The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-11
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

deuce. A bids royals and Y denies the
hearts, bidding diamonds, of which the
dealer has two. and T. with OF
spades. When Ave hearts is overc1lled
with five royals should not Y shift to null
los, which they are playing at eight
| trick?
A nullo without the deuce OF the longest
suit is very dangerous. It takes six nulbos
10 overcali. and II VS. diamonds are high
| the contract might lose several hundred
! points on the play.
NJ r. II. asks II the New York clubs
have thrown out the spade bid for the
| dealer and made the lowest call one
| club, and II so. what happens " no one
makes n bid?
| There has been no action on this point
as yet, although large number OF players
are experimenting with the no bid sys-
| tenn, as II Is called. The trouble with II
il that 30 many deals are thrown out
when the players are cautious bidders,
each being afraid Of trap. When all
pass the bid the player to tho left Of
the dealer deals the other pack.
!
r j. VI. asks ~ the general run of
| players demand a penalty for looking at
the last trick. Some insist on 1t out
here In Tacoma, while '1thers say It must
be agreed to before play begins.
The penalty OF 25 points for looking at
any trick once turned and quilted has
been on the statute books for a year or
more and is as much a law as taking 100
instead of $50 for n revoke. Every up to
date club and player insist. on the pen
atty regardless OF any previous agree
! ment.
t. f. r. says: There Is a bonus for the
greater number OF points Mt the end Of
| the four deals In "A progressive game.
What happens II both sides have tho
same number? says they each take
half while r bets neither gels any
| thing
The laws provide that there is no bonus
except for winning a game. and as both
sides cannot win "A game on the same
deal. this tie cannot arse When II Is the
rule 20 give a bonus for points. regardless
Of games, II Is usual To give IL to the
higher trick score, disregarding honors
and penalties. II the trick score is a tie
the honors decide It. II both are ties
neither side scores
w. +. j. says: z deals and BIDS NO
trumps. A says two diamonds two
hearts and II three diamonds. When Il
goes three hearts, all pass. and Y says to
his partner you are dummy" A leads
a diamond and dummy goes down. Then
II remarks that Y was the original heart
bidder, and that II is rs lead. What
happens now? Dummy has played to the
trick before Il speaks.
The dealer having led his opponents
into the error and having accepted the
lead out OF turn by playing To 1t cannot
demand any penalty. The adversarles
being guilty OF inattention cannot very
; well demand that the right player TAX,
up his cards again and let his partne,
be the dummy. as they would then hav.
seen twenty-slx cards. Both sides bclnl
equally at fault, II seems only fair to 10
= the play proceed as II is. with Y foi
dummy.
Poker. NJ. r. n. says A Jack not Il
opened hut not called. What must tn
opener show?
II he has drawn cards one ners only
II he has not drawn cards the Who'll
hand.
s H. r. s. H. asks the rule with rerar
20 taking faced cards before and afte
the draw.
\ card faced in dealing the origina
> hand must he taken. A card faced 4
dealing for the draw cannot he take
aud is not replaced until all the other
have been helped.
: Patience Poker r. p u. asks II an
y readers of THE Sun have tried playln
. this game with the addition of alloWin
each player five dscards.
HI
d, giving the player thirty cards instead a
. twenty-five. but compelling him to dis
. card one card at time without seem
any but the next card that turned M
= II the cards are called (for several CON
f, pettors) the result is the same.
u Shasta Sam. T. II. wants TO kno,
wherein this game differs from Californi
Jack.
E. The stock remains face down and IN
: trump is determined by cutting before tn
:, deal
!, Auction Pitch. J. II. L. says: Four n,
"a playing and the game point is n tie b'
: tween G and u, Meth r of them being N
. bidder. bets that he scores H. as
"a is nearer eldest hand than d.
p No score for game when the point
n tie.
. Skat. +. l.. NJ. asks for an eNplanatio
> of the score given in THE Sun for
IL lost game that cost the player 100
Ie points
u The game was American skat. in whic
n the schneider and schwnrz announcement
N are made after the skat has been take
IS in hand. A grand with four. schwarz az
g, nounced, Is reckoned this way: One fC
game. I for schneider. for schwarz. wi,
4 matadores, : times "a. or 1853. treble
a., for announcing schwarz 504. II lost tn
" counts double. or ZOOS. AS stated
Dice. II. NJ. X. says: A bets that
he were TO take n box fresh from n
~ factory containing n gross OF dice an
y threw the whole IA on tho table at or
r. time the odds would he against thei
~ being twenty-four OF any named numb,
from one to six turning up. What al
IN the odds?
~ decision on this would turn q
IN whether exactly "a, or "a or more VIZ
10 meant The possible throws with II
IN dice are multiplied by itself IA time
es and the throws that would not contai
Sc the named face would he multiplied /
sc Itself l44 times