The sun., 1909-05-23
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS
Bridge CF. $; says; a bets that that with Nv. 4
BET, he ssoad I'D make S Z esSs 30 thai S he .ef %
may be worth more as i've trumps is prctt,
| strong.
The value OF the cards In the black suits should
bo the determining factors II the spades ars
trick winners, such as nve TO the acc king, and
| the clubs are not 90 strong, It should be q ciut
! make. The Idea of all such selcctions 10 thai
II the cards are high enough 10 win tricks with
out being humps 4 IL better - make the trump
In the suit which 10 good for nothing unless II
Ia truupA
~ r. ~ y e s.y: is the doa,sr and sits on
ssa lea ssa. s Ga same AS sss T. Isd
90. partosr / took that tTick.". and A ieAds
as.ss s.y beg {SSs p:don but nsse .s
trulmpsd t. Both .sdyersancs admit ihis. What
is done with their double error In lsadlngt
As both seem to have been rulity Of the same
error lead out Of turn, each 10 Liable TO . sep
arste penalty for the offence That Is the dealer
can exact swo penalties, starting with B. from
whom he can call q suit. or whose card he can
call exposed There Is nothing In the rules 10
Justify the idea that the dealer can only call q
suit from and call AS card exposed.
y; T. M says: Dumny, m.tse = declaration
ne same nme be doubles i. inc dealer .c.ils
attention % the lTreeulsrty Of B's doubling
should stAnd1. as was on the dealers riGht.
Dummy bets that the Irregular double Offsets
proceed as II nothing had happened
DUMMY is in error, as the cases do not Affect
the game In the same way. B's decision that the
declaration shall stand Is In order. as either
adversary may do that: 10 that part OF the latter
Ii settled. hut when II doubles out OF turn the
ms Aker Of fr,trD in IL din da
eide whether not the double shall stand. but he
cannot revoke HIS decision as 10 the make.
Auction B ridge. ID. A. r. says: Al the wind up
Of three hand game the scores stood: A. 7ls:
3, 5s; G, $50 Does the low man pay and the
pay the high man. a. only
Both and settle by averages. Add UP the
total points made, 7is. 5Ss. $50 and divide the
total. .eot. by 70 get the average. 5ss As A has
las moro than this, he wins that amount has
more and winsI, and C pays both men. be being
that much below average. This Is the method
generally used In settling up Individual scores.
and It can be applied to four players as well as 70
three. dividing By four 10 get the average.
c. c. B. says At the eleventh trick It Is found
that although the dealer and dummy have two
cards each their adversaries have respectively
one and three. Each admits that he thought he
had thirteen at tho start. Does the deal stand!
Unless II can be shown that one has played
twice to trick and the other has not played at
all the usu Il inference 10 that the deal was wrong,
that being much the more probable explanation.
20 the deal 10 void.
Roulette. W; G.. r. says that TEE SUN is
wrong in assuming that there is no prison for bets
that when Zero comes up the bank does not take
the money wAgered on red, black. odd. even, high
u s nse he zoe sa
their money back. otherwise they lose II all.
II this Is correct 1t means that the bank cuts
its percentage In half. as II would then win only
half the bets on these chances when zero came
up. Perhaps some OF THE SUN readers W who have
visited Monte Carlo lately can verify this state
ment.
Eucnre. a. D. says: z deals, 4 passes, Y. the
answer. b passes and the dealer starts to turn 1t
dSwn, wheIeupon ! says. IN play IT," says.
widow. y, who wants only one 10 70. insists
that Y and z win the game.
As there In no widow" In euchre. must have
simply thrown his hand on the table and can
easily pick 1t UP again. II B passed out Of his
turn and 2 turned II down without waiting for
his partner 10 order up or pass that does not
Affect Y. who has q right 10 insist on ordering It
up II he wants 10.
d. l.. d. says: Playing railroad. 2 deals and
says he viii play IL alone. A. sitting on his left.
ssys sy he VIII play alone s%esnst % Y Eseh takes axes
z score'
A Ia not euchred. No one but the maker OF
the trump can be euchrcd In this case 2. II A
did not gel three tricks made his point and
scores one II made all nve tricks he would
score four. Of course.
Hearts. \. T: b. says: In PLAYING suction
hearts do !he PLAYERS bid th.t they VT! sske s
made 70 ou frank one another and how is a failure
set back or penslizedT
The auction game Is not TO bid on any number
h,,t thA nrf,-,l nf
the suit which shall be got rid Of IS hearts are
got rid OF In the ordinary game. person may
have hand 10 which clubs would be a very good
suit to set rid OF and hearts very bad one
The bids arc In counters and are paid Into tho
pool. which viii be auemep ted by contributions
from those that get loaded with the suit named.
whatever is is. The bidder always leads for the
nrst trick.
yInst Ct En says nv VIA, ns ,u.. are ,tss the
aaloa out % as se Of p IN
deciding whether TO draw or to Stands
Every player should know that II he Is not
the dealer the odds are about to In favor of
drawing at IS and to In favor OF drawing at 10;
but standing on H. The banker Is guided largely
by the cards asked for and given to the others
and sometimes by the amount he stands 10 win
or lose after having taken in all his busts
skat Mt. r. says: A makes q mlsdeal by
giving no cards for tine skat until the last. What
IA the penalty?
II is usual to exact q penalty Of ten polntx-
This Ia not put down II 1t were . game lost,
but Is noted TO be deducted from the players
score at the end. Were IL put into the general
score OF the play Il would be equal to penalty
OF thirty points, A. It would have to BE paid -
each OF the Others
SM H. says: The highest bidder. having
gone 10 sixteen. accidentally turns over ono
Of the skat cards. Can she stll play guckser
grandt
According to the laws. the turning over Of
one OF the sk At cards limits the players game to
q tournee. but II may be tournee grand II the
exposed card Is = Jack. guckser is usually
announced Is such before touching the skst.
In the sbsence Of such previous announcement 1t
would obviously be unfair TO allow a person TO
see one OF the skat cards before naming the
game to be played. Hence the rule limiting Il
to . tournee, although It may still be . passt mir
nlcht
Poker. c, N. says One OF the players gets
new deal. bets his nand Is dead.
A 10 right
own house. /. violation of E The ia isws % Of the state
Of New York and would the same law apply TO
bridge.
The definition ones own house" is rather
vague. The owner of a gambling house might
plead exemption II he were raided. How about
only one or the players owning the house. the
others being his guests'
d. N. says. A bets that II after the draw ono
player has only four cards, but bis four better
than tho five held by any other player In the call.
the four card hand will win tho pot.