Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1845-05-10
s.e., From tAe ST., Losis Rspsills.
A Friendly Ga1ne Of Poker.

a kf1en0ly Game OF Poker.
k~k ~ soL. SMITH.
|, On the evening Of our second day u,
f;om New Orleans. found myself seated
al . card taLle, with three Of my fsllov
passengers playing at the interesting game
Of Poker Card playing was very
common amasenent then, l835) and i
was not unusual to see half dozen tablet
occupied at the same tire in the gentle.
men cabin Of q Mississippi beat. / had
sat down at the game ior am~semeat, lu,
on rising at 10 o'clock, I found my amuse-
ment had cost me about sixty dollass! This
went do at ALL" said l, thinking aloud
II must try it again tomorrow" 90
course you must" replied one Of The
players, who hapE ened 10 be an old ac-
quaintance Of mine from Monsge emery
Alabama, where he had been a jailor fol
Several years, and whsre he Was consid-
cred very respectable citizen. "Ysu
must not give it up So" he continued,
following me out On the guard--.sto-nor
row you'll get even." entered into COLI
sersation with my old acquaintance. whose
name was Hubbell. or Hubbar d, / dom,
remember which--we'll cAll him Hubbard
--ahd he advised me by all means to try
another sitting on the morrow. l sug-
gested to him that slight suspicion had
crossed my mind that some Of, cur card
party might possibly be bLuek'egs--in otheE
words. gamblers. He answered that the
same thought had struck him at one time,
but he hao come to the conclusion that all
had been fair. Eefore leaving me, my
guardian friend intormed me ,ilat he had
become sporting mamie felt it his duty
TO inform me OF it-but he assured me, up
on his honor, (D he would not see me
wronged. tf course believed him, and
it was greed that we should try our luck
again. b.
Next morning, soon as the breakfast
things had been cleared away, foun
Hubbard and a friend Of his waiting for
me at one OF the card tables, and tooi
my seat with the hope of getting sven-a
hupe which has led many a man into ire
tr;evable ruin. felt quite confident o1
winning back my losings over night, and
my playmotes gave me every encour age
msnt that should be successful. At il
we wen.l playing with varying luck fol
about two hours. At about IL o'clock
Kubbard's friend left us for few min
ntes to ''get drink" and the iailor and
myself were left playing single handed,
When the third ha,id left, we were using
the s.sniall cards." as they are called
that is. sizes and under but Hubbard
immediately proposed that we should take
the ''large cards. (tens and over, (which
/ agreed to as matter Of course. One
thing here observed--my friend, the Jail
or, dealt the cards ucithost shvNfng. Tni,
made me resolve to watch him closely
Taking up my cards / was agreeably SUR
prised to find had an excellent hand
"Now," thinks / to myself, now is tfs
time, if ever, to get even; If my adver-
sary only happens to have decent hand
shall do well enough"
[The reader who does not understand
the game of "bluff," or "poker," J" as it il
generally called, may as we'll leave oil
here.] H#
| commenced the game by Dragging :
dollar. My adversary went the dollar
and five better. Invent that and ten.--
He Immediately put up the ten, and laid
down twenty, keeping his pocket book
out, as much as to say Il am willing to
go anything you choose to bet" Af,er
a moments reflection Call acting! ! said
'I 60 that and fifty" 'sAll right repii-
ed e.jailor, ''there it isl 60 that and
"a hundred!" | here looked at my cards
again, and affected to have great doubt
whether should 60 the hundred. Stake
back your last bei," urged-''it is too
much for either OF us to lose | begin Il
think ! have been rash-7take it back, ane
let us show our hands for the money al.
ready down." t.No!" said Hubbard :
''if yo, mean sporting, put up the hund'
red, or back out and give up the money!
"Caa't do that" replied; Il don't come
frcm backing out couniry-I must hays
a showing for the moltey that's. down
SO there's the hundred-and as my pocket
!. books ont, and my hands in, there's an.
other c." This new bet seemed to please
my friend Hubbard nightly. He answers
ed it without moments pause, and went
two hundred mere! Inow requested my
opponent to permit me to show my card,
to some of the bystanders, who were
crowding around the table in great mum
bers to, see the fun-all considering m,
most undoubtedly .spicked up.'-Hubbard
would net agree that l should show m,
hand to, or take advice from any one.7-
"Play your own cards" " said he, reach
ing over, and gently compelling me to 10y
my cards on the table before me. 'Then,'
said I--->s.Bou tell me it THREE ACES am
isro Other cards can Be beat?'' oh yes
he replied, smiling with self-sa,isfied air
and using the spit-box x--''they can be beat
certainly but not easy, = ".fot s.sy,
think, myself" replied I--.s.therefore, in
asmutch as believe you are only trying /
bluff me of, Igo the tssp hundred. /" "Yo,
do !" EYES ( %, there's the mohsy."-
Anything brtter2'' enquired my adverse
~, insinuatingly. and leaning over to max
use Of the spit7box asain-all the tim
keeping his grey eyes fixed upon nj
countenance. "Why--yes.n | answered
atince you've got me excited, / will g
aodiethins better--I So two hundred bsi
ter than you" Looking mo steadily j
the face, he said dwell, YOURS ! boil
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