The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-19
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.


senting II to be cut he shufYles Il through
once or twice To this shufie the oppo-
nents object. We cannot nnd any law
covering this point.
Tho law that covers this 10 not under
the heading Of Tho Deal" where one
would naturally look for II, but IL under
Shutting" and 10 No. 20. It says that
after the cards arc collected from the
previous deal the player who sits opposite
the dealer has the right to shufio nrst
Then any player may shuhhs the pack.
and tho dealer has the right to shufie
last" before presenting the pack to DO
cut
T. ]. L. says: The dealer bids . heart.
Second hand passes and third hand bids
two diamonds Fourth hand passes. What
should the dealer DO, holding ace Jack
ten to hve hearts, ace king OF clubs, fve
small diamonds and the ace Of spades7
The diamond bid 10 evidently intended
to deny anything In hearts There would
seem to be a better chance to 70 game At
no trumps than In diamonds. The short
spade suit looks q bit suspicious. but II
II Is game hand At no trumps no mat
ter what 10 led.
n. c. ID. says: Toward the end OF the
hand A Is card short. The declarer.
z. says he may look for II. He finds Il
on tho floor. and insists that he never
had It In his hand at all. 40 the pack
must have been imperfect when the deal
was made. Does this call for new
deal7
No. because A should have counted
his cards at the start and IL he played
with twelve he Is responsible.
T. NJ L. says: When we play three
hand no one has partner during the
bidding. therefore A bets that II he ex-
poses a card there Is no penalty. as no
one can benefit by II any more than II 1t
were exposed BY the declarer In the reg
ular four hand game. for which exposure
there Is no penalty.
u In error In saying that there 10
no penalty for exposing a card IN the
regular game. The partner OF the player
is barred from further bidding and the
card Ia subject to call. In three hand
each OF the players not In error scores
so In honors as penalty. II the declarer
is not the offender he may prevent the
lead OF the exposed suit or he may ask
~ W DC leu uo sullS MN Detter.
q. b. NJ says: z bids two no trumps
says three clubs. passes, so does
II. whereupon z says three clubs is not
enough. When told IL In too late. as his
partner has passed. insists that his
partners passing cannot Interfere with
rs rights in the premises.
Is bound by his partners action.
just as he would be in any other de-
partment of the bidding or play.
Five Hundred NJ. ]. asks who wins
this game: AS hand scored 400 and BIS
$50. ON the next deal y bid to make
200 and got 1t. but A made two tricks
during the play before b had made good
on his contract.
The highest bidder always has tho nrst
count and II he has made enough to
put him out he wins the game no matter
what n made by the others. This IL
the rule In all bidding games and 10 the
only way TO encourage players to bid
on their cards, a. otherwise they would
sit still and sweat out"
Pinochle. J. NJ. says. We cannot see
why the round trip and the trump Sc
quenc" should count $40. as stated by
THE SCN. because IN order 10 get tina,
amount out OF the cards Il Is necessary
20 count the king and queen OF trumps
twice over. once In the run and once
In the marriage. which is not allowed
as no cards can be counted twice. II
should be $50.
Then how DO you get go for the
round trip. you must count every king
twice that goes into so kings and also
into marriage. The same IL true OF
the queens. As long as you can lay
down a fresh card from the hand for
each additional meld II Is good but the
royal marriage must be shown before
the sequence. as both melds are In the
same class and the marriage Is the lower
In value.
J. J, ". says Playing two hand. wher
the cards are counted. 4 has 1850. and
II has l.0iO. Does the winner Of the las,
trick get the game, or the higher count
or must the game be set?
They must play on TO 1880. tho one
first announcing correctly that he ha.
reached that figure winning
IT. W. c. asks how much tho trump Sc
quence counts in four hand
II the marriage Is shown nrst for 40
to ace, ten, tack can be added for l5t
more. or $40 IN all, As all good player,
know the two melds can be made In th,,
way. they allow the player 20 score IN,
1870 on showing the Ave cards. SO as e
save time,
g. S. asks what specific rule govern,
the meld of the four KINGS and queens II
playing three or four hand.
The rule Is that there must be fresi
card from the hand for each OF the fiv,
melds that these cards will yield. be
cause there Is no such thing as a singh
meld for four kings and four queens TIL
way TO get the most out OF these card
IL to meld so kings first, then royal mar
riage and two plain suit marriages. usln,
the last card. which Is a queen. to meld 60
f J. says: We are not satisfied with tn
decisions OF various papers on this poin
and would like TO hear from THE Sun
which always gives us the reason. Tn
game is three hand auction. 1000 VI
low man stuck. Il gets the bid towar
the end and wins out. A had 1896 and 30
"A trick with an ace, making good hi
nelds and calling out. but the play con
tlnu!ns to give the bidder "A chance L
make good. II turned out that c had l,3iC
but did not call out when he reache
1000, Sow. who 10 low man? That IL