The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-20

q. n. p. n We are not clear as
to the rule for third hands taking out
no trumpers. A bets that any five card
suit Is a take out. II says II Is only
hearts and royals that are meant.
The rule usually followed Is that any
suit OF Ave hearts or royals should take
the partner out OF a nc trumper, regard
less OF the strength of the suit, the rest
OF the hand or the state of the score
but that the third hand should never
take his partner out with clubs or dia-
monds except to show that he has not a
trick in his han to help a no trumper
or to go game at an advanced score.
C. c. r. says: I dealt and held seven
clubs to the ace king queen. three small
hearts and three average diamonds, no
spades. My partner bid hearts over my
clubs. and 7 went back to the clubs to
show that I wanted to play the hand
with clubs for trunps, as I could run
spades. Then he bid two royals over my
two clubs. and ] ave up trying to show
him ] wanted clubs. with the result that
we were set for one trick. as he had only
five average royals, with FIVE good hearts
and only one club. Whose fault Ia this?
Should ! have gone on. or should he
have stopped when ! went back to the
clubs, showing I wanted them for trumps?
No good player ever wants to play
clubs for trumps II his partner has a
better declaration. because OF the diff
Guilty OF making Ave odd. which he must
do to get the game. When the dealer
bids a minor suit It is supposed to be an
offer of two or three sure tricks in that
suit as ar assistance to the partner.
Most players holding seven TO the fierce
major would start with a bid OF two.
When the third hand bid hearts the
dealer should rave stopped, as he has
three hearts. when the third hand
shifted to royals It was because he
thought the return to clubs denied the
hearts. The dealer should have returned
TO the hearts to deny the royals. Had
the royals been bid first, as they should
have been. the dealers return to the
clubs would have been quite right, as IL
would deny the spade suit.
II. T. T.. says: When the dealer BIDS
a suit and second hand has n no trumper
all but that suit. is IL the correct thing to
bid the no trumpcr anyway ana take a
chance that the partner can stop the de-
cldrcd suit. or TO sit tight and beat the
declaration? We used to bid five spades
on these hands. Now We are up a tree.
Much depends On how good the no
trumper is and whether or not there Is
any justification for calling one Of the
suits. When a good player overcalls a
major suit with a minor suit in this posi-
ton Il is Invariably IN ask for the part
ner to go no trumps II he can stop the
adverse suit when Il, Is LED up to him
otherwise there Ia no object In under
taking a contract IN a minor suit with
no hope OF going game. Such a suit
would be better as a defence. Any good
player calling such a suit second hand
will usually be found with a great deal
more side strength than the bid would
indicate TO an outsider.
Rum. J. T. asks II there 10 not some
rule by which players are allowed to
their proper turn.
There originated IN Cincinnati a
variation In which II a player saw n
card turned up that he could use he
might offer TO pay into tho pool the
same number OF chips that there were
spots on the card and take the card.
always provided the player who had the
actual choice did not want II himself.
Checkers. d. McC. says: A bets
that II a player overlooks a juTnp the
adversary can hun the man that should
have jumped. b bets he can force him
to take back the move and Jump.
Both are correct The player not in
error has the choice.
Five Hundred. c. T. 9. says: II 500
is the game would A ard b win II X
they were 230 Plus and their opponents,
Y and 2. were 400 in the hole?
That addition or Amendment to the
rules has been suggested several times
and Is now largely adopted throughout
the West. Whenever one side Is 500
ahead OF the other playing four hand
in partnerships tina wins the CANA
Poker. J. r. s. says: A opens and sew
eral come In. When A Is called no shows
a Jack high flush. and turns up An
other Jack. which lay IN front OF him.
saying he split the pair. Ono OF the
callers objects and bets he should have
announced he was splitting. A bets all
that Is necessary Is for him &c show
that he was able TO open. What 10 the
rule for such cases.
A Il correct IN saying ne must show
that he could open. but II players are
allowed to split they must lay their
discard under the chips in the pool
whether they are going to split or not.
no matter what they are drawing to.
Then there Is no difference In their play
when they split and when they do not.
and they do not give themselves away
by laying aside = card nor can they
a blum at splitting when they are
rot doing so Same answer to 7. s..
NJ.
A. II. G. says: Two players are IN
a pot one has Jacks and tens TO 90
with the other has tens n sevens.
The Arst gets n third ten. the other n
third seven. on the showdown Il In
easily seen that one player had two
tens Of spades. What Is the rule? Il
bets after the draw is complete an i'm
pack stands. A insists he did
rot notice the tens were duplicates.
The rule applies to packs proved to
he imperfect after the draw Is complete
and Is intended to prevent dishonest
making tha mack imnerreci Rut