The sun., 1916-12-24

pool.
j. c. says: -Four tens are shown for
the pool, but three Of them are red. The
pack Is then examined and found to con-
sist OF discards from a number OF packs.
all OF the same pattern. Il bets the Inn
perfect pack does not decide the pool.
The claim for an imperfect pack must
be made before the betting. AFTER the
last cArd Is drawn, or the deal standa
This law 10 obviously necessary to pre-
vent . player from making the pack I'm
perfect after the draw. Nc matter what
the pack consisted Of. Il was a. fair for
one as another. and II serves them all
right for not examining It before they
used Il.
". D. S. asks II there Is such . th!ns
a. a m'sdeal In poker.
II what Ia meant Is. does the dealer
ever lose his deal on account OF an r.
regularity. the answ Is no; but thers
are a great many misdeals. which would
require the same dealer to deal again.
F. N. asks II X Ass4 will beat q
pair.
Not unless round the oorner straishts
have been agreed on before play begins.
r. C. says: The last mar to be helped
asked for three cards. picked them w
bet on his hand. but although he
had the best hand he a only four
cards, the dealer having given him one
short. Does he win the pot. as II was
the dealers fault?
No. his hand Is foul. He should have
counted the cards given him. face down,
before taking them into his hand.
b. NJ. j. says: A asks for three cards
one of which II accidentally exposed by
the dealer. This was the first card deal,
TO him. The dealer stated that the rules
required all others to be helped first
and then A would get his three. A bets
he gets The two next cards. and has 70
wait only for the third card to be re.
placed.
A Il right.
J. N. says: A opens on a pair o.
Jacks. After the draw r tries to blum
him out, but falls. as A calls him. The
opener shows only the pair OF Jacks
saying that is all he need show after the
draw. n II y annot beat them 4 4.
As pot. Ii wants 20 see the whole hand
As contention would be correct n his
bet or raise after the draw was no,
called. or he had not called another bet.
But IN this case A calls BIS bet and both
hands must be shown to the table for
the pot. a. both have bet equal amounts
l.. A. NJ. Gays: In a Jack pot c picks
up four cards and d six. F. bets tina,
although both OF those hands are dead
c n ID can come in for the openinr
and draw five fresi cards apiece, as each
OF them had his money up before the po,
was opened.
The hands are dead. and both c and
d must retire from the pool for tina,
deal. II Is their fault for no,
counting their cards. II no one open,
they are IN on the next deal.
J. II. W. says: A opens and p stays
When A bets p raises and a spectacle,
then calls AS attention to the fact tina,
he holds six cards Can A withdraw
the bet he made after drawing card.
and surrender the rest OF the pool to h
No, because all chips put into the pool
whether rightly or not. must remain
But for this rule II would be easy fol
a player who wal Unexpectedly raised
to show six cards n take back his bet
c. q. says; A holds the Joker. Win
queen and three other diamonds. r hold.
ace. Jack and three diamonds. Which
hand wins and why?
The holder Of the Joker may call II
what he pieases. and II A calls his tn,
ace Of diamonds, his fnish "a ace, queer
high. while BIS 10 only ace. Jack high.