The sun., 1913-12-07
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

after tho winning declaration has been
decided the wrong adversary leads a
card has the declarer's partner right
to call attention to II before laying down
his cards as dummy?
Yes lie always had that right, infer
entially. under the old laws. because he
was not dummy until his cards went
down. and all he had to do was to refuse
to lay down his hand until the lead came
from the proper place. Until his cards
were down he was not a dummy. and
could protest. The new laws which went
into effect In most Of the clubs or Decem-
1. make Il clear that the declarers part
ner can call attention to a lead out Of
turn at any time. even after he has be-
come dummy. which is a great improve
ment.
IT, W. Y. says: The dealer holds ace
king Jack to five diamonds and bids one.
Second hand passes and third hand says
two clubs. which fourth hand passes.
What should the dealer infer from the
two club bid?
If the third hand 10 q good player he
has what would have been . legitimate
two club bid as dealer. That ia. at least
six or seven clubs. with tops. and his
idea is that II the dealer has q card Of
no trumps. Third hand denies any trick
in his hand outside Of clubs. or he would
go no trumps himself.
q. L, s. asks for an explanation OF the
following statement. AT nullos honors
are the same as no trumps. but score
M st flnr lOnnrs
If correctly quoted, the statement does
not mean anything. How can honors be
the same as nothing and Yet score? There
are no honors in nullos. because all nullo
hands are no trumpers. and the aces are
the only honors in that declaration. TO
score aces would be absurd. as nothing
could be more to the credit and glory OF
a nullo player than to win his game while
holding four aces. IL these were to be
scored against him we should have the
absurdity Of penalzng him 100 points
for his superior skill in getting rid OF
four aces In the nullo problem. pub
lished elsewhere in THE Sun to-day. the
deciarer held three aces and has got rid
Of the heart. having still two left. What
would he gain in winning two by cards
il he were penalized 80 for aces?
@. r ". saws: Has The Whist Club
made any laws governing tho play at
nulos? What are they worth now?
Not as yet. II Will take at least a
year before they are In such general
use as to justify legislation. The count
IL now almost universal az 10 trick,
tha, being the natural value OF no.
trumper positive or negative Some text
books that were published before nullos
were properly understood gave the value
AT $, hut they were never authoritative.
". @. G. asks whether one should say
Hearts are trumps' or Hearts IL the
trump
The correct expression would be to re-
verse the last statement. and pu, II. The
trump Is hearts" as many object to say
ing the trump Is "a heart. In answer
answer. Hearts
Poker b. X. Y. says: 4 and Il arc
in the call. one having drawn to three
scvens. the other to u pair OF aces. When
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seNens and has aces up on sevens.
What is the rule
Any !mperfection IN the pack must be
shown before the conclusion OF the draw
ur the dea, and all bets on IL stand. The
necessity for making this rule Will b.
oh, ous to any person who considers how
Easy II would he for - loser to make a
pack imperfect by slipping in an extra
card AZ the critical moment
F f. y. SAYS A opens a jackpot and
iN" others come In, all drawing cards
The opener then discovers he had not
n" proper qualifications 10 open Non"
~ those who came in had openers. but one
of them had made tens up in the draw
What is the procedure in such :, case .?
TIE opener is out OF It, and as q PEN
atty FOR drawing TO false openers must
ante FOR all the others in the next Jack
IN the meantime the pot that has been
falsely opened must be played FOR by the
HN" who came in Just as II it had been
'egitmately opened, because these five
'ame In in good faith. Il - no ones
business whether any OF them had op.n-
go - ''''' a. '''lc "a tpt'"u, II
no one will call. or calling cannot beat
he tens up, that hand takes the pot
Then the false opener antes for the next
pot.
J. ; l. says: In dealing for the draw
card - exposed Does the drawer
tak" II. or get new one,
lf II was exposed by the dealer. o.
TIE WIND, 1t cannot be taken. and the
player must wait until all the others
nave been helped before it i. replaced.
J' \ Il. asks II an opener has to show
ais ehtlre hand or Just openers
lf no one comes In AGAINST him his err
tire hand. If he has drawn cards and is
no, called openers only. If he has drawn
cards and is raised out openers only.
II. c. asks IL player can bet on roui
cards only.
No, the hand is foul! While il IA true
inat lie could apparently gain no advan-
tage by playing with short hand. the
professionals Will not allow it, because
hey want to know what he did with IN,
extra card. He might have slipped It I,
4 partner
l. 7 *, says: The opener asks T..
two cards and finds three in front of him
Does he take the two top ones or any tw.
he picks?