The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

Auction Bridge. J. v. n. says: In
playing duplicate, A maintains that II
a player has good setting hand and
passes. he should be allowed to bid his
suit on the second round II no one else
makes a bid. What il the rule In the
clubs?
There Is no second round In any form
Of auction II no one makes q bid on
the first round. In duplicate. n there
Is no bid al the table At which the
original hand Is dealt the cards are
shufied and dealt again. Hut n a bid
Is made on the original deal Of any hand,
the tray must 70 the rounds. and II no
bid IL made at any table at which 1t
arrives the score must be put dow
as nothing to nothing and the cards
replaced In the pockets.
Mrs. J. X 8. says: Dealer holds six
clubs to tho nine. three small spades
and two small In each Of the red suits.
on which she says no bid. Second hand
passes. but third hand bids two dia-
monds. which usually indicates q long
suit without the tops. Fourth hand
passes. What shout the dealer do?
Pass. Players that undertake larger
| contracts when they have weaker hands
should be abandoned to their fate. There
IL no excuse for third hands bidding
diamonds except TO direct n lead against
n possible no trumper on her left. Al
though the fourth hand passes. the Sec
ond hand may now have something TO
say.
Mrs. :. V. NJ y. says. Playing pivot.
the BID came up 10 the fourth hand. who
passed. 10 one making II bid. The dealer
was therefore forced to make II. al
though she had nothing but queen jacl;
and Two small diamonds, and was set
for iic.
who forced" the dealer TO make 81"
II all four players passed, the bidding Is
closed and the hand must be thrown III.
the deal passing TO the left.
T. ~. says: Y Is dummy and leads
a club. 20 which X renounces; IL. the de-
cla'cr. follows suit. but A
Z picks up the trick. but before turning
IL down remarks that some one has re
,oked. upon which y says. II have a
club" IL u in time TO correct the re-
woke. when his partner did not ask him,
and the revoke was claimed by the de-
%clat.r"
As long as the trick .s not turned and
Quilted II is in time. no matter who calls
attention 20 the error.
]. = 8 says z gets the winning
| declaration. but y. sitting on his right.
leads. The declarer calls attention to
the lead out OF turn and calls on \ To
lead a heart. \ says he has no heart.
30 he leads a spade. During he" play
II, Iranspires that a had a small heart
amoug his diamonds. What Is the pen
al,!?
A has revoked. and the docIarer can
either take three tricks or can add 100
points 10 his honor score.
g I. NJ. asks what the dealer should
BID. no score. OIL three hearts to the
ten: ,hrc, diamonds TO the Jack, "A small
clnb and siN spades 10 the ace king ten.
One spade, jus. TO show two sure
TRICKS Ia that suit. Although there is
lot another trick in the hand there is
an extra trump. and with average az.
s'stance from the partner the dealer
ought to make the odd trick. That is
al he bids.
500 W. 7. r. says: A bets the
ayeIag. N the widow II ten. X main
;a.is 4 - less.
Ns there IL no widow in solo the game
..f,r'ed 20 must he solo-six'y. or frog
In this game there are Sc cards. with
q total pip value Of 100 points. As
.hrec or these fan 10 the widow in each
deal the average value OF the widow
should no 3-S6ths. or 1.l2,h. OF laC
which Is exactly 10. so that A Is corrcc,,
Z .Hos IS the game undeY discussion
which stems probable, as the inquiry
comes from NJ ssoula. Mon.
Mi~t.gr.s. II. G. saws 4 b-'s 'ha, 4
Ioya. Stra GIT nush will b.a, nv. of a
hind. playing VIII the joker in the pacl.
II it viii, what are the reasons for It:
IS wrong. Poker hands rank &C.
cording To the difficulty OF getting them.
There are four royal straight Pushes In
the pack. made without the aid OF the
Joker, and twenty with the Joker total
''' 90 '''"i IuSl
with the joker in the pack. There are
only thirteen ways to get FIVE of a kind,
therefore the Ave of a kind is harde,
to get aud outranks The royal straigh,
flush.
Poker !. Moo. says: Four men in
the pot. opened by A. raised by u. Three
men drew three cards. - taking two
only. OIen bet. h. & and II called. but
- refused to show his hand when h.
found |; had three mines. Opener insist,
uu seeing what n called ON. Can he d,
50"
':.r,' Lau'j ~ the call must he show
10 Me- board. Il does not call \ or /
any more tlian they call him.
". \ A. SAYS: 4 bets II - enough
10 show the pair - no one comes II
AGAINST the opener.
The whole hand must b shown, as III,
opener has paid no more for 1t than an,
other player at the table has paid fol
his Ave cards.
Five Hundred, l.. !. II, says 4 Mead.
IA heart In q no trunper. u has ~
/ hearts but holds the joker. \ bets h,
must trump with II.