Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-31
BARRED OUT.
Some Peculiar Characters VINO Sho"iu
Never Indulge in the Fascinating Game
Of Poker.

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of Poker.
Chicago H'rdii.
The f~a,ciualiYg game Of porRer is som
times icdulged in at the Press Club. Blu
human nature is pretty much the sam
anonr the distinguished members Of tina
;ns,ituuon as 1t ia everywhere, and a sell
amounted committee of three have pre-
rsred the following rules, pSticularl
specifying who should not play poker
which they will ask to have adopted AM
conspicuOusly posted; I
The man who always wants 20 quit IS
soon as he gets ahead OF the game.
The man who is in debt, and whose hone
needs every penny he can earn
The man who gets mad and miserable
when he loses. ,
The man who becomes overbearing and
insuferable when he wins.
The man who is always telling other peo'
pie what big money be could make if ne
had their bull-headed luck.
The man who yawns when he ho!dsa Ing
hand.
The man who proposes progression or
doubling in the jack-po,s. ,
The man who makes q bold bluff, and,
when caught at it, growls and says The
caller doesn't understand the science OF
game.
The man who in betting makes SO many
mistakes in his count Of the chips, all OF
mistakes" being in his favor.
The man who hasn't sense enough to
know when he has enough, and who, when
froze out, goes around trying to borrow.
The man who attributes his i'll luck to
the alleged fact that nobody mikes the
cards, and spends about fifteen minutes
shufling them when it comes TO his turn
10 deal.
The man woo makes a shoe string in
vestment with the bank and then tries 10
win o pockeliul.
The man who forgets to ante up or put
iu and then swesrs he did.
The man who cusses bis luck one-half
the time and spends the other halt wonder.
ing why other players have such good for
tune.
The man who is always asking permits
sion to see an uncalled hand or sneaking a
peep al it when he deals.
The man who counts his stack Of checks
after every deal, and frequently delays the
game while he is ascertsining whether he
is five cents ahead or ten cents short.
The mar who blinds the ante aud tries
to rush things.
The mau who is crazy on jack pots.
The man who g~roWles if anybody raises
the opener after he has put in.
The man who after every throw up OF
the cards on an unopened deslinsists upon
asking the other players how many they
would have taken had they drawn 60 that
he can throw that many cards oil and lied
out what kind of a hand he would have
got if there had been q draw.
The usn who always refuges 10 come in
unless he has o pair Of face car5s.
The man who whistle or sings.
The man who asks other players hO8
many cerds they drew before he ventured
TO bet.
The man who can't resist temptations 10
cheat.
The man who must always be nudged or
reminded when it is his turn to ante, bet or
deal.
The nan who pretends hat the game ID
too small for him, and that it is such q
trial that he doesn't care whether he wins
o. %!oses.
The man who endeavors TO create the
impression that he is Lightning with
but whose honor and generosity
would not permit him 10 win from green
horns and friends.
The man who has stories to tell OF the
big games he has played in and the won
derful wins be has made.
And, finally, the discouraged and dis,
gruntled man, who, chiefly from q lack Of
sufficient nerve to bet TO their probable
comparative value the few good hands
which chance send him, is never able 10