The sun., 1916-10-22
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

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SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.
n. A. L. says: We want two bets de-
cided. Dealer passes holding six hearts
TO the nine. three clubs to the king, three
small spades and a small diamond. Sec
ond hand bids a spade, third hand no
trump, fourth hand passes and dealer
bids two hearts. Second hand finally
gets the contract NJ three spades. and the
first bet IL that the dealer should never
have taken his partner out OF a no.
tcumper after having shown weakness by
his original pass.
The take out is absolutely sound.
Weakness Is not how by the first pass,
but only an absence OF sure tricks. Six
trumps and a king. with a no trumper for
the dummy. is a pretty good combina-
ton II the no trumper supports the
hearts. as II did. As part OF a no
trumper the heart hand is worthless.
Again. During the play OF this hand.
spades being the trump. the opening
leads are king and ace OF diamonds. the
dealer discarding a small heart. The
queen OF diamonds follows. and the dealer
discards his nine Of clubs. holding king
nine small. The next lead Is the king ct
tearts, through ace Jack small in dummy.
although he had no other trick In hand
but the ace OF clubS. Dealer bets the
correct lead for the fourth trick was the
ace OF clubs
The dealer il correct. He has shown
weakness in hearts and discards that
suit. II the nine Of clubs Is not an en-
couraging card the contract Is safe The
ace OF clubs also saves the game, even
II the dealer did not hold the king. TIL.
really interesting bet Is that the dealers
partner never had a no trumper IL he
had not a trick in spades.
". q. says: Rubber game. the dealer
no trump and makes the odd trick.
but detects the adversaries in Il evoke
They insist that according TO the laws
Of the Whist Club the penalty for this
Is now restricted 10 100 points. The
declarer insists on taking three .r!cks
and the rubber.
The penalty is restricted to 100 points
tiiis NifH N4N ufNAtIcl u Nlt pa, VI Va
fault. When his opponents revoke he
has the choice of three actual tricks or
the loo points FOR the first revoke. il
j. usual TO take the tricks when ,hev
are necessary to fulfil the contract, or
win the game. and 70 take the points
when the tricks are s%uperfuous or insus-
iicieHt.
q. L. \. NJ. says: z deals and bids no
trump. A passes. Y passes and u
doubles. When u passes what should A
do with four hearts to the nine. three
small diamonds and three 10 the jack
IN each OF the black suits: To s..y:
his par,nc: more trouble lie passed.
Doubling a no trumper Is a COM
mand to the partner to show his longest
suit. no matter what It is. He must
have one Of -four cards. a should have
bid two hearts. The fact that \ has
passed. has been taken into account hy
r when he doubles and Il the suit named
by \ does not a, his hand he should be
prepared to shift himself
r. Z. says: y bids i heart. \ and Y
passing and Il going to no trumps. 4
bid two hearts. and II two no trumps
which held. Il led the SIX OF hearts
dummy laid down the y ;. II tn.
third hand held X |" I Dummy GOV.
cred with the seven, and thild hand
played the ten. The declarer won thi.
with the queen and made a small slam
Il bets the king should have been page
u the ten returned. \ insists that IN,
original bid shows two sure tricks t.
hearts. which must be ace queen jacE
and that this IL confirmed by the r.blt
Oh second round, Now which Is right
and why
The third hand is wrong In four dit
feient ways. /. The bid shows two sur,
tricks, but they may not both be IL
hearts. one sure heart trick and al
ace king su.t justifes the h.d. =. II N,
player held ace queen jack. as tk.rt
hand asserts. the lead is the ace. or III,
queen, not the ak, 8. II the .calcr ha,
Two sure tricks in a long suit, II Is III,
duty II the third hand 10 get out Of hi,
way. II he holds ace queen jack, VIVA
does I matter whether the third hanC
plays ten ~ king" 4 II the no trumpet
80 Wv . w i'"' - N'' 'suii'l mus
think he can stop the SUIT. therefore h,
mus, hay" an honor, and 1t is the du,,
of the third hand to see that notAln.
smaller than the ace shah win the frs
trick. Nothing can shut out that GARD
Third hand high is a homrly ol,
rule. but u good one for the beginner.
Rum j.. L. W. says Does the playeI
who gets ont first score the pips held b,
the others to his credit in "A lump. or Il,
the losers charge themselves with then
Individual losses?
There are many forms Of thu, game
but the usual way is TO add up all IN,
p!ps left unplaNed and give the WHINE
credit for them.
lIenr'Scttc. !. J.. asks IN what man
ncr this game differs from hearts.
\ widow is added IN heartse,te. Whci
four play the deuce Of spades is deletei
twelve cards are gwen Ia each and thre,
arc lett for the widow. The winner %
the first trick takes the widow. and ma,
look al i. but must not show it. Til,
difference IN the two games is that II
hcar;stt,c the players do not kuov
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