The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-03-03

uuu Ia peS ", tu4H 10 cR5ledUeelhG enc
bet and "gving better. .'Sh.,n; -;
When tGe bet gets around to tn,
FIRST better or player" VIII" romain
in, if he. oeJ not " islY To SEE aud gt
bettor, he simply scotland ''ouils,'
and thou all playing phuBt show tBei,
hands and ths. highest hand wins The
When ahy one declined to 500 tic
bet, or the increase Of bot which hal
been made, no ''lays down" his hand
that is, throws it up with tho card.
face downward on the table. If al
the other players throw down .thoi,
hands, tho one who reuaihs iu to the
last wins, and: takes the pdol Without
! showing his baud. &. Nr'n.' "' .
10 "biuft" is take tue risk Of bot.
ting high enough on poor hand, OF
worthless one, to make all the othcr
players luy down THAR hauds withou,
seeing or calliug you. >. 1854
When hand is complete, 80 that
the holder Of it can play without
drawing to bettcr it, that il called u
pat baud. a bold player will some.
tunes decline to draw any cards, and
pretend to have pat hand, aud play
it as such, when he has none. u,
a skilful player will watch aud OBJ
serve what each player draws, the ex-
preston OF the face, the oircum
stances and manner OF betting, and
judge, or try to judge, Of the value
of each hand opposed to him accord
ingly. ......n,,
No one is bound to answer tho
question, how many cards he drew,
except the dealer aud, the dealer
Is not bound to tell after tho bcttln G
has begun. ....tt ...
OF DRAWING. .,,;! a..
If tho player detoi mines to raw to
n pair he draws three cards. If ho
draws to two pairs he draws ohe
card.
1.-The holds throe to begin with ko
draws two cards, in order to have the
best chance Of making n ruu, .inas.
much as, in playing, pairs are apt 10
run together. But to deceive his nd.
ver.arics and make them think That
he has Lo.bing better titan two pairs,
sharp player will often draw but
one card TO his. tkrees. .irr {.
1t is Advisable sometimes ia keep
an ace or other high az an "outsider'
with small pair and draw but one
card, thus taking the chances If
matching the high cards, aud SO get
ting good two pairs, or something
better, possibly, while at the same
time others may be deceived into bo-
lieviug that tho player is drawing to
threeS. >"
When drawing to cards Of the same
suit, to try to mako IL flush, or, to
cards Of successive denomil ,tions, to
try to make u sequence, as many
Wore cards are to be taken as will DO
needed to ut out the, flush or the
sequence. But it is seldom advisa-
bic to venture iu to draw for either
n Hush ora sequence when NOR @.
than one card is required to cum
plcte the ha.d. - 3.
When a player holds fours in hio
original hand it il as good US it can
be J; aud yet.it is.best,to throw away
the'outsidc card and draw one, be
cause othors, may think be is ouly
drawing to two pairs, or fur Aush or.
sequence, and will rot suspect the
.grcnt value OF the hand. :,
Wnen one is in las he ought sci.
'dom to- boz without oven'so much as
u pair, his choice must be either to
discard four cards, or three c4rds,
and draw.'to the hjshe,t or twy high.
Test in the hand, orr thra% away the
whole hand aud draw. five, or ,.l0ok
Icontent and serious, stand put and bet
ia igh :: =. '" : ,t .t,..
The player determining. to try this
last alternative Oh n wolthleSs' hard
had. generally. better begin by
raising, when he, goes i'e or else mo-.
ody,will bo likely to believe 10 his
pretended strong hand. -. ;u il
RELATIvK VALUE or HANDS IN TIME
! ORDER, BEGINNING WITH THE BHsT. .
; rl...ArSequenco, .Elushr~ Which is q
sequence of five cards, and all Ct the
ia me snib., -. g.
2. Fours.-- Which is four of the five
cards Of tho 81 me denomination.
Z. a EuIl--W Which is Il hand con-
sist'pg Df three "cards Of the Uamo
depoIDina tion, aud. two Of likewise
equal dcn0n,inat ion. :, i. =. :; It, .
4. A Flush-.W Which is all five cards
of tho same suit : I..r r..
s. A Sequencc* -~Whicli is all fvs
oards,not OF the same suitf but all ia
sequence. In computing the value
of>a sequence, an ace couuts eithor
sB the highest orrlowest card, that is,
below II deuce ~ above the king.
8. 6..Threes-W hi~h il three rcarda
of the same denomination, hut the
other two,of different denv,niuati cns
from each other.
|. 7. Two pairs.
8, One pair, = -
o.. When hand, hae neither Of the
! ahnva tho c,uut IN .hv tho rnrds NJ