The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-05-24
STORIES OF THE pekeH,rAeLE.
Why a Player Put Down a Straight Flush
Lightning Struck Twice In One Place.

A party of good-looking men, sew
eral of them of national fame as legis-
latprs,. sat around 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 puffed toward the frescoed cell
ing.
"The last time I smoked q cigar of
this brand" quoth one, was 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.
81 had been quite successful and was
| perhaps 81, 900 ahead when. as the age,
| / 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 rals-
ed 800; two of the players saw 1t and
another raised me the same amount; l
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, watched my adversary closely
as he examined his one card and, al
though his expression did not change q
| particle, / knew absolutely that he had
the winning hand. His entire course
was as clear to me as though he had
| lust explained it. His four cards of one
suit needed one to make sequence; he
had taken terrible chance before the
i draw and had betto the limit. He had
i L q
was the lowest possible one it was as
sumedly higher than mine.
1T was his first bet, and after run
ming over his hand he slowly showed
S25 toward the middle Of the table.
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 oyei
his cards, showing straight flush in
spades nine spot high"
The brand of cigars was carefully
examined, while remarks were made a.
to what the player should have done.
s.My belief in the adage that light
ming never strikes twice in the SAM
place has been considerably shaker
since certain poker experience twt
l ",
Chamberlin party. "There were six o
us playing and the limit was small.
had been playing in average luck ant
was something OF winner, and hav
ing dextrously secured two pairs
queens up. called a dapper youn'
. gentleman sitting on my left, wht
/ lblandly exposed four sevens as h
gracefully raked in the chips. On tn
l l., Il 7 F1,a no n
: trays was dealt me; the man who he'll
e the four sevens before drew three cards
and the others drew one, two, and three
/, respectively. My chances for the pc
: looked very slim, / thought. but upo
Q picking up the three cards l called fo
: | found three aces, making my han
i an ace full. To my delight the bettin
opened very lively. The first man be
the limit, only to be raised by the thre
PLAYERS that succeeded him. Of cours
|, / raised when it came to me, and afte
: a little the battle fastened itself bt
tween the man who had held the fou
e sevens and myself | reasoned that a
he held fours the hand before, it woul
be impossible for him to hold theI
q again, and fours were required to bea
nv ace full / raised him twenty times
e he had become automatic in raising m
back. and was very pale in the bargain
I hesitated for a minute, but the mem
: ory of the hand before nerved me, an
), l kept up the raising. Finally l called
q He couldn't speak from nervousness
); but that didn't prevent him from e1
posing four skies. He had held pal
of skies, and had drawn the other two
), In a more or less elaborate experienc
r of the game, I have never. save tn;
, once, known fours to fall to the sam
: man twice in succession WashtagtO
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