The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-17
Playing For Million
IM. Osad.l

N0o ooO0to uesc ooM so3S " S1c games played by our club before it broke up. old man, they'd have curied the hair clean sG your head"
 The Wall street broker who said this was fat and jolly. He didn't look like a maa who would stay up O nights and haul himself around by the hair ifstocks happened to go wrong. had known him some time, and aever saw him out of sorts on account of the market.
 ayou had some pretty big play. eh ' What was the largest pot you ever saw [ Solid truth, now; Pm going to print it t!'
 " No insinuations, if you please. Let me see the biggest ever saw at ses- son of the Great Aoguls vas S3yooo, 900. remember because rzked it in myself"
 Do you mean to say that-fe
 ..l mean exactly what say -S3,ono,- ooor
 Look here, how much was lost and won at those sessions of the Great Moguls before the club broke upt"
 Somewhere about $3o.ooo 900. It might have been few millions more or less. but that $ pretty near"
 was on the point of asking how long ke had been out of an asylum. but re- suaining myself. "Come,' said, ".eu me something about the Great Moguls. What kiad of men were they
 Good fellows, every one One was bank cashier, another life insurance nan, two were in the wholesale line there was damn literary fellow, too, and another was apublisher. That made SIX. vas the seventh, and they made me Grand Mogui of the crowd
 You say these was a literary fellow tdon't mind my omission of the gentle sspiesive) in party tha, played for mil iions. Nov, isnt that rather steepI"
 .Weil. it looks that way but wait awhile; we're not at the end yes.p
 An right. Where did the Moguis meet {"
 .If room near Union Square. l don't mind saying the room was mine, and l made it as pleasant for 'em all as could. We generally met twice week and smoked tremendously. No drink ing. though ; we shut down on tha, al the start, and every man was as sober ss judge right through. We just smoked and backed our hands for all they were worth, and tell you i, was no fool bas'- soss, either"
 Hold big hands sometimes. sup pcse.-
 -. Hands why-hands wcii Do you know anything about the game
 went so far as to admit that thought an ace full should get away with pair ci deuces, if the man who held 1t had any nerre, and my Wall street friend re- sumed:
 That's all right. An ace full is a pretty good hand, but we had better every night. Did you ever see four kings putting against straight flush
 No. How does it generally work z"
 Well, the fellow with the kings mostly gets left. Just try it some time and sec"
 Tell me about some particular game, lively one-tha, one you mentioned a minute ago, for instance"
 When raked in the millions: Well, If you print it don tie, my name go in. l might be expected to endow theologi- cal institution, you know. Only tive No suls were on hand that night. We had played couple oi hours without much snap when a jack pot was started. By the time the first pair of jacks came out there was Sio.ooo in the pot. and the man withssthe jacks, the insurance fellow, chip ped Tn SIo,ooo more We all stood in, and when if passed round to the damn lit eray fellow the pot was way up to $so,ooo. He came n. scc, though he seemed to shake little and
 The literary fellow put in S,o.ooo. eh ?"
 .'Yes. sir. like man. Then we drew. look one and filled straight flush. The bank man took two, the insurance chap three and the literary fellow stood pat. The insurance man started with S,o,ooo, and when my turn came the figure was up to Sso.ooo. That was just in my line. so saw the Sso, 900 and went SIoo.ooo better. Then came the literary fellow, still shaking little and he saw my SIoo.ooo."
 The literary fellow went Sioo,ooo2"
 $ He did. There 1t was, right in the pot. And not only that, but he raised me another SIoo,ooo. When t came around again, though, l raised ii Ssoo,ooo and he weakened-passed out, leaving S26o, 900 Of his capital sn the board.r
 What sort of literary fellow-.'
 Never mind yet. forgot to say thz, one of the wholesale team had drawn four. He had enough. though, when the gait struck Ssoo,ooo, and he passed out, too. TLat ieft a three-handed 6ghk- the bank fellow, the insurance man and my self Before my Ssoono went h the DO, held about $500 ,ooo. That made the 6e- ure Si. .3oo,ooo The insurance mxn looked at his hand again and said:
 ".An right: I'm there
 1t was the bank fellow's turn then and he seemed to shy of . littic. though, Ae might be weakening, too, but he didnt I'm getting prtssy warm, h< said, shns the man whe sees this hand must pay f6t it. There's your ssoo,ooo, andr % SIoo.- 900 better'
 1t vas getting warm-Ss, ,oopoo ia the pos, and sevessl counues, to heas fum. felt perfectly safe with my sssaigAs dpsA but the other hands must be strong osek too. saw the SIooynoo an6 raised it th( same. The insurance man saw thu aad clipped in Sioo,ooo mofe. ThoA tAS bank fellow put up S4ooooo, and the tosa' vas B, ,6ooooo. n was my time Ssain Boys,' said. If this think goes mucA >G ~ A-A