St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-29
Each Of Four Players Held FOurs
and Four Fights Took the Pot

A party of Scranton poker players,
who are in the habit of having a quiet
game together once week, had most
peculiar experience with the cards a
few nights ago. There were four in
the party, and they were playing their
favorite game of draw with 10-cent
ante and 81 limit. The game had been
SpiritleSS and not at all exciting for half
an hsur or so, when three of them got
hands before the draw that were worth
something, while the fourth man got
nothing at all. The player on the left
OF the dealer and the next man to him
said they would take two cards apiece,
and the player on his right said he
would take book just to keep them
company. The dealer then delt him
self two, and the betting began, says
the Chicago Herald.
'I'll bet ten cents" the first man re-
marked unconcernedly. The other
three each raised it ten, and the first
bettor made it all good and went them
ten more. When it came around to the
dealer the second time he raised them
all quarter, and they stayed in like
little men and came back at him. For
two or three times around quarter was
the highest raise. Then the man who
had drawn the book, much to the sur
prise of the trio, went them all half
dollar better, and they stood his raise
like heroes, and for several times
around the half dollars were put up
with clock-like regularity, not one of
the four showing the least inclination
to call the others.
Finally the dealer said he would OBJ
serve the limit rule and make the raise
an even dollar, just to keep up the in
tereSt, and the other three responded
with alacrity. Again the dealer raised
them dollar more, but that did not
drive any of them out or force any one
to call, and ''make it good and raise you
dollar" was the order for number of
times around, and the game was getting
to be unusually interesting.
When there was between 800 and 500
on the table the man who had drawn
the book hesitated moment, but he
made the regular raise, as did also the
dealer. The bets went around until the
pot contained upward of S12O, when the
man on the dealers left said:
'Fn just call you fellows. I've bet
my last dollar, and L want to know
what you've got"
1--WE got four fives," said the dealer.
"Oh, can beat yOu," said the caller;
"I've got four SKIES, ''and he threw them
down.
''Them amt good" remarked the
third man: "here are four sevens," and
he stretched a big hand out after the
money.
Hold on, there" exclaimed the
drawer of the book, who had not said
word until then. II happen to hold four
eights, and l reckon they beat anything
any of you have got, "and the four hands
were spread out on the table. For
minute or two they all looked in silence
on the queer spectacle, and then the
dealer said:
"Well, I'll be id"
"I'm busted, and won't play any
more" remarked the next man.
.'Fve got enough left for drink"
said the third.
"And I'll scoop in the pot" blandly
said the man who had taken the book
just to keep them company.
Come to find out the dealer had three
fives before the draw, the next man
three SKIES, and the third three sevens,
and had each got the other in the draw,
while the fourth had drawn his fours ali
in heap. 1t was such remarkable
freak of the cards that all of them told
their friends before they went to bed.