The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09


A . rule there IL more IN deiea ting . deelarA
'ioa than In winning tricks that count toward
game and unless A. double II . blum u would
seem better to let Il SIAnd and give the dealer
chance to shift u he does shift. rs cards ought
TO defeat him In anything. or n can 90 to no
uumps after the heart suit l. abandoned.
T.S.E Ay.. The airac, Is to make four in
hearts doubled. and the adNersarteS have already
taken In seven TRICKS when " i observed tina
dummy has the nlne Of spades: although tina. card
aiming the rack after the hand l. nnlshe'i. Y i
found nS ";T Is no sS OF T. SS G
sGd is Ts;ul, ;,1nd A. ne ,p.rfer,SH va, not
Eood tAth and the hand MAS more than half playe'i
II does not matter a. ~hAt stage ~ the hand
the lmperfecIion WAs discovered A. II makes
the whole deal oid and there must he a new desl
with perfect pack
ER Ays fth~ player on the right makes
bld IN a sui ana ! have all my s,rrnEh " thht
ault how should lei my partner know " Without
going A. high two tricks In the suit that me
has Just been bid on by he player m my right
The usual plan Il 10 double This docs not cost
- much a. riskins the play yourself because
the player Nho undertakes to win seven TRICKS
out Of thirteen would have In win only SiS tn
defeat you u YOU btu two tricks doubling = me
trick bid Is common convention to inform the
partner not In be siTad ~ that suit ne has other
Nise the elements ~ = trumpcr
Bridge = N says d, bets that IN playing
three hand N the single PLAYER gets thr odd ~
no uumps he should rount - for Y instead ~ T..
- IS tn on-et the !: zach that ih- sd srssncs
Same ratio Ahoud h. obSer, 81 In scoring al
points and honor> throughout IN" rubber
The error into which \ falls Vill he cNident u
the scores are carried out let us suppose that
4 Il the single player and Win, .. which Ne puts
down i.st ~ suppose that IN the neat hF nd he
loses -, which eAeh adverse puts doun
glance at the score SheetWu show that the player,
are all even. whereas had \ put down - whsn hr
no aFh Ng he OIL haA "a low,
NV n says We have quite bet w IN TN,
proposition \ Il the dealer and holds ala rar->
Of q suit headed by ace sting queen Dummy hs-
only one small one. 40 that 'h.rc sIs.iS cards b,
are In favor ~ the suit being spnt three On eacn
s,d.; and nat the dsa'eT should .s.culs,. On
are IN favor ~ the suit being divided four and
being three and three can thts matter he ~sttle0'
~ wen common for hridrc players 20 assume
hstitiS more uk.l, for earu> a. bc cnlN "a vtded
Than r.neyenly, although such l. not the cAsr
nr Pols carried out the calculations ana eNp~ri
nent. for such cases - this and MS figures show
that ~ the 'hrrc g,~Sihle dstrihYuous ~ me
suit when the dealer holds siN ami dummy IN"
there are thirtS four ,ase> In l.00 IN which racn
sG,ersary VIII hold 'rrre against forty seven N
which one NlIl hoh tao anu The other four ana
srNrn Iu shiloh ono viii hold rSr and the uthcr
one rms woud To- show Inst - IL - To- -
against mo Distribution ,sAt considers the
more rrursbie
Mrs ~ ass 49, Is tue thA' modern rA,-rs
do nor lesi ne fourth be- vhrn PLAYING against
'"Irnp nAsr au' ~. ems
There - NJ" 'hicr % lcad.ng fourth rssi unless
ne partner hn"S~ the cle' IN rule AMI some
experts insist mat MS rHtc l. value 90 the
deaer 'hAntp ne N4iri hand. n"rsus" information
j. AlRaNs worth more 20 me strong hAnI than a.
ne weas snd the Uurp rAker D, sSonEcr tran
be aiNc'sarics A. n r.l~ In the absence - large
numbers - recorded hands such - avail
ablr In whist ft = N~ry difnSuIt n nnd STATISTICS
gpon ~nirh Ia baSe sound Judgment ~ the
ssm~ - the fnsr'h he>' lcAr against a trump
I-r.AfAup Man yAlers regard nothing hcioW
a queen - ~ sr' ,aII~ 10 plain .u.'. vnrn they
are opp"s~l 10 ~ mi " r.n mn,e,
Ii,. Hgrd,"d NJ ..' snt -
~ hliicrs and q win - trcsN ~s'ting \ and Il
rar. II tn- score vAs 80 In favor - ! ana b
,ri,Ls ar loo, ~arr -rar. riS .-aars,SI,
When The p,y 'pu- hsut q, pa-tuership A.
rAug-"l~nt ne tvo oppo>-i 20 the Bidder gamer
tncir 'ricss IN common arf ~ nc value ~ these
trrss - 90 points ~sch - t. evident that their
s,or~ VIII he ~ points which puts them o4' ~
ne 81 iiing safe Q, ~ na~ og canno' sc' cno Oh
10 go OF ar-'
l. ANs WHEN tour p.Ay zach FOR mir
se'. does The htddc- Contend aSalns' tr-rr o'hcr>
On every hand or = here any tuefhO,i hy Vhrh
b. ma choose - liner ~ tr -, "a hand lru-c'
We must play against al 'hr~e but q = usual
sn~n PLAYING -four AtA table not pattnerS FOR the
d-sle- - tss~ NJ ca-iN The gam" g, ~ A end
when ~acn viayer ~. had the deal an equal
n.mh~r % times asuau, three a. hat twelve
deals Or three rolnts. 3, enough r-r r.Ene>'
>,orr = thea rh~ winn~r rrga-dfe,s Of an or~
having reached so earlier IN IN = pIA,
o. games bat instead ~ throwing y ne E,rd
~ A. they plsl - OF and secp record % .hr
. Ram- nat would h. 'Nlr fo- the etirs point
While di>rArdlng and PLAYING 10 60 n-,ond
~ may spoil some OF the nner points Of wing
the -core ~ should giNr trIer line on the
total points gained by one player over the other
In long series Of games calculation shows
that the average value % a deal I, " points ~
which !. are for the non dealer ami - for the
dealer In slS card cribbage Mere this average
uniform eaeh plaNrr would 10 ~ 81 after Sia shows
and four plays short Of game ~ mat the aver
ase ovrrrun would he halt Of ~ points or sbou,
II he, ond The game hole arguing hat ~ would
he hsf the time dealer and haf nor ieAIe-
Reckoning The Al points ~ = dollars worth the
pisy would be about - poin game 70 = cent
and half would ~ me value for The extra potntS
statistics Of a number OF games should show how
nearly oorrec, this estimate would he
AUCTION Pl,en p @ Ays wants
game tn n 5 Jack 2 bets that IS \ did not bid
high and ios before jass comes IN and 90 o.
y the game a. the lack comes ahead OF the ESme
point
The highest bidder counts all h. makes no ma,
ter whs, he hid or what the points are 30 hat
\ made three he Il nut shead ofB
Poker H SAys \ A. lesiuma.
iopcners. hut Uhen II comes 20 the draw decides
N advisable 20 split them In order to try for A
nush. Must be announce the fact that he -
splitting N not what does NJ 40 with hts dtS
card
Tho modern rule sdorted after varlou,
methods mad been submitted IN = vote o. pokrr
players throughout Inc country aud the rule
nov given IN all teSt books IN pokrr Il tho one
nTst srgEcsted b. Tvs Srs Every opentr must
always place hts discard under the chips IN the
pool no matter what he has or what he T. drawing
q. AMI this disrtri - mot he touched r,cn n
the pAc. runs out The opener l. th-n at Hh~ri,
TO draw to hs hand A. h" pleases Utnout ss,Ing
an thing. and there Slll NJ M difference IN hiN
plAy to betrA, hts hand " ne spli', but the dis
card wil always he there to show vhs' he had
before the draw
= u \ says \ makes hsi ant = ,aIief bv
On the showdown IL T. found inst has only
Ibly gain any advantage hy heing short he rAn
win the pot with four cards ~ he has the heftrt
thpist ~ those shown Il fhis correct
No white the logic of the position taken rs
\ - sound. n Il tInianrntsl law Of the game
that anS hand Of more or less than nVe cards 3,
foul Tho re>aon for THIS lsw is thst tho short
hand must ~ covering M some irregulari3N
aud n the nlsNer Nth the short hand cannot
place the blame where " belongs hr must sur-r
for n htrn-rIf