal, Of Jacks A., one Of The Jacks same as The
. bets 1t Is worth twenty three. but will not say
how he makes II.
Twenty three Is right. Probably A overlooked
the fifteen that the three nves make by them
selves.
} N. L. D.. says: After A has lost a game docs
he get the mrs, deal on the next gSpe or must
Cut for II unless rubber, are agreed on.
C, 8. Y. says: The count Is twenty. six and B
plays a four. Before A has time TO say an yihine
, lake; l, back saying; Hole pn mi. have a nye
not take back the card nrst played. n bets he
can II the second card Mayed does not pass thirty.
thirty one he would be Obliged TO take It back.
What B probably means is that he should be
allowed TO take back the nrst card II he has an
other card which can be played without passing
thirty one. but such is not the rule. II BIS card
Is playable II must rem ain. SO his four mus, stand.
leaving the total count at thirty.
smudge. II. MEG. says: The rule being tina,
game Il he Is not in the hole: 4, who i. in the hole,
bid four p, sitting behind him; Is no, In the hole.
s sna Is ~ 10 max. sS p the 's smuds 2 0s end 'a 4 has as ne no nas b :
having the better game. should be allowed to
take the pitch, as the idea Of the game is TO give
the man with the best game the privilege OF pitch
Ing the trump.
There Is no exception made on account OF the
state of the score. This Is q common error. TO
suppose tha the rules change because one players
score Ia at a critical stage. A having bid four,
gets the pitch. no matter what his or any other
players score may be.
.!Euchre. F. l.. J. says. Playing three hand.
eucSred. B bets hat It is he player VIC aotuaIly
wins the trick that euchrcs a. who goes out nnt.
and as he got two OF then. he wins.
Partners must share and share alike. and as B
and @ euchred A between them. It does not matter
OF them took the tricks, they are both out
together and the game is a tie between them.
Five Hundred. T. II. p. says: In playing four
hand as partners, how many cards arc there In
the widow and how does the pack At them,
There are always three cards in the wido ". no
how many players there are. Ten cards
arc added 10 the regular pack, tho sizes, nves
and the black fours, when four persons play.
Poker. f. N. says Six playing. A dealing.
All come In and draw cards: b claims the age
putting up two chips, B put. In two chips and
calls, The other players bet that B had no hight
10 call. as G would have an equal chance at the
pot without risking a. much as A and b.
Cannot quite see the point OF this. p has not
He Is waiting 10 see what C will do with
raise. G cannot have any chance 10 win
unless he puts UP As much As the Others.
Such bets as this cannot be settled unless the case
10 more clearly stated.
c. J. r. says: Law "a In Practical Poker" says
after the draw he must make the nrst bet. II he
declines 70 bet he must show openers, but need
not show the remainder OF his hand" The last
part Of the rule Ia In question.
II the opener of Q Jackpot has drawn cards Ii
Is no ones business what he drew unless he bets
and the others pay 10 see 1t. but IL 10 the business
Of every one at the table to be sure that the Dot
leeiamatcly opened. That Is why openers
only need be shown after the draw unless the
Is In q call.
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