The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18
CARD GAME FROM MEXICO
CONOt'ItN FINDING JOTARIES
~ NEW TORk.
% u One Of the Hest Of the Games for
Two Players Though simple. sue
-~-s At % Requires shili Ruies 81 the
tame ana Its strategy Described.

Two Players Though simple. sue
r~~s nj % Require. SAIL Rules sf the
Ganie and Its strategy Described.
Those who are an search Of good card
game for two PLAYERS, something as an
alternative to bridge for occasions or
when four PLAYERS are not available, seem
tn have dropped piauet, which showed
signs OF growing popularity last winter
and are taking up u game which hey know
variouslv a. rum OF larroqu-. or
-coon-can
This il "A Mexican game. long popular
in the Sout invest and he correct name for
II IL Conluian. which means. with whom.
referring to the PLAYER with whom the
cards drawn from the stock will ulti-
ma'-ly remain
A. usual with most games that are
| simply picked up. one person learning
from another who has perhaps but an i'm
perfect idea Of h. game himself. there il "A
good deal Of confusion in the manner Of
playing. IN. rules being in many cases
! quit. misunderstood One OF the more
common mist axes il to play with the full
pack. The Spanish pack has no eighis.
mines or tens in u. the Jack coming next
he seven. but in the United States it il
! usual 10 throw ON tn" jacks. queens and
kings. leaving in each suit straight
sequence Of cards from he ace to he ten
The game il for two players. who cut
for he deal. tn. lowest getting IL with
the choice OF seats The dealers adv.r-
sary in each hand il known a. the eldest
hand. the non dealer. or more commonly
IN. pom. When there are three players
AZ IN. table the dealer takes no cards and
has no part in h. play for the hand ne
deals The game il played with counters
and al the beginning Of each deal the
PLAYERS pat up a counter each and II he
result Of the first deal il not decisive. each
adds "A counter for each succeeding deal
until one or h" her wins. just IA jack
pots are fsrren.d in poker Deals which
do not decide the game are called tableaux
After the cards are cur the dealer dis
tributes ten TO each player in five rounds
Of two at tim. and turns up the newt
card for the starter This card Is placed
face up on tn. remainder Of the pack.
which il left on the table face down. suf
ficiently spread for the players TO draw
the top card from II conveniently
Tho object Of the game Is to form com
hinations Of three or four Of kind. or
sequences Of three or more cards Of tn.
same suit These combinations are buir
mp by drawing from the stock and dis
cartiing from IN. hand. hut instead Of
their being concealed in the hand a.
in whisk.y poker. The player must show
IN. combination To- which IN. card taken
from the stock "Iong- 10y LAYING az least
thra. cards face up on the tabl. 10 his
right or left ana leaving than there.
,ak
the stock which must never lee taken into
/ m. hand
! Tn. PLAYER who wins the gam. i, tha
on. who first >rcc.-d- IN getting down
eleven cards IN rhi- manner. but a. he
starts with unv ten h., must get NJ least
on. from th.. stock TO compl-t. his hand
or hs cannot get "l-H"n down. " sh"u,d
he observed that II l. impossible - win
the game with -.lu"nC" IN one sIit,
becaI-. there are only ten cards in s'iit,
80 there must l'- two or thre. different
mbinarinns shown on the table in order
Ia win Th. objection To playing with
tn. iiftv-two card pack - that II IL too
easy To- run down "A sequence IN one s'iIt
ard win the gam" in thar way
After tn. cards are dealt each player
takes M h,s hand and sorts ~ into sequence
and suit and determines what cards he
must h- on TIA" watch for N ORDER To- fill
out any 80 IuenCr- or trrpl"t- A. moth
lug jess than three cards IL Of any Use.
-inEl" cards ar. obviously d.adword and
Ar" usually placed l,v themselves AZ one
or IN. other end ~ IN" hand. ready To-
di-cardng
In order - illu-trat" this suppu-" that
-h" starter - IN" 'iN" II clubs and that
rh..-.. arr. IN" Ten cards d"ih - IN" pon''
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