Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-12-10
A .JAcK P0r."

II We are correctly informed with 70
gard to the noble American game known
as Draw Poker. there are certain posi-
bio conditions in the game from which
results what. iuspeculativs tsrminology.
4. denominated q '.jack pot" II arises
somehow out Of the failure Of the play
srs to bet. no one being willing to risk
anything in the way Of . wager on the
cards in his hand. In this state oil
thincs each player passes his turn to
the dealer. the dealer lays down his
cards. the spot Is doubled and a new
deal il begun. We believe no n is
permitted to bet after Enthusiastically.
to ''opsu the pot''-unlsss hs has ''as
good as q pair Of jacks to draw to. IL
We are wrong in any Of these details. We
will thank some Kentucky statesman to
eorcc. Us. There have been instances.
we are told. in which the dealer or the
conading person next him who
..antied'' the ''blind" has hssitated
30 long between "making good the
blind" aud passing out" that the
other players, impatient Of delay. have
thrown down their cards and begun a
new deal before the "blind" man had
fairly made mp his mind. Iu ether
words, the hesitation and indscision Of
the "blind" man have often resulted In
a"jsek pot" whom he might have gone
In on soms such thing AZ "Sob-tail
flush" and won the stakes. Doubtless
thsrs have been "blind'' men under
such circumstances who all through the
rest OF the game grumblsd and num-
blsd that the :" jack pot was a fraud.
aud really belonged to them on their
"bob-iaiisd Pushes"
With au apology to Mr.. Tilden's sup
pofters in the late Presidential election
fr using an illustration which will prob
ably seem to them TO be- obscure a. well
NJ trivial. We beg to say that. II We cor
rsctly understand the noble game re-
fsrrsd to. Mr.. Tilden may properly be
Ekeued to a player who hssitates so long
about drawing to a bob-tail flush
that the :" jack pot" has been made and
the cards newly dealt before he has made
up his mind. Il has been limited within
the past few days that the recent de-
vslopmsnts in the Senate have encour
a,sd Mr.. Tildsn. who has done u great
deal Of grumblins about his having been
cheated out Of his "blind." to hope
that Congress will open the "jaek pot"
and give him the stakes he thinks he
ought to have won. II he had drawn
in Oregon. Louisiana. South Carolina. or
Florida to his "bob-tail fiush." But
we suspect that his confidence is no,
well founded. several statesmen are
sitting around the board who are much
more interested in winning the jack pot
than in having 1t opened for Mr.. Tildsn's
exclusive benefit. They are shutting
and dealing for 1880. There. for In.
stance. Is Mr.. Thurman. who. IL ap-
psalsd to. would no doubt say Mr.
Tild-n held a winning hand. IL he had
ouly decided to play II in time. Doubt.
Less Mr.. Dayarj also would eoncsds the
f,rcs OF a bob-tail flush II drawn to in
season. Very likely Mr.. Eaton. Of Con-
nscticut. would cordially assent to such
n statement. and Mr.. Hendricks. and
Gen. Mcclellan. and perhaps Speaker
Randall. and many ether distin-
cuished leaders. would do the same.
But beyond that. we are quite certain
they would all agree that II is too late
now to go back and let Mr.. Tilden draw
60 his "bob-tail flush" AL Of these
gentlemen are calmly but theoretically
playing the game. and each Of them will
answer to Mr.. Tilden's appeal. "oh.
well. it's all wong /; you ought TO have
rakel down the stakes /; but the game
has got ON 40 far now that I reckon we'd
bttsr call IL a jack pot for slss0."
There are no grounds for apprshen-
sion that the Senate will. under any cir.
cimstancss. attempt the revolutionary
proceedings In behalf OF Mr.. Tildsn
which have been limited at lately. There
are too many Democratic statesmen in
that body who are interested in calling
it a jack pot.