The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31
STORES OF THE poKER.TAeLE.
why Player Put Down Straight Flush
Lightning struck Twice In One Place.

A party of good-looking men, sew
eral of them of national fame as legis-
latorS, sat around a table the other
night in one OF the cosey hooks OF the
front dining-room of mine host Cham
berlin. A petit souper had been dis
cusSed, and clouds of blue smoke were
being pulled toward the freseoed cell
ing. :.
s'The last time l smoked cigar of
this brand" quoth one, twas way back
in the sixties, and the occasion was the
meeting of five congenial spirits enjoy
ing the seductive beauties of game of
draw-poker.
II had been quite successful and was
perhaps 81 600 ahead when, as the age,
l discovered, ON picking up my hand,
that the lowest straight flush in hearts
had been dealt me, pat. The blind was
$25. All came in, and promptly rails
ed 800; two of the players saw 1t and
another raised me the same amount;
returned it. The two dropped out and
the third man raised again. ! raised
him five times more and he stopped.
OF course did not take any cards and
he drew one. At this point would not
have taken $4,000 for the pot. How
ever, l watched my adversary closely
as he examined his one card and, al
though his expression did not change a
particle, knew absolutely that he had
the winning hand. His entire course
was as clear to me as though he had
lust explained il. His four cards of one
suit needed one to make a sequence; he
had taken terrible chance before the
draw and had bet to the limit. He had
made his straight flush, and as mine
was the lowest possible one it was as
sumedly higher than mine.
''It was his first bet, and after run
ming over his hand he slowly showed
$25 toward the middle of the table. l
saw his bet and raised him 81. He i'm
mediately raised me 800. l threw my
| cards face upward on the table and
said, Your pot How did you ever
guess it?' he replied, as he turned over
his cards, showing straight flush in
| spades nine spot high"
The brand of cigars was carefully
examined, while remarks were made as
| to what the player should have done.
MY belief in the adage that light
| ming never strikes twice in the same
place has been considerably shaken
| since a certain poker experience two
| wears ago." said another member of the
| Chamberlin party. There were six of
us playing and the limit was small. ]
had been playing in average luck and
was something of winner, and, hav-
| ing dextrously secured two pairs,
queens up, l called a dapper young
| gentleman sitting on my left, who
| blandly exposed four sevens as he
gracefully raked in the chips. On the
next deal was the age and a pair OF
trays was dealt me; the man who held
the four sevens before drew three cards
and the others drew one, two, and three
respectively. My chances for the pot
looked very slim, thought, but upor
picking up the three cards l called fol
l found three aces, making my hanC
an ace full. To my delight the betting
opened very lively. The first man be
the limit, only to be raised by the three
PLAYERS that succeeded him. Of course
| raised when it came to me, and aftel
little the battle fastened itself be
tween the man who had held the fou
sevens and myself. / reasoned that Al
he held tours the hand before. it woulC
be impossible for him to hold then
again, and tours were required to bea
NV ace full. | raised him twenty times
: he had become automatic in raising mt
back. and was very pale in the bargain
hesitated for a minute, but the mem
ory of the hand before nerved me, anC
kept up the raising. Finally | called.
! He couldn't speak from nervousness
but that didn't prevent him from ex
, posing four skies. He had held pai
of skies, and had drawn the other two
In more or less elaborate experience
of the game, have never, save tina
once, known tours to fall to the same
man twice in succession - washington
Star Letter.