The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-28
DRAW POKER BY TELEGRAPH.
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n 1Sile1 AFTERNOON. coy room, no
very remote from the EsoEer house.
fos,Iid table, covered with green cloth
aFsd-Fhy. isst the funniess. osssi~st
lsieers.t most original game Of poke
Payers There were nore7 Not II
That COSY room 81 least. To be surs
there was a dealer who niusbls
sifuifiea and Distributed ID,
CARDS. There we're also ur1~.
eat several westknoCn sporting Her
and Essen-zbouf-toEn-seEIow= whe
are asvays on hand AZ anything nex
o. interesting-and this partiessiE.
poker game was certainly new. and in
IN talking i over afierxaEd they
agreed that il was very intereS ting
also. These spectators BOUNCED near
the table, srme taking dry smoke
from Henry Clays, and Others sipyfng
from tisae 70 time, little Piper sec.
The game, fhoagh interesting. zas
long, and never were messenger BOYS
more warmly greeted or more gener-
ously tipped than were the youngz Eers
who formed the link between the room
and the end Of the telegraph wire.
No players7 Certainty there were.
bat this town didn't hold them. one
vas ia Louisville. describing nervous
circles around the welI-tilisd bar-rBoEn
OF the Gait House. and setting EN-
up for the boys as be read favorable
telegram Boston held another
player, and though he wept for MAYOR
q BrisB' $ fall. be, too. took comfort a.
a Mercury brought good tidings to his
Trsmont-Street house. The third
ffhere were only three of them) ws-
IN the Saline city. in the center OF this
sfate--a SeR York boy. bat dealing
Just new for the q brave old salts .
OF Syracuse.
That game began three years ago
at least il originated then in the fer
tile brain o. the man who dealt the
cards yesterday. Bushes had been
duA for an hour or tso. 30 they closed
up and repaired 70 the bar-rO0Fa Just
10 while the time away" There is
something about that Brewer Hou e
bzF-TooIn that drives business" clean
away from the boys minds. Ii may
be the excellent cocktails or it may be
the memories OF some OF the boys ~ho
have "ca-hed in that hover about
the place Any way. they never
can he in that bar-r0om for
FIVE minutes before they fail
70 telling stories and making odd
wagers among themselves. On this
particular night they started in on card
stories, and all sorts OF card stories.
too. In some the six-shOoter predom-
mated, and there was a background
OF long south-of-Texas grass, with the
broad brims Of cow-punehers' hats
just To overshadow the tale. And
there were stories OF cards and wine,
and OF how the fair sex sometimes
took hand across the deep blue
briny at Baden-Baden and Monte
Carlo.
Then talk got back TO America, and
the Old-Timer said there wasn't any
thing in the wide world a Yankee
couldn do, especially If he CHANGED
h. be a sporting man.
Yes, he cred. he could even play
poker by telegraph. and he brought
his ii-t down on the bar so forcibIy
that the glasses danced. Somebody
Questioned him and he pulled out a
"roii and offered to back his opinions.
The novelty OF the wager found him
company. Two OF the Youngsters
took him" 10 the tune OF hundred
each. More whisky after that and
more cigars, and then they all rolled
home
The 0ld-Timer was not on the bluff,
however. lie wrote letters nextmorn-
ing to three OF his friends at their re-
spective quarters, in Boston, Louis
vile and Syracuse, and told them 10
stand by for Sunday morning, a. he
wanted to deal them a jack pot. He
explained the scheme fully, and they
all wrote their consent.
A sJliack was agreed on, and the
originator OF the game was to deal the
cards. Each sent on his $50" and
Yesterday morning the New York
boys met TO settle the question.
This is indeed an age of cleo
tricity, said the Old Tn.
II was Just about o Yesterday morn
ing when the Old-Timer opened a new
deck OF cards. They had crimson
backs. Three $50 bills lay in the
center OF the table. No checks in that
game, The best stack of chocolates
that ever clicked would not have been
admitted.
Gentlemen, said the dealer. You
know what we are here for This is a
sort of iong-iistance game. and il
take lacks or better to open the
pot. Then one of the witnesses Cut
the pack and the deal vas made II
was Boston first say, and two ele-
giant Johns we're the value Of his hand.
Louisville had a pair of seV's and Svra-
cusg was way behind with 4 face-card
high, and that card a jack. The Old
Timer said.
Boston open for the money, and a
r.ts eN Hn- = .
the Hub. Then each of the three
players telegraphed the value 81 his
own hand. aud informed that Boston
had opened for $3.50
Az hour waiting
syracuse was heard from al 10
O'Clock. anJ stayed. Boston re-
ended Is minutes later ami was
pleased At n O'Clock word was re
ccsyed from Louisville; and then the
dealer announced Every body
stAys,A
Two more markers were put up. and
the cards were dealt according to the
instructions received in the kilograms.
Boston took three and hcttered his
JACKS with pair cl GeHces. Louis
Vile, three new ones did not help hi,
pair Of sevcus Bat Syracuse. calling
ltf = NV hAtiAr A'AAlA tlitt queens
smiling back at him.
Nothing could now he done until
Boston, THE opener was informed
Of the result of his draw" More
delay euSaed before his answer was
received. containing instructions TO
show his openers" and LAY down.
Louisville when notified tele-
graphet bacE swear word and
"euouEh.
Thi,. Of course. gave the pot TO
Syracuse. and the New York hoy az
that point We. te.rSTaphe5 the con
ordinations If the company. The Old
Timer won his wager.
Thu~ ended the frs; poker game
ever PLAYED hv telegraph All lovers
az the game. both amateurs and Pre-
ics-ionais, agrcc that the experiment
was uot s'fCrss-.