Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-12-29
THE GAME OF HOP.
IT excELs POKER AND Is EQUAL
TO THE FASCINATING FARO.

A New Short Gard Gans Thss Iss Tskes
Paris ssd London By Storm. and lrsn.
ises to become Popular in America How
~ l. Played snd the rsuies for II.
People Of Paris who gamble are de-
voting oil Of their spare time TO new
game that has supplanted all Of the
other games played for money.
Tho new game "a called hop" and It
Is described as bel. g tho most fascinat-
ing game that has ever been playcd-not
even excepting the alluring game Of
poker.
Paris is 80 infatuated with chop that
millions Of francs are lost and won at it
every night.
Tho game Of "hop" has been intro
duced into tho clubs OF London, and IL il
being played there with zeal worthy Of
D better cause. 30 far as known the
game has not ms yet been attempted in
the United States, but It ia only matter
Of time when II will become as popular
there rs in Paris and London, for the
reason that 1t Is 30 enticing that II Is i'm
possible for card players to Withstand
Its temptations. All that Ii required to
render 1t q go there is to explain the
rules governing the play.
Hop" Is an extremely simple game.
Any person Of ordinary mental calibcr
can play It IL once told how to proceed.
Here is o description of the game:
Four persons aro necessary to make
upa game. Take four decks of cards,
from which throw out oil OF tho cards
below tho scvens. That leaves the aces,
kings, queens, jacks, tens, mines, eights
and sevens to play with.
-FOUR DECKS IN ONE.
All four Of the decks are shuffled to-
gether as though they were one deck.
This done, and, the cards having been
cut, ono person makes the deal, giving
ono card at time to the other players
until he has dealt them three cards
apiece, but taking no cards himself.
After the deal those who have been
supplied with cards look at their hands
and bet or stay out, as their judgment
dictates.
The matter Of betting having been
settled, the dealer turns q card from the
top of the deck and proceeds to pay and
take, according to the exigencies Of the
game.
Losers and winners are determined
thus: II tho dealer turns an ace he
makes q sweep, or, In other words, wins
all OF the bets that are made, regardless
OF tho cards held by the other players.
II he turns q king, and there are any
kings In the hands out, they "stand Off
tho dealer. All cards below the king
lose on that hand or deal. All aces out
win.
1t is merely this: The persons to
whom the cards are dealt take chances,
after looking at their cards, and before
seeing the turn up, OF their cards being
either higher in denomination than the
card that win bo turned up or as high.
The ACC is the dealers percentage. A
king or n seven will stand off q king or q
seven, and there Is nothing lost nor won
on such stand off, but nothing will
stand of an ace when turned by
dealer. Even If there are three aces in
n hand against the dealer, he wins If he
turn an ace.
ono dealer no passes them to the player
on his left, and. they are shuflled and
dealt that pefson until they are again
exhausted, and SO on us long as the game
lasts They ore not shuf1lcd between the
hands as lin poker or eucllre, but after
each hand is played the cards employed
in that hand are thrown aside. not to be
used until another grand shuttle has been
made.
A limit is placed on bets to be made,
which IL determined, of course, by the
purse Of the players.
A SAMPLE GAME.
Imagine game. Say the players nre
Blackie Edwards, TCm Meade, Dick
Holland and Bill Bolandcr.
They sit In the order named, with
Blackie' on Meadcs right. It's Blackie's
deal. He shuffles tho cards and hands
them to Bolandcr to cut Then no deals
ono card at n time, helping Meade first,
until he deals three cards from tho top
OF the deck to each Of tho players.
Meade looks at his hand and finds
king, a ten and q seven. The limit is
$25. Meade bets 81. He signifies his
to bet by declaring that it's
go" that being tho technical phrase.
Holland finds in his hand jack, a
nino and an eight spot. He bets the
limit.
Bolander discovers queen and pair
Of tens. He bets S6.25.
Blackie then turns up q Jack.
Meade's king, being higher than tho
jack turned by the dealer, wins 81, but
tho ten and seven both being below the
jack, cause him to lose 81 each, which
forces him to pay the dealer 81.
Hollands jack is q stand of for Black
les jack turned up, and there Is no action
SO far as that card IL concerned. Dick
loses on thc'ten and the seven, they both
being below tho jack in value, SO he owes
Blackie twice S25 until he can see Bill
Hyde.
Bolander wins ono bet and loses two,
having q queen and two tens.
Tho next hand, all of the outsiders,
that Is, those other than the dealer, have
average cards and bet well up to the
limit, but, Notwithstanding the fact that
Meade has three aces, Blackie wins
everything In sight when he turns up his
card, for It is an ace. Remember, aces
In the hand Of tho outsider do not stand
of an ace turned by the dealer. When
tho dealer turns an ace there is but one
thing to be done on that deal, and that
Is to take everything-if you are the
dealer.
If an outsider hold three cards CORE
spending to any card-except an ace
turned by the dealer, there is nothing
lost or won on the hand, for they are all
n stand off. II an outsider have three
cards that provo to DO higher than the
one turned by the dealer, the person
holding the cards in question wins three
times the amount Of the money he bet.
II he hold three cards that are lower
than the one turned he loses three times
his bet.
Those who play cards for money like
to get quick action, and for that reason
tho game of "hop" is bound to become
popular in the States when once started
there. The action in "hop" is as rapid
as In faro. In fact, 1t Is little short Of
being furious.-Paris Letter to Cincin-