The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-05
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

Dummy plays small n plays the ace
OF diamonds; the dcclarcr n heart
Without tgnlng the trick over. y leads
the ten o~rAskearts. and the d%eclarer
mistake stands the trick IL AS and II
is AS lead. and BIS ten Of hearts is an
exposed card. as he led out of turn.
! The declarcr says he can let the lead
out Of turn stand. which completes the
revoke.
II Is agreed that r renowned to the
heart lead and that he played a card to
what he intended to be the following
trick. This establishes the revoke.
whether the previous trick was turned
down or not, no matter whose lead 1t
was for the next trick. The dcclarer
is In error In saying he car let the lead
out Of turn stand. All ne can do is Ia
call a suit from the player whose turn
1t is to lead. or cali BIS card exposed.
Mrs. C. asks II the holder Of a Var
borough Is entitled to n new deal.
Not unless the three others n, the
table agree to 1t. There is a supcrsti-
ton TO the effect that a player who holds
neither ace. face nor trump can TASK"
for a new deal, but the legend does not
say that the three other players must
allow il.
+. NJ NJ. says: BIS bid Of four spades
is overcalled by rs bid of i've hearts,
which u doubles, and it is As lead. lie
holds X. Q. s. 3. 2 OF spades. and leads
the fourth best. IL this correct?
Against a trump declaration length
Is OF no Importance, and the conven-
,ional rule is to lead the best card you
have OF your partners declared suit. \
should have led the king. as his part
ners ignorance Of the location Of such
an important card might seriously affect
after they have assisted they have shown
length, and the card can be read as
fourth best. But this shows a wrong
conception Of the object Of the lead.
which is TO take tricks with the high
cards not TO establish a long suit against
a declaration to make Ave odd
Mira. G. says: Playing pivot, all four
players pass without a bid. A insists
's''s essS 1S"t fS Vt' ollt
gets a deal In regular order at pivot
without cutting for IT, even at the begin
ming OF = rubber.
A IL doubly wrong. When four play
ers pass that deal Is finished. as each
player has made a declaration and the
next deal must be By the player to the
left. In pivot, nothing is decided by the
pivoting but the partnerships. The deal
must be cut for AT the beginning OF every
rubber. Who dealt the last hand on the
last completed rubber has nothing to do
with the next rubber. which is as new AZ
II II were to be played tomorrow.
Casino. Il. l. says: Four playing as
partners. A builds a 10. After Y plays
II puts an ace on a 3 on the table n
adds II to AS build. At the same time
he picks up an s on the table and adds
II TO the . just played by Y. To this Y
objects.
Each partner plays as II the build
made by either was his own II II was
As turn TO play. ne could certainly pick
up all the combinations on tho board that
would max tens and II ne preferred to
play an ace from his hand. instead OF
taking IN the ten build. that Is his privi-
lese, 80 that BIS play. as AS partner. is
correct
Cribbake. l. F.. c, says: Playing four
hand. after the GO. u has no cards left.
A has a 6. Il has two ~ and e an y.
When Il plays the 7 on As s, the run OF
III rec 10 YaUgad hp a. Roth II z,I ,.1g
Can Is peg another run with his remain
ing :. which covers his rrst !. or not?
There is no second run. as II Is the
order In which the cards fall and not
their appearance on the table that forms
the run. B pegs a last card. tina is all.
+. @ says: Playing W hand. A plays
n ) n B a 10, pegglng IN. fifteen. A
plays a 4 and y a 3, for which he insists
he can peg a run, 3 4 3. Is this correct?
No. because the ten In between
! the i and the 4 Any break In the Sc
1uence bars its value for scoring pur-
poses.
q. F.. =. says We have an argument
as Ia how the following play should bc
scored n 'hTuS are the = y \ - ana
Bs are. the 3 6 :. II is AS lead. ana
the cards fail I. 3. 3. Il. =. :. Some
say \ gets IL points and Il is, Others
that A gets - and Il Is. while other
say il is s for 4 and 10 for r..
The last is the nearest to i. A gets a
run OF 3. and r a run Of T. Then 4 gets
a run OF 5 and Il a run OF s. with l more
for a when he plays his 3, as + mus,
give him a go. Then Il pegs one for last
card.
Set back. T. = asks II a PLAYER is
allowed to discard the deuce or jack of
trumps.
II the players are SHINING their hands
sown 20 q smaller number OF cards they
are Mt liberty to throw out any cards
they please, according to the rules, but
why should any one wish to discard "A
trump that counts a point for him:
Poker. W. G. q. asks for the COM
parativc value of a pair. two pairs and
triplets.
The only comparison possible Ia the
odds against getting them These are
~ TO % against the rair, 90 to |
against two pairs: - to against
triplets.
G.. e. NJ. says: A has come into an
omen lack and asks for one card, which
he gets before the betting is finished, as