e game in consequence of
having a foul hand dealt to him, his stake, [49] if he has staked, shall
remain in the pool, and the dealer shall refund such player the amount of
his ante or straddle only in that game.

15. No player shall speak to the dealer while the cards are being dealt..

16. If any player speak to the dealer, or distract him by noise or
gesture, while the cards are being dealt, such player, and not the
dealer, shall refund, as provided by Rule 14, the ante or straddle of
any player to whom a foul hand is dealt in that deal.

17. The deal shall be finished when every player has received five cards.

18. The duty of dealing shall devolve upon each player in turn,
from right to left; the player to the left of the last dealer shall be
the dealer in the next game. If the dealer in a game pass and retire,
he shall continue his duty as dealer in that game.

_The Ante_.

19. The ante shall not exceed one-half the amount of the limit.

20. The ante shall be staked by the player to the left of the dealer
before the cards are dealt.

21. The right to straddle shall belong to the player to the left of ante.
If he does not straddle, no other player shall, do so; but if he does
straddle, the succeeding players shall have, in turn from right to left,
and ending with the dealer, the right to increase the straddle in every
case by the amount of the ante.

22. The ante shall not be straddled by a player, or by successive players,
to an amount exceeding one-half the limit.

23. If the ante be not straddled, the player to the left of [50] ante
shall have first say after the deal, and ante shall have the last say.

24. If the ante be straddled, the player to the left of the straddler
(or of the last straddler, if there be more than one) shall have first
say after the deal, and the last straddler shall have the last say.

_The Play_.

25. The turn to say shall pads from right to left, and the player who
has first say after the deal shall, if he open the game, stake a sum
at least double the amount of ante.

26. Each succeeding player shall, if he play, at least make good his
stake to that of the preceding player.

27. If a player pass, he shall place his cards, face downwards, on
the table, and shall not again take them into his hand, and he shall
forfeit unconditionally his stake and his right to play in that game.

28. A player who retires from the game shall not divulge the cards nor
the value o