The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

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says 1t Is a mlsdeal. as he has only three
cards left instead OF four. The missing
card In found In the other pack. why
should the declarer lose by an error which
is no fault Of his?
Tho decarer does not lose anything.
On the contrary. the player who Is short
ing card In his hand all the time and he
is responsible for any revokes he may
have made through not having It. This
In. provided. OF course, that the other
players have the right number OF cards
In hand.
W. II. II. asks: II a player .overcails
his hand. can his partner notify him OF
the fact and so enable him to change
his bid before the next player says any
thing? A bids three royals when two
was enough to ovarcall. b tells him two
was ensugh. Can A change his bid to
two?
There II nothing in the laws to Justify
BIS asking his partner not to bid so high.
because that Is what 1t amounts to.
There are many cases in which player
purposely bids trick more than neces-
sary. and his partner has no right to ask
his reasons. nor to ask whether he did
II Intentionally or MOI The rule about
amending bids is intended for the player
himself when he makes slip of the
tongue and corrects It himself on the In
slant
T. ID. II. says: Playing against a no
trumper. leads the queen OF hearts.
Third hand holds the king nine trey.
Which On VI shnnld he plaN yyhy0
The rule is for the third hand to play
his second best when he makes no at
tempt to win the trick This not only
prepares the way for unlocking. but in
forms the leader that there is only one
higher card in the hand should play
the nine. II does not matter where the
ace is, a will know that the declarer can
not hold both ace and king II his queen
is allowed to hold. and II he has led from
queen Jack ten he can place the ace or
the king with by the echo.
II Mex. q. says: u dealt and bid
royal. A no trumps, two royals, which
IL doubled. The question at issue is rs
right TO assist after AS no trump bid.
holding these cards: Queen nine four OF
royals. queen Jack small In hearts, four
to the ten.
The rule Is for the third hand to as
sist when ne has trick more than his
partner has any right to calculate on. A.
the first bidder reckons on finding at
least two tricks In his partners hand
there should be three to Justify an as
sist on the first round OF bids. Y has
only one trick in his hand. the ace Of
clubs. and cannot ruff anything with his
three trumps with his shoppers in two
suits he should have passed and led his
best spade.
H. T. Y. says: with four tricks still
TO play, the declarer lays down his cards
and says. II take the rest" On being
asked how he is going to play the dia-
monds. in which he holds ace queen alon",
he says, "Finesse, of course" Il objects
that the fintsse Is not proved TO be
winner upon whiu1 the declarer says'he
can count AS hand, and knows he has
no diamonds, although he has not re-
nounced to that suit Is this enough 70
prove the finesse a winner. Acknowledge
ing that he has no diamonds?
The law SAYS the finesse must be pre-
proved to be winner This
evidently means that II Is obvious to the
four players No matter how accurately
the declarer may imagine he can read
AS hand he might be mistaken. In all
such cases he should declare the hnesse
when he LAYS down the cards. II he did
not do so in this case he cannot take II.
as its success is based only on his per-
sonal inference. and is not obvious to the
other players.
Poker-G. II. d. says: "A calls the
opener with aces up on kings. The opener
shows three mines, but has only four
cards Who wins the pot"'
Any hand OF more or less than four
ards Is foul, so A wins. 1t has repeatedly
been urged that as a player cannot gain
my advantage by playing with a short
hand he should be allowed to show four
ards for the pot But the professional
asks what he has done with his nth
card. He may have passed useful filler
10 a silent partner or dropped an ace In
mis- lap for future emergencies.
s. A. H. says: Three men are play
ng table stakes. All are in one pot. A
puts up his last chip but and e go on
until Il makes a bet that bluffs c out.
: shows three skies. r then shows tens
NJ against A, who has aces up b
axes all that part of the pot after A
stopped betting. but surrenders the first
part to A. Now c bets that this Is
wrong, and that as he put up ms much
~ A and has better hand he wins from
A, although bluffed him out OF the
after bets. c, therefore. claims the pot
that u thinks goes to A.
c is out of II altogether. Both thought
hey could beat A. After A stopped bet
ing b thought he could not only beat A.
out c as well, and he proved 1t by bluff
ing out When C laid down his hand
he acknowledged that could beat him.
II he still thought that he could beat
A, what good would that do him unless
A could beat b? And II A could beat
3 and could beat A, why did c lay
Town his hand? When a player refuses
% call bet, having money in front
II him to do so. he Is out OF that pot
and should not even show what
he holds
Pinochle. ID. s. says; The bidder In
a four hand game lays down $50 in
spades, 90 hearts. 20 diamonds and 20
clubs. The value OF the meld In left to
YOU for decision, method Of counting to be
explained
The meld is worth $40. The four kings
and queens can be laid down for so kings.