St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29
A NEW POKER YARN.
Two Straight FIushes in one Deal
and Lively Betting.

Washington Critic.
. A party of gOod-lOoking men, several
of them of national fame as legislators,
sat around table the other night in one
of the coy hooks of the front dining
room of mine host Chamberlin. A
petit souper had been discussed and
clouds of blue smoke were beingj pulled
toward the freScoed ceiling.
''The last time [ smoked cigar of
this brand" quoth one ,''Was away back
in the sixties, and the occasion was the
meeting of five cOngenial spirits enjoy
ing the seductive beauties Of game of
draw poker. 1t was the time when gen.
ius was the component part of a good
and successful player, and / flatter my
self that a small bit of the divine afflatus
came to me at one of the critical mo-
ments that evening. Let me recite the
incident:
81 had been quite successful and was
perhaps $1,000 ahead, when, at the age,
I discovered, on picking up my hand,
that the lowest straight flush in hearts
had been dealt me pat. The blind was
S25. All came in, and l promptly
raised 500; two of the players saw it
and another raised me the same amount;
1 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
l would not have taken $4,000 for the
pot. However, / watched my adversary
closely as he examined his one card,
and, although his expression did not
change particle, l knew absolutely
that he held the winning hand. His en-
tire course was Just as clear to me as
though he had just explained it. His
four cards of one suit needed one to
make sequence. He had taken a ter
rible chance before the draw and had
bet to the limit. He had made his
straight flush, and as mine was the low
est possible one, it was asSumedly
higher than mine.
ut was his first bet, and after run
ming over his hand slowly, showed S25
toward the middle of the table. saw
his bet and raised him 81. He immedi-
ately raised me 500. [ threw my cards
face upward in 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 ex-
amined, 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 shaken since certain
poker experience two years 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 a
winner, and, having deXterouSly secured
{xryO / n6 do
young gentleman sitting Oh my left, who
fully raked in the chips. On the next
deal was the age, and a pair of trays
was dealt me, the man who held four
sevens the hand before drew three
cards, and the others drew one, two and
three respectively. My chances for the
pot looked very slim, thought, but
upon picking up the three cards called
for l found three aces, making my hand
an ace full. To my delight the betting
opened very lively. The first man bet
the limit, only to be raised by the three
players that succeeded him. Of course
l raised when it came to me, and after
a little the battle fastened itself be-
tween the man who had held the four
SevenS and myself. l reasoned that, as
he had held tours the hand before, it
would be impossible to hold them again,
and four were required to beat my ace
full. l raised him twenty times; he
had become automatic in raising me
back, and was very pale i'll the bargain.
l hesitated for minute, but the MEM
DRY of the hand before nerved me, and l
kept up the raising. Finally [ called.
He couldn't speak from nervousness,
but that didn't prevent him from expos
ing four skies. He had held pair of
skies and had drawn the other two. In
a more OF less elaborate experience of
the game, have never, save that once,
known tours to fall to the same man
twice in succession"