The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-11
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Aushsor the sequence But it IL seldUnf
advisable to venture inztesdfaw ofor eth
er~ "a flush 81 q sequence when hIore' than
one card is required ID Complete the hand.
When player holds fours 10 his origi-
nal hand. it is as good as. it can be; and
yet it is best to throw away the outside
card and draw one, because others may
then think he is only drawing to two pairs.
or tor 1aush or a. sequence, and wlll7not
suspect the great value of, the hand.
When one is in las he ought seldom to
bel without even SO much as q pair, his
choice must be,either to discard four cards,
or three cards, and draw to the highest or
two highest In the hand, or throw away the
whole hand and draw five, or look content
andeserious, stand pat,and bet hight f. SIR
The player determining to try this last
alternative on worthless hand had gener-
ally better begin by raising when he goes
in, or else nobody will be likely to believe
10 his pretended strong hand. su8ad e-1s
RELATIVE VALUE OF HANDS IN THEIR Or
a DER, BEGINNING WITH THE BEST, ., g
l. A Sequence Flush-W hich. is a Sc.
quence of five cards, and all OF the same
suit.
2 Fours-Which is four of the five cards
of the same denomination. - So = u8iS
8. A FuH-Which is hand consisting
of three cards of the same denomination
and two of likewise equal denomination.
t. A Flush-Which is all five cards of
the same suit. ,t3s1ts s.4g,s
5. A Sequence*-Which is all five cards
not OF the same suit but all in sequence.
In computing the value of a sequence, an
ace counts either as the highest or lowest
card. that Is, below deuce or above q
king. sr7 ~s 's .,.t.r,- rr5r X.
| 6. Ihrees-Which is three cards of the
same denomination but the other two ! 81
different denominations from each 1other.
| Z Two pairs. 5zf s.sEI 7GGm II els
| 9. When a hand has neither of the above
the count is by the cards of highest value
or denomination. A~-'" 7z''1 &73f7 Il ILL
I When parties opposed, each holds pair,
| the highest pair wins, and the same when
each party holds threes or fours., -, 81, A.,
| When each party holds two pairs, the
highest pair Of the two determines the ref
alive value OF the hands. E9G5 II 5lual tG s
/ w hen each party holds a sequence, the
hand commencing with the highest card ir
sequence wins SO also when two or more
parties hold Pushes against each other.
/ That full counts highest of which thu
three cards of the same denomination arr
highest. The two cards of the same de
nomination help only to constitute the full
but do not add to the value of the hand
When hands are equal SO far that eaef
party holds a pair, or two pairs, of exactl,
! the same value, then the next highest care
or cards in each hand must be compared
with the next highest card or cards in tn,
other hand to determine which wins.
/ In case Of the highest hands (which yer.
| seldom occursl being exactly equal tn
pool is divided r'Err:E g 1.5vT-1 r5f
The main elements of success in tn
game are: ID good luck; (2)good cards
3)plenty of cheek; and az good tempe,
*Many experts rate threes in relative value abcv
: seqaence,but the better opinion is that a seqnene
should rank first, as being in itself of the con
plete hands. zaG ESt@L.i 1EIEJ C7 tss 4