The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

Is added to the score OF the winners
before we add up.
Several pers ms seem 70 md a con.
tradiction between laws 1 and 10. both
OF which define the rubber and each IN
a different way. Law 1 says the first
two games decide the rubber. Law 10
says the side having the highsr score
win II. But Law 10 Ia very clear IN
saying that the side that has won two
games gets the $50. The next para
graph defines the size or value OF the
rubber as the difference between the
totals. after adding the $50; but the
two lines that follow. stating that the
rubber. are confusing and unnecessary
They do not win the rubber. What they
win In the difference In the totals. The
law would be clearer II 1t said THE
trick. honor and bonus scores of Zach
side are then added. and the difference
between the totals 10 the amount won
or lost by each sde."
J. q. asks which of the partners
should take in the tricks. as no rule
can be found to cover the case.
A common practice Is FOR the winner
Of the first trick taken by the ad-
versaries OF the declarer to take in
| that trick. and those that follow 1t
which are won by either partner. Some
pla yers always take In the tricks, no
matter which partner wins them, and
| occasionally one sees each taking home
tricks, putting them together later. The
d~eclarer always takes in the tricks for
his side.
r. c. II. says: The dealers side Is
- up. rubber game. when the OPP
ponents are nothing. lie bids no trump.
Second hand passes. Third hand holds
i've hearts to the king. queen. ten. the
tack OF spades being his only other
face card. He bids two hearts. sup
posing the dealer to have a miscellane-
Gus hand. wanting support in all the
suits, and also with a view 10 shutting
out opponents bid to show a lead
! Dealer insists that at the score the
partner had no right to Increase the
contract to two tricks when one no
trump put them out.
II every no trump bid was good
against the cards for the odd trick the
\ dealers argument would be sound but
almost anything a happen to a nc
trumper tina is not sure Of two or three
tricks in zach OF the Our suits. Modern
players make II an invariable rule &c
take the dealer out Of a no trumpet
with FIVE hearts or Ave spades. no mat
ter what. else they have or what the
rank OF the Ave cards. II the dealer
does not like II he can 20 back to nc
trump. without increasing the contract
Poker. W. II. II. y We have had
some argument, an to which Is the better
game for the scientific player. 30 cen
limit or table stakes. We play 10 cen'
blind call. 90 cent ante when We bu,
81 or IS at table stakes. and We fnc
at SO cent limit the jacks are OTTER
worth three or -four dollars. although
they can be opened FOR so cents only
which seems out Of proportion.
Table stakes 10 generally assumed Il
be the only game to play for blood. n
one can get back a long series OF losse:
on one good hand. The so cent linn!
game IL for those who play for amuss
ment and want TO be sure they car
crafty their curiosity cheaply, one car
lose more money IN a small limit gam
than in any other form OF poker.
X. NJ. asks what the rules are for tn
variation called charity poker
Each player starts with an eaua
number OF chips, and no one can bu,
more at any stag but when a playe'
is busted he can still come in and draw
and although he cannot do any bet
ting, II he has the best hand for TIT
showdown he takes the pot and start
life all over again.
Pinochle. J. G. r. says: A bets 7
that the round trip is worth 200. ant
Il insists that It Is 240. a further bet
that with the ace ten jack OF trump
the meld Is worth $40. while h main
tains that 1t is only 350, Please stat
the law that will apply to both melds'
The mistake made in betting abou
these values is In thinking the roun'
trip. four kings and queens, is n single
meld, whereas it Is Ave melds. am
they are Just the same melds and made
In the same order at three or fou'
hand as they would be in two hand
The only difference is that the expert
enced player knows what the five meld'
are worth and allows all the cards t,
be put down at once in three or fou
hand. Precisely the same usage pre-
walls at cribbage, Every good playe
knows that a round trip in cribhase
such as two sevens. two Fights ana
six, Is worth "a holes, so the holder /
not asked to count it all out two ant
three points at a time, The five meld
in the round trip at plnochle, each sep
arate meld requiring at least one fires
card from the hand. are so kings, &
royal marriage, 90 and 90 marriage
and 60 queens. There II no card lef
for any further melds. Add to thi
eco the ace ten Jack OF trumps for 10
and YOU have go, SO that \ wins bot
bets.
Cribbage. J. T. Y. says: We ar
playing once round the board. \ get
to the game hole when T. Is only "
and claims double stakes. Is this m
rule?
In playing for stakes il must b'
agreed beforehand that lurches couu
as two games. In all games the maxi
mum gain or loss according TO the pos
sibilities OF the result should he under